Field Hockey

About Head Coach Kate Cusick

Kate Cusick joined St. Andrew’s as an English teacher and head coach of field hockey in 2022.

Originally from Pennsylvania and most recently teaching and coaching at Moravian Academy in Bethlehem, she earned her bachelor’s degree from Boston University, her master’s degree in education from Harvard University, and is pursuing a second master’s degree from Middlebury’s Bread Loaf School of English. At Bread Loaf, Cusick has studied critical essay writing, adaptation analysis, and fantasy fiction, and has conducted extensive research on the dynamic between literature and film within the English classroom.

Along with her passion for language and literature, Kate is a life-long fitness enthusiast; she was a three-sport, four-year high school varsity athlete who went on to play Division 1 field hockey at Boston University. She was selected as Rookie of the Week, All-Conference Tournament First Team, and First Team All-America East. Despite a knee injury her junior year, Cusick finished her collegiate career as a two-time conference champion and among the top record holders for career goals and points in Terrier history.

In addition to reading and spending time with her family, she enjoys baking, hiking, paddle boarding, and gardening.

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Where Saints Field Hockey Alumni have competed in college...

Molly Starkey ’23 - Sewanee: The University of the South

Neva Richardson ’16 - Smith College

Ellen Copper ’14 - Sewanee: The University of the South

Celeste Lancaster ’13 - Williams College

Joanie Oates ’13 - Bates College

Tilden Davis ’10 - Sewanee: The University of the South

• 2013 Captain
• All Conference 2nd team
• All- American SAA team

Kate Sidebottom '96 - University of North Carolina

• 2x NCAA Champion
• 3x NFHCA Academic All-American

Claire Colburn ‘87 - Haverford College

• Co-Captain Senior year

Chesa Profaci ’80 - Smith College, Washington College