Susquehanna University Women's Field Hockey

Wahila joined the Crusaders following four years as the assistant field hockey coach and indoor athletic facility manager at Division I Siena College. Wahila, a 2006 graduate of the University of New Hampshire, began her tenure at Siena in 2007 after earning her Master of Science degree in Sport Management from Ithaca College. As the assistant field hockey coach at Siena, she assisted in all facets of the program including on-field coaching, planning of practices, recruiting, compliance, fundraising and home and away game day management. During her tenure with the program, the Saints captured the most non-conference victories since the team joined the Northeast Conference and boasted a 3.34 team grade-point average (GPA). As the indoor facility manager, Wahila oversaw the Marcelle Athletic Complex, the home of 18 Division I sports. She scheduled all indoor practices for varsity and club teams and served as the game day manager for womens volleyball and womens basketball games. Prior to arriving at Siena, Wahila spent one year as the graduate assistant coach at Division III Ithaca College while working towards her Masters degree. In addition, Wahila has served as a USA Field Hockey Futures Coach since 2002 and has coached the Adirondack Club Field Hockey Team since 2009. As a student-athlete at the University of New Hampshire, Wahila started every game of her four-year career and received the programs Freshmen Award in 2002. She was on the 2002 America East Conference All-Rookie Team and was named to the leagues Honor Roll in 2004. Wahila graduated from New Hampshire in 2006 with a degree in business administration and a minor in psychology.

Allison Fordyce was named the head coach of the Susquehanna field hockey team in June of 2017, returning to the Selinsgrove campus for the third time. Fordyce had served as an assistant coach twice before between 2008 and 2010 and then again in 2012. She brought with her more than 15 years of coaching experience as both an assistant and head coach in field hockey as well as lacrosse. Fordyce had cultivated one of the best programs in the region, as Susquehanna has been regionally and nationally ranked during her tenure. The River Hawks earned their first Landmark Conference banners under Fordyce, winning it now three times in 2018, 2023, and 2024 to secure their first NCAA Tournament bids since 2002. Overall record of 91-50 at Susquehanna, including a 40-13 Landmark record 2018, 2023, 2024 Landmark Conference champions 2018, 2023, 2024 NCAA Tournament appearances 2022, 2023, 2024 Landmark Coaching Staff of the Year Appeared in Landmark Conference playoffs in 5 of 6 seasons Coached first and only Landmark Player and Defensive Player of the Year 16 wins in 2021 were second-most all-time 3rd all-time in wins at Susquehanna Winning percentage of .590 is best ever at SU (min. 50 games) Ranked as high as No. 17 in NFHCA Top 20 Poll in 2021  NCAA Regional Ranking (2021) Posted nationally-ranked wins over No. 14 Christopher Newport (2021), No. 5 Salisbury (2021), No. 19 Franklin & Marshall (2023) NFHCA National Academic Team (2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023) 2023 Landmark Champions & NCAA Tournament Appearance 2018 Landmark Championships was first conference title in program history 2018 NCAA Appearance was first since 2002 16 wins in 2021 were second-most all-time No. 2 regional ranking in 2021 was the highest in program history 10 homes wins in 2021 was tied for the most all-time Earned first and only Landmark Player and Defensive Player of the Year NFHCA All-American (1): 2023: Kari Schmidt (3rd Team, D) NFHCA All-Region (7): 2018: Hunter Pitman (2nd Team, F); 2019: Hunter Pitman (1st Team, F), Annalee Smith (2nd Team, D); 2021: Katie Koch (2nd Team, M), Annalee Smith (2nd Team, D); 2023: Kari Schmidt (1st Team, D), Katie Bucher (2nd Team, M); 2024: Kari Schmidt (1st Team, D), Mady Quigley (2nd Team, M) Landmark Conference Coaching Staff of the Year (3): 2021, 2023, 2024 Landmark Conference Players of the Year (1): 2019: Hunter Pitman Landmark Conference Defensive Player of the Year (3): 2021: Annalee Smith; 2023: Kari Schmidt; 2024: Kari Schmidt Landmark Conference Rookie of the Year (3): 2018: Annelee Smith; 2023: Hannah Garlin; 2024: Mady Quigley Landmark Conference First Team (13): 2018: Hunter Pitman (F), Annalee Smith (D); 2019: Hunter Pitman (F), Kelsey Murray (M), Annalee Smith (D); 2021: Katie Koch (M), Annalee Smith (D); 2023: Katie Bucher (M), Kari Schmidt (D); 2024: Lydia Hidlay (D), Sophia Prata (F), Mady Quigley (M), Kari Schmidt (D) Landmark Conference Second Team (11): 2017: Hunter Pitman (F), Cayla Spatz (M); 2018: Jenni Sabbak (F), Vivian Simone (M), Kelsey Murray (M), Gabby Martin (D); 2021: Sam Banks (F), Kari Schmidt (D); 2023: Sarah McAndrews; 2024: Emma Campitelli (M), Ashley Derrick (G) Landmark Conference Honorable Mention (1): 2023: Ashley Derrick (G) NFHCA Senior All-Star Game (1): 2021: Annalee Smith NFHCA National Player of the Week (2): 2017: Veronica Green (Defensive); 2021: Mackenzie Bross (Defensive) NFHCA Scholars of Distinction (18): 2019: Katie Koch, Abby Reist; 2020: Bailey Dean, Katie Koch, Ava Greene, Abby Reist; 2021: Ava Greene, Lydia Hidlay, Katie Koch, Abby Reist; 2024: Riley Corbett, Hannah Garlin, Lydia Hidlay, Lexi Kresge, Madison Lilley, Taylor Rothermel, Gracie Roush, Kylie Schmidt NFHCA National Academic Squad (68): 2019: 21; 2020: 25; 2021: 22 Assistant Coach, Field Hockey, Susquehanna University (2008-2010; 2012) Assistant Coach, Field Hockey, Selinsgrove High School (2011) Head Coach, Women's Lacrosse, York College of Pennsylvania (2006-07) Started up first women's lacrosse program 2 CAC Tournament appearances 3 All-CAC honorees 2 IWLCA All-Metro Region picks Head Coach, Field Hockey, York College of Pennsylvania (2005) 11-8 overall mark at York Coached 4 All-CAC selections Mentored the 2005 CAC Rookie of the Year Head Coach, Field Hockey, Notre Dame of Maryland (2004) Overall record of 8-8 Earned Atlantic Women's Colleges Conference title Coached five All-AWCC selections YEAR SCHOOL OVERALL RECORD CONFERENCE RECORD POSTSEASON 2004 Notre Dame (Md.) 8-8 AWCC Champions 2005 York (Pa.) 11-8 2-3 CAC Tournament First Round 2017 Susquehanna 9-8 3-4 2018 Susquehanna 11-9 4-3 NCAA Tournament First Round Landmark Champions (No. 3 seed) 2019 Susquehanna 10-11 5-2 Landmark Runner-Up (No. 3 seed) 2020 Susquehanna 0-0 0-0 Season Canceled due to CoVID-19 Pandemic 2021 Susquehanna 16-4 5-2 Landmark Tournament First Round (No. 3 seed) 2022 Susquehanna 15-6 6-1 Landmark Tournament Semifinalists (No. 2 seed) 2023 Susquehanna 15-6 8-1 NCAA Tournament First Round Landmark Champions (No. 1 seed) 2024 Susquehanna 15-6 9-0 NCAA Tournament First Round Landmark Champions (No. 1 seed) 2025 Susquehanna 13-8 8-1 Landmark Tournament Championship (No. 2 seed) TOTALS SUSQUEHANNA 104-58 48-14 3 LANDMARK TITLES, 3 NCAA TOURNAMENT BID 3 SCHOOLS 123-74 50-17 4 CONFERENCE TITLES, 3 NCAA TOURNAMENT BIDS B.S. in sports management from Towson University in 1998 Played field hockey at Harford Community College (NJCAA), competed in back-to-back national championship games, including the school's first title in 1995; 2015 Hall of Fame Induction Class M.A. in education from McDaniel (2005) Resides in Selinsgrove with her husband, Brad, and three children - Tate, Grayce, and Nash Husband Brad is the head football coach at Dickinson College