The NCAA announced last week the adoption of new rules legislation overseeing the athletic recruiting process for Division I sports that will have a major effect on the field hockey recruiting timeline.

For field hockey, the immediate impact (effective Wednesday, April 25, 2018) is that athletic departments can no longer participate in a recruit’s unofficial visit until September 1 of the recruit’s junior year in high school.  Additionally, recruiting conversations during a school’s camp or clinic can no longer happen before September 1 of a prospective’s junior year.  Previously, there were no timeline restrictions on either of these things.

Starting later this Fall (effective August 1, 2018), official visits will be allowed to begin September 1 of a prospect’s junior year in high school, instead of the first day of classes of senior year, which was the previous rule.

These new rules apply to Division I field hockey programs.

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Siena College (D1) has decided to discontinue it’s field hockey program.  [Read More]

Mount Ida College (D3) is closing due to financial difficulties.

La Salle University Director of Athletics Bill Bradshaw has announced that head women’s field hockey coach Michelle Marks-Salmi has resigned from her position as Head Field Hockey Coach at La Salle University, effective immediately. [READ MORE]

Mercy College Head Field Hockey Coach Deirdre O’Neill has resigned her position as head coach and Media Relations Assistant to accept a position in the private sector. [READ MORE]

We are in the process of revamping the MAX Field Hockey U College Research & Management Tool!  Over the next month or so we will be making the tool more engaging and more mobile-friendly.  Throughout this process we will not interrupt any of the functionality of the tool and the navigation will only improve.  If at anytime you have any questions or are unsure of how to access any information or section, please email us at admin@maxfieldhockey.com.  Thank you for your patience during this process and we hope you enjoy the updates!

Note: We transferred the college tool over to the MAXFieldHockey.com website (from it’s own site) to integrate it more with the existing content on MAXFieldHockey.com.  There is a lot of content on this site that is beneficial to a High School student-athlete looking to play field hockey in college and we wanted to make that connection easier!

Player Profile Note: We are in the process of partnering with an online player profile tool that will enable you to host your player profile online for free.  Stay tuned for updates!

Ball State Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Mark Sandy announced Stephanie Bernthal as the Cardinals’ new field hockey head coach Wednesday afternoon. Bernthal takes over as the program’s ninth head coach. [READ MORE]

Jamie Montgomery has been named the new head coach for the Spider Hockey program. Montgomery will join the Spiders after spending the last season as an assistant coach with Wake Forest University. [READ MORE]

Kate Autera to Become Next Hartwick Field Hockey Coach.  Autera will take over for longtime head coach Anne Meyer who will retire in May.  [READ MORE]

We added complete profiles into the system for the following new field hockey programs that are scheduled to start either in 2018 or 2019:

Wagner College- Staten Island, NY (D1 program to begin in 2019)
Alderson Broaddus University- Philippi, WV (D2 program to begin in 2018)
Coker College- Hartsville, SC (D2 program to begin in 2018)
Allegheny College- Meadville, PA (D3 program to begin in 2019)
Cazenovia College- Cazenovia, NY (D3 program to begin in 2018)
Dean College- Franklin, MA (D3 program to begin in 2018)
Lancaster Bible College- Lancaster, PA (D3 program to begin in 2018)
Sage College- Troy, NY (D3 program to begin in 2018)
Southern Virginia University- Buena Vista, VA (D3 program to begin in 2018)
University of Saint Joseph- West Hartford, CT (D3 program to begin in 2018)

All head coaches were updated in the system on Wednesday, January 31st.

The following head coaching positions are still TBD:
Ball State University
Siena College
University of Richmond
Wagner College (New D1 program in 2019)

Converse College

Cazenovia College (New D3 program in 2018)
Cedar Crest College
Framingham State University
Lancaster Bible College (New D3 program in 2018)
Southern Virginia University (New D3 program in 2018)
University of Saint Joseph (New D3 program in 2018)
Utica College
Wells College