Varsity Girls Basketball

Power begins her third season as Head Coach of the Patriots in 2025-26.

GA finished the 2024-25 season 21-6, and took second in the Inter-Ac League with a 10-2 mark. The Patriots earned the No. 4 seed in the PAISAA Tournament, but were eliminated in the second round by Shipley. GA had three players earn First Team All-League honors.

In her first season, the team finished 24-5 overall and won a share of the Inter-Ac with a 10-2 record in league play. Izzy Casey '24 was named Inter-Ac MVP.

Power is no stranger to the Inter-Ac League, as she arrives in Fort Washington after serving as the Head Varsity Basketball Coach at the Academy of Notre Dame. She led the Irish to the best record in the league in 2021, and earned second-place finishes in 2019, 2022, 2023. Across her four years at Notre Dame, Power collected 76 wins. In addition, she mentored three NCAA Division I players, three 1,000-point scorers, three McDonald’s All-American Nominees, two PA All-State players, one Inter-Ac MVP, two Markward Player of the Year awards, eight All-Delco All-Main Line players and eight All-Inter-Ac players.

Power also has experience as a college coach, serving as the Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator at Yale from 2012-14, the Head Coach of Manhattanville College (DIII), where she was named 2010 Freedom Conference Coach of the Year and guided the Valiants to back-to-back regular season conference championships, and as the Assistant Coach at West Point. Outside of coaching, Power served as the Director of Alumnae Relations at the Academy Notre Dame since 2018 and was the Director of Athletics at Convent of the Sacred Heart from 2014-18.

Updated: 11/11/25

Coach Strothers has been coaching basketball in the Philadelphia area for over 13 years and prior to GA served as the Plymouth Whitemarsh High School Girls Basketball Head JV Coach and Varsity Assistant. His success as a coach can be attributed to his love for the game. Coach Strothers has served as the Head Girls Varsity coach at Norwood-Fontbonne Academy and the Head JV Coach and Varsity Assistant at Springside School. He is also currently an ad-hoc board member for Whitemarsh Girls Basketball League and continues as a head coach for Fencor AAU. He has experienced success on the court, qualifying for the playoffs, having AAU teams qualify and participate in National Championship Tournaments, and having players recruited and now playing as NCAA student athletes. In addition to his teaching of fundamentals basketball, it is his message to all his kids that separates him and that is the importance of education, teamwork, self-discipline, and family values as important elements for success in basketball and life.

Alexa Naessens '18 is in her third season coaching the Patriots. She returns to Fort Washington after playing collegiately at Colgate from 2018-22, appearing in 72 games.

Naessens was a four-sport letterwinner and a two-year captain in her time with the Patriots. She was a 2016 All-State Third Team, All-Inter-Academic League First Team and All-Montgomery County First Team selection, as well as Team Defensive MVP for 2015 and 2016. Naessens helped the Patriots to three consecutive All-Inter-Academic League championships.

After Colgate, Naessens played for the Essex Rebels of the Women's British basketball League.

Updated: 12/4/25