Jess Onheiser graduated from Vanderbilt University, where she was a two-time All-American Lacrosse Conference member, a two-time IWLCA All-South Region First Team honoree, a two-time Academic All-American, and three-time member of the Southeastern Conference Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll. From 2004 to 2008, Jess was a member of the United States National Developmental and Elite team. Jess was inducted into the Vanderbilt Hall of Fame in 2013 and the Greater Baltimore Hall of Fame in 2017. She is also the founder and owner of Recruit-Her LLC, offering services to improve individual and team skills through personal training sessions and recruiting consulting in order to educate players and parents about the multifaceted recruiting process.

Jess joined Check-Hers in 2013 and is on the Board of Directors. Previous coaching experience includes being the Varsity Head Coach at Garrison Forest School, and Division I lacrosse at the Ohio University and Loyola University Maryland.

Heather graduated from Messiah University where she played for the women’s lacrosse team as a goalie. Heather grew up in Westminster, Maryland and played for the recreational league Westminster Area Lacrosse (WAX) and continued her lacrosse career playing for the Winters Mill High School JV and Varsity teams. Throughout high school she helped coach goalie clinics and further developed her skills in private sessions. She also assisted in coaching clinics through Carroll County Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) and has experience working with athletes from third grade- high school.

During her college career, Heather was third in the Mid-Atlantic Conference (MAC) in number of saves and led her team in groundballs prior to the season being shortened by Covid-19. As a junior her team won the conference championship with an undefeated record which qualified them to compete in the NCAA Division 3 tournament where they made it to the Elite 8. In the Elite 8 match Heather made a season high of 12 saves and ended the game with a save percentage of over 50%. 

 Heather will be joining our 2028 Black team coaching staff as well as assisting with position specific training for the goalies of CheckHers Elite.