Lacrosse
Fenton, Mitch
Mitch Fenton
- Title:
- Associate Head Coach
- Year At CU:
- Eighth Season
- E-mail:
- mitchell.fenton@colorado.edu
- Phone:
- 303-552-4584
Mitch Fenton is in his eighth season as a member of the Colorado lacrosse coaching staff and works primarily with CU’s goalkeepers. When he joined the team full-time in 2017 he was an assistant coach and served in that role through 2022. Prior to the 2023 season, Fenton was promoted to his current role as associate head coach.
One of Colorado’s strongest positions has been goalkeeper since the program’s inception with Paige Soenksen and Julia Lisella. Soenksen earned numerous all-conference and all-region honors as a four-year starter. A 2017 Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) All-American third team selection, Soenksen led the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) in goals against average (8.45) and save percentage (0.491) as a senior.
After Soenksen’s departure following the 2017 season, Lisella stepped into the starting goalkeeper position in the fourth game of the 2018 and went on to compile a 13-4 mark, which included a 9-1 record in conference play. She led the Pac-12 in saves percentage (.503) and was second in goals against average (9.34) and saves per game (9.17). Nationally, Lisella ranked seventh in goals against average, 10th in save percentage, 29th in saves and 31st in saves per game. As a redshirt sophomore, she was named the IWLCA Goalkeeper of the Year and was a member of the IWLCA All-America First Team. Additionally, she was selected to the IWLCA All-Region and All-Pac-12 First Teams.
Lisella would start for the Buffs for the following three seasons, 2019-21. After the 2021 season, she was tabbed the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the year, becoming CU’s second player to earn the honor in three seasons.
Prior to joining the Buffs full-time, Fenton was an assistant coach for the CU men’s club team, serving as the co-defensive coordinator and goalie instructor from 2016-17.
He earned four letters as a goalkeeper on the Colorado men’s club team, helping the Buffs to the 2014 Rocky Mountain Lacrosse Conference (RMLC) and the 2014 Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA) Championships. Fenton was also a member of the 2013 team which was the runner-up in the MCLA title game.
In his senior season, he was named to the All-RMLC second team and was a MCLA All-America honorable mention selection. That year, Fenton led the MCLA in saves (264), which was also a CU single-season record. In 20 games played that season, Fenton allowed 8.00 goals per game and averaged 13.2 saves per game.
Fenton earned bachelor’s degrees in psychology and political science from CU in 2014. A native of Brookfield, Conn., he earned four letters on the lacrosse team at Brookfield High School, graduating in 2010. Fenton enjoys playing tennis, hiking and trap and skeet shooting in his free time.
Fenton is married to Taylor Stratton, the manager of CU’s Ralphie Live Mascot Program.
One of Colorado’s strongest positions has been goalkeeper since the program’s inception with Paige Soenksen and Julia Lisella. Soenksen earned numerous all-conference and all-region honors as a four-year starter. A 2017 Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) All-American third team selection, Soenksen led the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) in goals against average (8.45) and save percentage (0.491) as a senior.
After Soenksen’s departure following the 2017 season, Lisella stepped into the starting goalkeeper position in the fourth game of the 2018 and went on to compile a 13-4 mark, which included a 9-1 record in conference play. She led the Pac-12 in saves percentage (.503) and was second in goals against average (9.34) and saves per game (9.17). Nationally, Lisella ranked seventh in goals against average, 10th in save percentage, 29th in saves and 31st in saves per game. As a redshirt sophomore, she was named the IWLCA Goalkeeper of the Year and was a member of the IWLCA All-America First Team. Additionally, she was selected to the IWLCA All-Region and All-Pac-12 First Teams.
Lisella would start for the Buffs for the following three seasons, 2019-21. After the 2021 season, she was tabbed the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the year, becoming CU’s second player to earn the honor in three seasons.
Prior to joining the Buffs full-time, Fenton was an assistant coach for the CU men’s club team, serving as the co-defensive coordinator and goalie instructor from 2016-17.
He earned four letters as a goalkeeper on the Colorado men’s club team, helping the Buffs to the 2014 Rocky Mountain Lacrosse Conference (RMLC) and the 2014 Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA) Championships. Fenton was also a member of the 2013 team which was the runner-up in the MCLA title game.
In his senior season, he was named to the All-RMLC second team and was a MCLA All-America honorable mention selection. That year, Fenton led the MCLA in saves (264), which was also a CU single-season record. In 20 games played that season, Fenton allowed 8.00 goals per game and averaged 13.2 saves per game.
Fenton earned bachelor’s degrees in psychology and political science from CU in 2014. A native of Brookfield, Conn., he earned four letters on the lacrosse team at Brookfield High School, graduating in 2010. Fenton enjoys playing tennis, hiking and trap and skeet shooting in his free time.
Fenton is married to Taylor Stratton, the manager of CU’s Ralphie Live Mascot Program.
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