Coaching Staff

Meredith Mesaris | Head Coach

Mesaris joins the Vassar staff in September 2023 following assistant coaching stops at Dartmouth College, Williams College, and most recently the University of Hartford.

During her time at Hartford, Mesaris assisted and collaborated with the transition from Division I to Division III, which involves changes throughout the operational staff, roster and development of a program entering a new conference. She was responsible for creating a detailed recruiting plan along with identifying potential prospects in the recruiting trail. Mesaris also helped with film breakdown and analysis to prepare for games.

Prior to Mesaris' stint with the Hawks, she spent a season as an assistant coach at Dartmouth College from 2021-22. Mesaris was heavily involved in the nationwide effort to identify future student-athletes that could be successful with the academic rigors of Dartmouth. Meredith worked primarily with the post players, as well as having responsibilities in nearly every aspect of the program, from scouting and video to recruiting and practice planning and execution.

Mesaris spent five seasons as an assistant at Williams College from 2016-21, where she was responsible for in-game management, play calling, in-game strategy and tactical revisions. Mesaris was part of the team's first Sweet 16 appearance since 2013 during the 2019-20 season as well as the first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2016. She was also heavily included in the recruiting of all Williams College student-athletes and was responsible for the planning and execution of all practice plans.

Mesaris began her coaching career at Hendrix College in 2015 as she helped the team improve from a sub .500 record to a 19-7 record. Mesaris mentored two All-Southern Athletic Association players as well as one conference Player of the Year and an All-American selection.

Mesaris was a four-year starter for the University of Scranton from 2012-15 and holds countless records in both the Landmark Conference as well as in Scranton history. She concluded her career with 1,758 points, which is the best mark all-time in Landmark Conference history and averaged 17.9 points per game in her illustrious career. Mesaris was named the Landmark Conference Player of the Year in 2015 and was named to the WBCA All-American team twice. She also was named First Team All-Mid-Atlantic Region by D3Hoops in 2015 and was a Third-Team All-American in the same season.

Mesaris also collected multiple academic honors in her four years as a Lady Royal as she was named to the Landmark Conference Academic Honor Roll three times and was honored as the Women's Basketball Senior Scholar Athlete for the 2014-15 academic year. She was also named to the COSIDA District IV All-Academic team twice in 2014 and 2015 and garnered a Second Team Academic All-American selection in 2015.

Mesaris graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Scranton in 2015 with a bachelor's degree in Management with a minor in Coaching. She earned her master's degree from Southern New Hampshire University in 2020 in Sports Management.

Morgan McCrea | Assistant Coach

Vassar College head women's basketball coach Anthony Mason has announced the hiring of Morgan McCrea as the new full-time assistant coach for the 2022-23 season.

McCrea comes to Vassar after serving as a volunteer assistant for the girls basketball team at St. Patrick Catholic High School last season. She helped assist with daily practices, while providing individualized player feedback during her tenure.

She also worked for the YMCA of Southeast Mississippi during, working with children from ages 4-12 in a number of capacities during 2021-22.

McCrea played collegiate basketball at Iowa Wesleyan University, earning SLIAC All-Conference First Team honors in 2020-21. She served as a captain from 2019-21 and was a SLIAC All-Conference Third Team honoree in 2019-20.

In addition to Iowa Wesleyan, McCrea also played at Millsaps College, earning SAA All-Conference First Team honors, while helping Millsaps to the SAA Regular Season Conference Championship in 2019.

McCrea earned a Bachelor of Business Administration with a concentration in Sport Management from Iowa Wesleyan in 2021, graduating Magna Gum Laude. She then went on to earn her Master of Business Administration from William Carey University in 2022.