Connecticut College Women's Field Hockey

Needham, former head coach at Kenyon College and American International College, enters her third season as the head coach of field hockey at Connecticut College.  In her first season at the helm, Needham helped lead the improved Camels to key conference victories against Bates College and Wesleyan that enabled the Camels to finish in a three-way tie for eighth place before tie-breaking procedures were applied. Heidi Halsted, center midfielder from Mill Valley, Calif. was honored on the Longstreth/National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) All-New England West Region Second Team.  The Camels were also honored with the Gladiator by SGI/NFHCA National Academic Team Award. This award is presented to teams who achieve a team grade point average of 3.0 or higher in the fall semester each season. In 2015, Needham's Camels won four out of their last five games. Connecticut College was 5-3 against unranked oppositiion. A native of Killingworth, Conn., Needham played in two NCAA Division I final fours as a student-athlete at the University of Connecticut. She was a four-time Big East Academic All-Star and NFHCA All-Academic selection and also coached field hockey at Greenwich High School, where she was recognized as CIAC Coach of the Year. Needham arrived to New London with seven years of collegiate coaching experience that covered all three NCAA divisions. She was the head coach at AIC for the 2012 and 2013 seasons, coaching one All-American, a Northeast-10 Goalkeeper of the Year and five All-Northeast-10 performers.  At Kenyon College, she led her team to a 15-11 North Coast Athletic Conference record over two seasons of action from 2010 and 2011, including a NCAC semi-final berth in 2010. As an assistant coach at the University of Massachusetts, she helped the team earn two NCAA Division I playoff berths. Needham graduated from UConn with a Bachelor of Science in 2000 and a Master of Arts and Education in 2001.  She holds a United States Field Hockey Level II Coaching Certificate and is a graduate of the NCAA Womens Coaches Academy.

Goodhue enters her second season as assistant field hockey coach for Connecticut College. Goodhue also provides freelance photography for the Camel Athletic program.  Goodhue graduated with a bachelor's degree in psychology and minor in exercise and sports sciences from Smith College. As an athlete for Smith, Goodhue was a highly versatile player capable of leading offensive, defensive, and midfield lines at any given point. She captained the Pioneers in her senior season; recording five goals, 18 assists, and one defensive save in her career. In addition to collegiate athletics, Goodhue has played abroad in five different countries, including a six month stay in Australia where she was an influential player for her University of Melbourne Hockey Club. Goodhue has been coaching since she was in high school, where she first developed a passion for sharing her knowledge by leading youth clinics. Since then, she has coached athletes at all ages, from brand new players to experienced collegiate athletes. After graduating from Smith, Goodhue returned to coach at her high school alma mater, Mount Anthony Union High School, and helped lead them to four Vermont State semifinal appearances in five seasons. She also assisted with Westfield State University in their spring seasons for the past two years. To help stimulate a growth and knowledge of field hockey in her area, Goodhue founded Evolution Field Hockey Club. While focused primarily on youth development, she also created opportunities for adults to play after graduation and developed a young-coaches program that mentored interested high school athletes in coaching.