Jenny Graap

Biography

Jenny Graap returned to Cornell in 1997 with one goal in mind: to build the Big Red women's lacrosse team into a championship contender. With the only two Ivy League regular titles in school history, an appearance in the NCAA Final Four, five NCAA appearances, nine Ivy Tournament appearances and a title in 2016, and two ECAC crowns, she only continues to build on a legacy of more than two decades on the sideline at her alma mater. In April 2021, she became the first Karin Bain Kukral '82 Head Coach of Women's Lacrosse when the position was endowed. Now entering her 28th year at the helm in 2023-24, Graap has been honored as the 2002 Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association Coach of the Year, the 2006 Inside Lacrosse Magazine Northeast Coach of the Year, the 2017 Ivy League Coach of the Year and a three-time IWLCA Northeast Coach of the Year (2002, 2006, 2016), while developing the Big Red women's lacrosse program into one of the most successful in the nation. Graap also hit a milestone during the 2024 campaign, notching her 250th career victory as a head coach with a 17-4 win over Le Moyne. She was the 17th coach in Division I history to hit that milestone. Graap, who accumulated 21 wins in four years at George Mason before taking the reigns at Cornell, has built an Ivy League and national title contender in her first two decades. She has posted a 227-160 record at Cornell and a 248-204 mark in 29 years as a head coach.