Hannah Warren knows exactly where she needs to be when she’s on a lacrosse field.

Unless she doesn’t.

Though no one can really blame her if she gets confused from time to time, given her versatility and the numerous ways coach Sarah Proulx chooses to use the senior captain, depending on the situation.

“She can play absolutely anywhere on the field I ask her to, and she can do it well,” Proulx said. “She’s one of the hardest workers I’ve ever coached.”

Given her work ethic, it’s little shock to anyone around her that Warren is hard at work figuring out where she’ll attend school as a freshman in college in the fall. But that shouldn’t fool anyone into thinking that she’s looking past her senior season of lacrosse, either.

“I know I still have college and all that, but this is the last time I’ll play high school lacrosse, and this is my senior year,” Warren said. “I want to go out with a bang.”

She’s off to a pretty good start.

Warren began her high school lacrosse career as a freshman on a much deeper team. Still, she stood out.

“She’s always been a girl who has played,” Proulx said. “Even when she was a freshman, she played in every JV game and got some time with the varsity team, too. She’s never been on the bench.”

As she grew, in skill and in stature, Warren started earning even more playing time, mostly on defense. But she still found ways to contribute to the team’s total offensive output, figuring into the Vikings’ top three in scoring in each year of varsity competition.

“My first year, I played almost all on defense,” Warren said, “but whenever I would get the ball, coach always told me to run with the ball and get it toward the goal. She knew I was fast. After a while, I got the hang of it. Last year, I got put at middie, so I was playing offense and defense, which is a bit harder, but it was awesome.”

Last year, Warren played in the shadow of a trio of seniors, quietly going about her business as an on-field example to younger players while honing her skills in a variety of positions.

“She was just overly respectful to the girls ahead of her, to the older girls,” Proulx said. “She never tried to step on their toes or outshine them in any way.”

This year, in her fourth season with the squad, Warren is that visible mentor, helping the younger players learn what she’s learned, and hopefully helping return the Vikings to the playoffs, just three years removed from a KVAC championship appearance.

“She’s always practicing with the new girls, always trying to help them improve,” Proulx said. “She’s just a really coachable player, and a big help to me as the coach, too. She’s such a hard-worker, and it’s such a good example for the rest of the players to follow.”

“Some captains, they like to tell people what to do, but I’d rather just do it,” Warren said. “I’m not the kind of captain who will tell people what to do and not do it myself.”

The Vikings open their spring schedule with a tour of their fellow tri-county area schools, facing Mountain Valley, Lewiston and Edward Little once each to open the season.

Proulx, Warren and the rest of the squad are ready.

“We’re working on it, but we feel we’re ready,” Proulx said. “The fitness is there, we work together well and the chemistry is there. As long as we stay healthy, we’re definitely ready to go, and every game we’re going to play, we’re going to at least be in the match, and Hannah is a big reason why.”