05 May 2015

FHS names new head girls basketball coach for the 2015-2016 school year

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 5, 2015
Liz Carpentier is new FHS Girls’ Basketball Coach
FARMINGTON, MINN., May 15, 2015 Next season the Farmington High School Girls’ Basketball team will have a new Head Coach: Liz Carpentier.  Formerly, Carpentier coached at Eagan High School, at Chisago Lakes in the North Suburban Conference, and at St. Bernard’s in the Tri-Metro Conference. She will be replacing Sondra Chadwick who was the Head Girls’ Basketball Coach at FHS for the past four seasons.
Carpentier was a 1999 graduate of Eagan High School and a letter winner in soccer and basketball. She continued her education at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota where she graduated in 2003 with a degree in Social Studies Education and competed on the St. Olaf basketball team. Her coaching accomplishments include eleven years as a Girls’ Varsity Basketball Coach, Section 3AAAA Coach of the Year, over 100 wins, best conference finish in school history, and most wins in regular season (2014-2015) since 1998-1999.
Carpentier lives in Farmington with her husband, Rob, and three children-stepson Nic, Matt, and Gianna.

Farmington Area Public Schools serve more than 6,500 students and 30,000 residents with K-12, Community Education and Special Education programs. The mission of Farmington Area Public Schools is to ensure each student reaches his or her highest aspirations while embracing responsibility to community. For more information please visit www.farmington.k12.mn.us or contact Sally McConnaughey at (651)463-5079, smcconnaughey@farmington.k12.mn.