Coaches
PowerHouse Coaching Staff
Lauren Pfeiffer
Founder & Head Coach
USA Field Hockey Experience
- Career: 2009 – 2015
- 81 International Caps
Coaching Experience
- 2013 – 2015 Futures Elite Assistant Coach
- 2011 – 2013 California Region Futures Head Coach
2011 - Assistant Coach U17/U19 National Team Camp
- 2009 – 2010 Volunteer Assistant Coach at Iowa
College Experience
- University of Iowa ’09
- All-American
- West Region 1st Team (2x)
- Honda Sports Award Finalist
- Big Ten Tournament MVP (2x)
- Big Ten Tournament Team (3x)
- All Big Ten Academic Team (3x)
- Big Ten Medal of Honor Recipient
Hometown
- Mount Laurel, NJ
- Lenape High School
Stefanie Fee
Founder & Head Coach
USA Field Hockey Experience
- Career: 2012 – 2018
- 2018 World Cup
- Participant
- 2016 Rio Olympian
- 2015 Gold Medalist – Pan American Games
- 2014 World Cup Participant
- 100+ International Caps
Coaching Experience
- 2017 NFHCA All South
- Region Coaching Staff of the Year
- 2017 – USA Field Hockey High Performance Coach
- 2016 & 2017 Assistant Coach – University of Maryland
- 2012 – Volunteer Assistant Coach – Duke University
- 2009 -2012 – USA Field Hockey Futures Coach
College Experience
- Duke University (Class of 2012)
- All-American
- All South Region 1st Team
- NFHCA National Academic All-American
- All-ACC Academic Team
- Stef Fee Duke True Award Recipient
Hometown
- Virginia Beach, VA
- Cox High School
Brandi Ritz
VP of Operations and Head Coach
Coaching Experience
- Head Field Hockey Coach at Academy of Notre Dame
- Former Assistant of Montclair State University. Helped the team to a 15-4 record while remaining in the top 10 rankings in Division III in 2018.
- Former Assistant at Stevens Institute of Technology. Helped team to the Empire 8 Conference Tournament (2016) and produced student-athletes that were named to the NFHCA All-Region, ECAC, and Empire 8 All-Conference teams.
- Graduate assistant at New England College in Henniker, N.H., serving as a coach on both the field hockey and women’s lacrosse staff.
- Head field hockey coach at Robbinsville High School, compiling a 13-4 record, MCT Quarter Finalists, Group II Sectional Finalists, and received Colonial Valley Conference Coach of the Year honors in 2014.
- USA Field Hockey Level 2 Coaching Certification
College Experience
- 4 year starter at Daniel Webster College finishing in the top 10 in all statistical categories (third-all time in career assists, third in games played, third in games started, and first in all-time total minutes).
- 2010 New England Collegiate Conference Champions, and appearance in the ECAC tournament.
- Several distinctions as a student-athletes including Athlete of the Year, Sportsmanship Awards, Coaches Award, and Most Valuable Players.
- Servers as a field hockey captain from 2011-14 and earned letters in soccer, softball, women’s lacrosse, and cross-country teams.
Hometown/High School
- Burlington, NJ
- Burlington Township High School
Jaclyn Douglas
Operations Manager and Head Coach
Coaching Experience
- Assistant Field Hockey Coach at The College of New Jersey (2018 – present)
- 2019 Regional Coaching Staff of the Year
- Templar Field Hockey Group Camp Coach
- Elite Field Hockey Camp Coach
- Assistant Lacrosse Coach at The College of New Jersey (2019 – 2021)
College Experience
- TCNJ Field Hockey 2013 – 2016
- 2014 NCAA Division III National Champions
- 2015 & 2016 All – American First Team
- 2015 & 2016 NFHCA All – Region First Team
- 2015 & 2016 NJAC Offensive Player of the Year
- 2015 & 2016 NJAC First Team All Conference
- 2014 & 2015 Final Four Appearance
- 2014, 2015, 2016 NJAC Champions
- 2016 Field Hockey Captain
- TCNJ Lacrosse 2014 – 2018
Hometown/High School
- Malvern, PA
- Great Valley High School
Mark Wadsley
Technical Coach
Coaching Experience
- St Joe’s University, Assistant Coach (March ’23 – current)
- Repton HC, Head of Performance (Jan ’22- March ’23)
- Beeston HC, Men’s 1 st XI Head Coach (Aug ’17-June ’21)
- Head of Women’s Hockey, Nottingham Trent University (Aug ’17-June ’21)
- Won 7 National Championships in the UK
- EH Level 1 Coaching Certificate (2006)
- EH Level 2 Coaching Certificate (2011)
- EH Level 3 Coaching Certificate (2016)
- MSc in Performance Coaching (2021)
College Experience/Playing Experience
- England U16 – U21 (earned over 50 caps)
- Beeston 1 st XI (2005-2019) – won 3 National Championships
- Played in European Hockey League (EHL) for 5 seasons
Hometown/High School
- Nottingham, UK
Casey Umstead
Head Coach
USA Field Hockey Experience
- 2018-2021 USA Athlete
- 2019 FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifier (Bhubaneswar, India)
- Bronze – 2019 Pan American Games (Lima, Peru)
- 9th – 2020-21 FIH Pro League (worldwide)
- 9th – 2019 FIH Pro League (worldwide)
Coaching Experience
- 2018-2019 X-Calibur Field Hockey Club Coach
- 2020-2021 Moravian University Assistant Coach
College Experience
- University of Connecticut
- 2014-2018
- 2X National Champion (2014, 2017)
- 4X Big East Champion (2014-2017)
- 2017 First Team All – American
- 2017 All-Mideast Region First Team
- 2017 NCAA All-Tournament Team
- 2017 Big East Defensive Player of the Year
- 2017 All-Big East First Team
- 2016 Third Team All-American
- 2016 All-Mideast Region First Team
- 2016 All-Big East First Team
- 2016 All-Big East Tournament Team
- 2015 All-Mideast Region Second Team
- 2015 All-Big East Tournament Team
- 2015 All-Big East Second Team
Hometown/High School
- Currently works at PhaseBio Pharmaceuticals in Malvern, PA
Maddie Kahn
Director of Goalkeeping
Liz Rambo
Head Coach
Coaching Experience
- 2019 – 2022 Mystx Field Hockey Club Coach
- 2002 – 2004 Assistant Field Hockey Coach Syracuse University
College Experience
- Duke University ’02
- 2001 Team Captain
- 2001 South Region First Team All-American
- 3x All-ACC Academic Team
Hometown/High School/Occupation
- Marion, PA/ Villa Maria Academy
- Alumni Relations
Grace Wise
Coach
Karalyn Schmidt
Coach
Rory Strohm
Coach
Shawna Givens
Coach
Paige Powell
Coach
Coaching Experience
- USAFH Level 1 Coaching Certification
College Experience
- Haverford College ’19
- 4 Year, Dual-sport Varsity Athlete in Field Hockey and Cricket
- 2018 Field Hockey Team Captain
Hometown/High School/Occupation
- Moorestown, NJ
- Communications Coordinator at USA Field Hockey
Emerie Loftis
Goalkeeping Coach
Emma Schwarz
Coach
Raina Smolji
Coach
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