Rhodes College Women's Field Hockey

Cullen enters her third season with the Rhodes College field hockey team. Prior to assistant coaching at Rhodes, Meghan Cullen spent two years working as the assistant coach at Cape Fear Academy in Wilmington, N.C. During her time in Wilmington, Cullen was in charge of training both the varsity and junior varsity goalkeepers, none of which had ever played the sport before. She also worked as the team's professional hype girl. Cullen also spent a week in Memphis working with Rhodes goalkeepers during pre-season last year. A 2010 graduate of Rhodes College, Cullen spent her four years playing goalie for the Lynx, helping the team earn three regular season championships and two conference championships. During her senior year, Cullen was a Longstreth/NFHCA Division III All-Region selection and was also awarded the title of Longstreth/NFHCA Division III All-American. In her free time Cullen enjoys the occasional light jog, reading and geeking out over the most recent episode of Game of Thrones. A feline enthusiast, Cullen has one cat, Olive (age 5), but hopes to have more in the future.  

Wells enters her 12th year at the helm for the Lynx after a 2015 season that saw the Lynx win their ninth conference title and earn a birth in the Sweet 16. Wells also serves as Senior Women's Administrator as well as Coordinator of Indoor Facilities.  In Wells' 11 years as head coach, Rhodes has amassed an overall record of 137-67 (.672) and captured seven conference championships (2006, 2009-2013, 2015) and eight regular season titles (2005-2007, 2009-2012, 2014, 2015). Wells is a four time winner of the SCAC/SAA Coach of the Year honor (2009-2012) and was also awarded NFHCA Regional Coach of the Year twice for the Lynx breakout 2010 season (17-2) as well as in 2016. A native of Richmond, Va., Wells is a Rhodes Alumna, having received her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a minor in Sociology in 2003. Since graduation she has been employed at Rhodes, serving first as the Assistant Coordinator of Recreational Services, working with intramural and club sports programs as well as assisting with the field hockey and softball programs.  Wells stepped up to Head Field Hockey Coaching responsibilities in March of 2005 and in August 2011 traded her intramural and club sport duties for a new role as Coordinator of Facilities for Athletics.  As a student-athlete at Rhodes Wells competed in three seasons of field hockey and softball. While sidelined her junior year with a knee injury, she was able to serve as a student assistant coach for both sports. As a student assistant coach she helped guide the Lynx field hockey squad to their first conference championship, a KIT title in 2001. She captained both teams as a senior and served on the Student Athlete Advisory Committee. Wells was an All-Conference Selection as well as an NFHCA Academic All American.  Outside of field hockey Jane enjoys athletic activities, service and traveling.  Wells served as the staff leader on five Rhodes Rebuilds spring break trips to New Orleans and spends her summers volunteering in education around the world (Cambodia 2009, India 2011, Guatemala 2012-2013, Uganda 2013, and Brazil 2014).  Jane also volunteers weekly at St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital and completed the St. Jude Marathon this past December.  Wells is a co-captain of Team Rhodes, a campus wide initiative to get students, faculty, staff, and alumni involved in fundraising for St. Jude through the Heroes program- this past fall the group raised $83,000 for St. Jude with field hockey accounting for $17,000 in contributions.  Anything outside and active will hold her attention including biking, hiking, team sports, and golf.   Contact Information: Rhodes College Field Hockey 2000 North Parkway Memphis, TN 38112     Jane Wells Coordinator of Indoor Facilities / Head Field Hockey Coach Jane Wells enters her 12th year at the helm for the Lynx after a 2015 season that saw the Lynx win their ninth conference title and earn a birth in the Sweet 16. Wells also serves as Senior Women's Administrator as well as Coordinator of Indoor Facilities.  In Wells' 11 years as head coach, Rhodes has amassed an overall record of 137-67 (.672) and captured seven conference championships (2006, 2009-2013, 2015) and eight regular season titles (2005-2007, 2009-2012, 2014, 2015). Wells is a four time winner of the SCAC/SAA Coach of the Year honor (2009-2012) and was also awarded NFHCA Regional Coach of the Year twice for the Lynx breakout 2010 season (17-2) as well as in 2016. A native of Richmond, Va., Wells is a Rhodes Alumna, having received her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a minor in Sociology in 2003. Since graduation she has been employed at Rhodes, serving first as the Assistant Coordinator of Recreational Services, working with intramural and club sports programs as well as assisting with the field hockey and softball programs.  Wells stepped up to Head Field Hockey Coaching responsibilities in March of 2005 and in August 2011 traded her intramural and club sport duties for a new role as Coordinator of Facilities for Athletics.  As a student-athlete at Rhodes Wells competed in three seasons of field hockey and softball. While sidelined her junior year with a knee injury, she was able to serve as a student assistant coach for both sports. As a student assistant coach she helped guide the Lynx field hockey squad to their first conference championship, a KIT title in 2001. She captained both teams as a senior and served on the Student Athlete Advisory Committee. Wells was an All-Conference Selection as well as an NFHCA Academic All American.  Outside of field hockey Jane enjoys athletic activities, service and traveling.  Wells served as the staff leader on five Rhodes Rebuilds spring break trips to New Orleans and spends her summers volunteering in education around the world (Cambodia 2009, India 2011, Guatemala 2012-2013, Uganda 2013, and Brazil 2014).  Jane also volunteers weekly at St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital and completed the St. Jude Marathon this past December.  Wells is a co-captain of Team Rhodes, a campus wide initiative to get students, faculty, staff, and alumni involved in fundraising for St. Jude through the Heroes program- this past fall the group raised $83,000 for St. Jude with field hockey accounting for $17,000 in contributions.  Anything outside and active will hold her attention including biking, hiking, team sports, and golf.   Contact Information: Rhodes College Field Hockey 2000 North Parkway Memphis, TN 38112    

Lowe will enter her third season with the Lynx Field Hockey program in the Fall of 2015. In her first year at Rhodes, she helped the Lynx win their fifth consecutive conference championship   A native of Suffolk, Virginia, Lowe is a 2013 graduate of Christopher Newport University.  Lowe earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with minors in both Sociology and Leadership Studies.  During her final semester at CNU, Lowe was an intern for the field hockey team helping to recruit, develop drills, and coach players in practices.  In addition to interning, Lowe worked for the Stick Power Field Hockey Club as the U14 and U12/U10 Coach.  Lowe also coached for Futures for four years, a U.S.A field hockey Olympic development program. She also participated in working at the elite Futures site for the top field hockey athletes in the region.  Lowe previously served as an assistant coach for Heritage High School in Newport News, Virginia. While playing at CNU, Lowe was an integral part to the teams success holding down the midfield.  She was named MVP of the 2011 season and played in four NCAA tournaments. Throughout her career, she played in 67 out of a total 70 games. In 2012, she started 19 out of 19 games, had three goals, two assists, and seven defensive saves.  Off the field, Lowe enjoys volunteering with athletes at Heritage High School, helping to mentor some of the players outside of the game.  Lowe also loves to play soccer, watch baseball, and exercise.

Tafro enters her first season as assitant coach of the Rhodes College field hockey program. Tafro was most recently the graduate assistant coach at Frostburg State University. The team recently went 8-10 the previous season against some of the top programs in the nation. Tafro developed and administrated drills for the Bobcats as well as playing a major role in the team's strategy and philosophy. On the season, Frostburg was second in the Capital Athletic Conference in saves. In her first season, she helped lead the team to a 6-12 overall record, while the Bobcats led the CAC in saves and finished fourth in defensive saves.   Prior to Frostburg State, Tafro served as an assistant coach at the Quik Stik Elite Field Hockey Club for the last two years. She worked specifically in introducing skills, creating drills and managing travel for the team to showcases and tournaments while arranging accommodations, dinners and team activities.   Prior to Quik Stix, she worked as an assistant at the USA Field Hockey Futures Olympic Training Program. She introduced the rules of the game while teaching the correct form of basic skills and ideas to new and inexperienced players. She also had coaching stints at Revolution Field Hockey Youth Camp and at the Montclair High School Training Clinic.   As a student-athlete, Tafro was a four-year member of the Montclair State University field hockey team from 2010-2013 leading the team to two NJAC Championships and a national runner-up finish in Division III in 2012. She was a three-time First Team All-NJAC selection, two-time NFHCA Division III South Atlantic First Team All-Region, two-time Snyapse Sports All-American and was named an NFHCA Division III Second Team All-American following her junior season. As a junior and senior she led Montclair in scoring, was named the NJAC Midfielder of the Year following her senior season and earned a spot in the NFHCA Division III Senior All-Star Game. Tafro is also second all-time in MSU history in scoring.   She was a four-time NFHCA Division III Academic squad selection and helped the Red Hawks earn the NFHCA Collegiate National Academic Team Award three times.   Tafro graduated from Montclair in 2014 with a bachelor's degree in justice studies with a double concentration in justice systems and international justice.