A Mission woman is making history south of the border in the National Lacrosse League. 

Shonly Wallace joined the Albany Firewolves organization on Tuesday (Oct. 22), becoming the first woman scout in the history of the NLL.

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Wallace played at the University of Albany and was a graduate assistant coach with the team last year.  She also became familiar with the Firewolves organization by going to games and getting to know the staff. 

Albany head coach and general manager Glenn Clark said in a news release that Wallace has a unique passion for lacrosse and high-end experience in the indoor and outdoor game.

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Clark helped mentor Wallace as she got know the Firewolves staff. 

B次元官网网址淸Coach Clark] knew I wanted to have a career in coaching. This is something I kind of always wanted to do is work in the NLL and so they thought it would be a great opportunity with the relationship that has been built there,B次元官网网址� Wallace said. 

Scouting isnB次元官网网址檛 the only duty on WallaceB次元官网网址檚 docket. She also serves as an assistant coach for the womenB次元官网网址檚 lacrosse team at Central Michigan University and still plays as well.

"My life is an awful lot of lacrosse but it kind of just keeps me focused,B次元官网网址� she said. 

For Wallace, playing for the Canadian national team has been a great honour and the highlight of her career to date.  She recently competed for the Canadian National Team in the first-ever WomenB次元官网网址檚 World Box Lacrosse Championship in Utica, NY where she helped the team to a silver medal.  

B次元官网网址淟acrosse has become my life and I'm very grateful to have a career with it B次元官网网址� it's just the path that I've been led down,"  Wallace said. "I think it's a pretty cool thing that I get to do something that I love every day and the fact that I get to still play is awesome."

However, Wallace said you can only play for so long and getting opportunities in coaching and scouting is valuable. 

Wallace was born in Richmond and her family moved to Mission when she was 12.  She played box lacrosse in Mission and graduated from Mission Secondary School. 

In the future, Wallace strives to reach the highest level she can.

B次元官网网址淭hat's something that's cool with the growth of women's sports is there are so many more opportunities like something like this B次元官网网址� getting to be scouting the NLL is [something that] hasn't happened before," she said.