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
Heather Morris
Director of Indoor, Head Coach
USA Field Hockey Experience
- U21 National Team and helped the US win a bronze medal at the 2012 Junior Pan American Games
- U19 national team and the women’s Indoor Pan American championship team
International Experience
- Played internationally in Germany and Australia, and was selected to the Australian Women’s County Team that toured New Zealand in 2019.
Coaching Experience
- Xcalibur FHC for 9 years prior to her move to PowerHouse.
- 2017 season coaching for Lehigh University as a Graduate Assistant.
- Overseas, Cairns U18 ladies team at the Queensland Hockey Championships and guided them to a Division 2 Championship in 2019.
- Experience coaching youth players in Germany.
- Holds USA Field Hockey Level 2 Coaching Certification
College Experience
- Duke University where she finished her career with two Final Four appearances and one National Championship appearance.
- Senior field captain, All-American and earned First-Team All-ACC honors during her senior campaign.
- Duke’s 2x Attack Player of the Year in 2015 and 2016
Hometown/High School
- Pottstown, PA
- Owen J. Roberts – 100 goal-mark during senior year
Brandi Ritz
Director of Operations, Coach
Coaching Experience
- Assistant 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 1 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-athlete during that time, including Athlete of the Year, Sportsmanship Award, Coaches Award, and Most Valuable Player.
- Served 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
Emma Velez
Coach
USA Field Hockey Experience
- U.S. Senior Indoor National Team (2017)
- U.S. U-19 Indoor National Team (2016)
Coaching Experience
- 2019- 2020 Kennett Crush Head Coach for U-12 “Maitake”
- 2018 – Present West Chester University Summer Camp Coach
College Experience
- West Chester University ‘2021
- 2019 National Champion
- 2018 PSAC Champion
- NFHCA Scholar of Distinction
Hometown/High School
- Coatesville, PA
- Bishop Shanahan High School Class of 2017
Casey Umstead
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
- Green Lane, Pennsylvania
- Upper Perkiomen High School
Occupation
- Currently works at PhaseBio Pharmaceuticals in Malvern, PA
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