Coaches

PowerHouse Coaching Staff

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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
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  • 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
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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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