Cara Herzog began her lacrosse career at Villa Joseph Marie High School in Bucks County, where she also played soccer and basketball. During her time at Villa she was captain her senior year and led her lacrosse team in goals and set a school record for assists in a game. She was the third leading scorer in PA and NJ and named Player of the Year her senior year in 1996.

Cara went on to play at Saint Joseph’s University for four years where she was looked upon to lead the offense. She capped off her career by being top five in scoring. She majored in Elementary Education.

After college, Cara taught at St. Andrew’s in Newtown, PA, and continued her love for the game by coaching at the high school level.  Her experience includes Villa Joseph Marie 2001-2002, Archbishop Wood 2003-2004, and Council Rock South 2005-2015. During her coaching career she mentored many players to continue playing at the Division I and Division III levels. Cara has multiple years of experience in instructing group fitness classes. She now resides in Oreland with her family where she is back coaching at the youth level.