Staff Members
Tina Carr
Organizational Director of Ruby Lacrosse.
Tina has been around the sport of girl's lacrosse for roughly 7 years. Her role with Ruby Lacrosse is the main event coordinator. She is a wife, mother & grandmother to a loving family. Tina took this role as Director because she believes in what Ruby Lacrosse is offering to teach young girls the skills of lacrosse and life fundamental skills in a fun, competitive, and positive environment.
Here at Ruby lacrosse, Tina strives to reach & make every athlete feel wanted, desired & evolved to become strong lacrosse athletes.
Professional Background: Tina has an associate's in applied science & physical therapy.
Isabel Greene
Head Coach of Ruby Lacrosse.
Currently the Head Varsity Girl's Lacrosse Coach for Fenton/Linden HS aka "Heat Lacrosse" since Fall 2022.
Started coaching girl's lacrosse in 2018, for Cyclone Lacrosse and Legacy Center Girl's Lacrosse for 6 seasons straight. Trained beginners to experienced athletes to reach their highest potential and help them reach their own goals. Isabel has coached athletes that want to improve in a specific position to improving an athlete's general lacrosse game IQ.
Isabel played NAIA lacrosse at Cleary University in the WHAC Conference from 2017-21. The last two years at Cleary, Isabel was a Team Captain. She played as a starting midfielder and took draw controls for the team. Was awarded the Cougar Award in 2019 and awarded All-Academic Team in 2020.
Graduated from Cleary University in 2021 with a Bachelor's degree in Sports Promotion & Event Management. Also, received two minors in Marketing & Entrepreneurship while receiving her bachelor's from Cleary.
Isabel graduated from Hartland HS in 2017 where she was a member of the varsity lacrosse team for 3 years. On varsity, she started as a defender. Also, she played 3 years of field hockey in HS.
Alyssa Dugas
Currently, the Varsity Girl's Lacrosse Coach for Flushing High School since 2024.
Alyssa has roughly 8 years of girls lacrosse experience. She first got introduced to lacrosse her freshman year of high school. Throughout, her four years of high school she played midfield and graduated from Swartz Creek in 2019.
Coach, Alyssa then committed to play D2 lacrosse for Urbana University from 2019-20, but due to the covid pandemic her opportunity to play lacrosse her first year of college was taken away.
Coach Alyssa says, "I am coaching because I still have the drive and want to play and teach skills that I wish I would've been able to show. Watching the girls getting excited about learning something new or perfecting a skill is a feeling like no other."
Meg Phijla
Currently, the JV Assistant Girl's Lacrosse Coach for Fenton/Linden High School and the Head Coach for Jr. Heat Middel School Girls Lacrosse team since Fall 2025. Also, been a Ruby Lacrosse coach for 2 seasons.
Meg graduated from Fenton High School in 2023. She continued her education and college lacrosse career at D3 Adrian College from 2023-2024.
Meg, started learning how to play lacrosse from Lilly Mckee (Also, a Fenton Alumni & played NAIA at Madonna University), who became her lacrosse mentor. She started playing lacrosse when she was a junior in high school and she states, "I fell in love." Meg played defense initially then transitioned into playing attack her senior year of high school and in college at Adrian.
When asked, Why do you want to coach lacrosse? Meg said, " I love coaching; even when I wasn't a coach at first, I loved watching young athletes blossom into strong determined athletes. I love coaching because not only do I get to coach my own players and watch them grow, I get to coach new ones and watch them blossom throughout their season. I coach because, I love to give back to the lacrosse program that watched me blossom but got to see me play college. I also love
what lacrosse has taught me and made me into the person and coach I am today."
Audrey Penzien
Currently, a D2 college lacrosse athlete and has a total of 12 years of playing experience. Audrey plays lacrosse at D2 Northwood University and for Team Armenia (the countries National/Olympic team) as a defender.
Audrey graduated from Hartland High School in 2023 and played all four years. In her off-season she played for the club team Cyclones Lacrosse throughout high school.
Audrey was the Assistant Varsity coach for Hartland High School for the 2024 season and went to the state semi-final. In addition, coached for Hartland Youth lacrosse since 2020.
Skylar Parks
Currently, a student athlete and plays for Team Slovakia (the countries National/Olympic team) as a defender.
Assistant Varsity Girl's Lacrosse Coach for Fenton/Linden "Heat" HS Team for the 2025 season. She coached for the Jr. Heat Middle School (6-8th) program and was the Assistant Girls Varsity coach for Hartland High School in 2023-24.
She has over four years of coaching experience. In 2017-19, she played for Siena Heights University on defense.
After Siena Heights, Skylar enrolled in the military, where she had the opportunity to coach for the Fayetteville Flames youth program in North Carolina. She was also the Head Coach for the Girls Varsity team at Cape Fear High School in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
Coach Parks first got introduced to playing lacrosse by her older cousin that played in high school and taught her the basics. In 2015, coach Parks and a few other students were interested in playing lacrosse, and they finally organized a team for Fenton and Linden that is now known as the Fenton-Linden Heat.
Coach Parks says, "Lacrosse has brought me some of the best friends I’ve ever had. It’s a great way to get involved in my community and give back to programs that I benefited from."
Also, "I coach for two reasons. First, because I love the game of lacrosse. It is my favorite sport. Second, I want to share my passion with athletes and help them become the best they can be, whether that is on or off the field."
Brian Bader
Currently, Ruby Lacrosse Goalie Coach and Fenton/Linden Head JV Coach. He has goalie experience from men's & women's lacrosse, and hockey sports.
He was the goalie coach for Jr. Heat Middle School Girl's lacrosse team from 2023-2024.
Coach Brian is a graduate of Linden High School and continued his education from CMU with a B.S. in Criminal Justice and Political Science and minors in substance abuse and psychology.
Previously spent 13 years as paid on call Firefighter for a local community. Currently work as a construction inspector for the Water Resources Commissioner (WRC) of Oakland County.
Throughout the years, Brian's lacrosse experience starts when he was playing goalie for the Central Michigan University men's lacrosse club team from 1998-2000 and an assistant coach for the team in 2004.
Coach Brian started being a volunteer coach for the Jr. Heat (6-8th) lacrosse program in spring 2023. He continues to pour into the youth of girl's lacrosse in his community and pursues improving each athletes' weaknesses.
