Coach Kersting joins the Banana Slugs after graduating from Lake Forest College in Illinois in December of 2022.

While starting for the Foresters for five years, she earned the Midwest Conference Defensive Player of the Year Award in both 2021 and 2022, and set program goalkeeping records for shutouts in a season and career. While studying neuroscience and psychology, she worked to develop athlete mental health resources and research the intersection of the athlete identity and allocation of self-worth. She looks forward to coaching and working closely with the goalkeepers.