The USA Coach of the 12 months Award is given to a head coach or co-head coaches who made a noticeable distinction within the efficiency of a scholastic area hockey staff in a selected season. The teaching efficiency is just not restricted to progress made within the yr which the award is given.
Listed here are this yr’s nominees:
- Rachel Beam, Watertown Taft (Conn.) — Steered the Rhinos to a 19-0-1 season, together with a win in a wild NEPSAC “A” ultimate match towards Andover Phillips Academy (Mass.)
- Becky Elliott, Houston St. John’s (Tex.) — After an enormous win towards Pottstown Hill Faculty (Pa.) on the opening day of the Nationwide Excessive Faculty Invitational, the Mavericks misplaced twice the following day. It might have been deflating to staff morale, however they overcame all of that and received the Southwest Preparatory Convention championship
- Jodi Hollamon, Delmar (Del.) — Gained an eighth straight state championship even whereas taking two losses within the common season. Nonetheless, the staff performed its model of fantastic and expert hockey and received the correct method
- Jeannette Eire, Ellicott Metropolis Mount Hebron (Md.) — At a faculty extra reknowned for women’ lacrosse, the veteran coach received her first MPSSAA championship after 33 years of service to the sport
- Brandi Ritz, Villanova Academy of Notre Dame de Namur (Pa.) — Taking up from Adele Williams, she steered the Irish to the PAISAA championship as effectively various very good intersectional wins
- Kelly Rosborough, Uxbridge (Mass.) — A 1996 graduate of Uxbridge, she performed on the College of Connecticut and has introduced a few of that championship perspective to the Spartans’ program, successful the final two MIAA state titles
- Jessica Rose Shellenberger, Manheim (Pa.) Township — In simply her second season on the helm, she helped the Blue Streaks to inside a purpose of the PIAA Class AAA championship
- Tom Rosenbaum, Glenbrook (In poor health.) South — An unheralded staff rode the recent streak of high scorer Reese Anetsberger to an Illinois state championship over defending champion Winnetka New Trier (In poor health.)
- Amy Skrickus, Crofton (Md.) — Her staff, in its third yr of existence, received a second consecutive MPSSAA Class 3A state championship
- Courtney Spleen, San Diego Torrey Pines (Calif.) — Gained a 3rd CIF San Diego Part Open Division event in simply 5 years of being a head coach for Torrey Pines
- Mark Vittese, Cherry Hill Camden Catholic — You would possibly suppose final yr’s state championship was mainly a perform of U.S. ladies’s nationwide teamer Olivia Bent-Cole. Nevertheless, the Irish continued on its path of excellence and received a second consecutive NJSIAA Non-Public title
- Marcia Wooden, Freeport (Maine) — Gained her first state championship at Freeport after 11 years of teaching. It was additionally the primary state championship for the college since final spring’s win by the ladies’ lacrosse staff
The awardee can be introduced Dec. 29.
