Katie has been playing field hockey for 30 years. She started playing for Rising Sun Area Field Hockey Club in 1993 and remained a player with the organization through college. Katie was part of the Futures program, an Olympic development program, for 4 years. Through the Futures program she represented the United States in England. Katie later became a coach for the Futures program. Katie was a four year varsity starter for the Rising Sun High School field hockey team where she won the coaches award in 2002 and was part of the 2002 Maryland 1A State Championship Team. Upon graduation Katie attended Washington College. While at Washington College, Katie was a four year starter, named to the 2004 and 2005 Second Team All-Centennial Conference, 2004 and 2006 Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll, and 2006 Honorable Mention All-Centennial Conference. In 2006 she at the opportunity to represent the United States while playing in Italy. Katie graduated from Washington College in 2007 with a B.A. in History and Secondary Education. Katie began her high school coaching career at Elkton High School as the Assistant Coach in 2009 and in 2011 became the Head Coach of the Elkton field hockey team. In 2012 Katie returned to her alma mater, Rising Sun High School, as an Assistant Coach. She took over the Rising Sun High field hockey program in 2013 and remains the Head Coach today. For the 2017 season Katie was named Cecil County Field Hockey Coach of the Year. Katie continues to play field hockey with Sun Field Hockey’s adult team. Katie has been coaching Sun Field Hockey teams for 9 years and is now the Co-Director of Sun Field Hockey with Julie Owens. Katie has been married to her husband, Ray, for 15 years and they have 3 children (1 son and 2 daughters).
Rising Sun, Maryland 21911