Washington and Lee University Women's Field Hockey

After being hired in 2015, Gina Wills is in entering into her 12th season as the head coach of the Washington and Lee field hockey team and serves as the second head coach in program history. The team has advanced to the conference title game in six of the nine seasons during Wills' tenure, including most recently during the 2022 season where the Blue and White earned the No.1 seed in the conference's regular season standings. The Generals postseason success includes three straight home field advantages through the postseason from 2015-17. That stretch was the first time in W&L history the field hockey team made three straight championship games and then earned a top-seed again from the spring 2021 season, fall '21 and again in '22.  Since the 2015 season, W&L has captured 11 major ODAC awards, a CSC Academic All-America selection in Tess Muneses '23 who also was named the ODAC's Berkley award winner and an NCAA Woman of the Year Top-30 finalist as a senior.   . W&L ACCOMPLISHMENTS (137-62, 71-16 ODAC) Four ODAC Coach of the Year  Three ODAC Championships 67x All-Conference Selections 11 ODAC Major Awards 7x NFHCA All-America Selections 25x NFHCA All-Region Selections One CSC Academic All-America Selection Four ODAC Scholar-Athletes of the Year 18x  NFHCA Scholar of Distinction Awards AWARDS, HONORS & CERTIFICATIONS 4x ODAC Coach of the Year ('15, '17, '21, '22) North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Coach of the Year (2012) National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Great Lakes Region Coach of the Year (2012) United States Field Hockey Association Futures Program (2007-current)  NFHCA All-America Committee NCAA Regional Ranking Committee NFHCA All-America Committee NFHCA Senior All-Star Game Committee NFHCA Coach of the Year Committee NCAA Field Hockey Great Lakes Regional Advisory Committee. COACHING RESUME Washington and Lee (2015 to present) Head Coach of DePauw University (2007-14) 121-40 (.752) overall record 4x NCAC regular season champions 3x NCAC Tournament Champions 3x NCAA Tournament Appearances 2012 NCAA Semifinalists 8x NFHCA National Academic Team Award 7x NFHCA All-America selections 3x Great Lakes Region Player of the Year 7x NFHCA Senior All-Star game participants Assistant Coach at Washington & Jefferson College (2006-07) Assistant Coach at Earlham College (2004-06) PLAYING CAREER (Centre College '04) Two-year co-captain NFHCA Second Team All-Region  Also lettered in softball Bachelor of arts in English, minor in history WILLS YEAR-BY-YEAR AT W&L YEAR OVERALL RECORD ODAC RECORD ACCOMPLISHMENTS 2025 14-5 7-1 8x All-ODAC Selections 6x NFHCA All-Region Selections 1x NFHCA All-Senior Team Finished Season Ranked No. 21 in Coaches' Poll 2024 12-7 5-3 6x All-ODAC Selections 2x NFHCA All-Region Selections 1x NFHCA All-Senior Team 2023 11-7 7-2 5x All-ODAC Selections ODAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year 2x NFHCA All-Region Selections 3x VaSID All-State Selections  2022 17-3 7-1  ODAC Champions ODAC Coach of the Year VaSID Coach of the Year NCAA Second Round ODAC Rookie of the Year ODAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year 7x All-ODAC Selections 4x VaSID All-State Selections 4x NFHCA All-Region Selections 2x NFHCA All-American Selection CSC Academic All-America NCAA Woman of the Year Top-30 Award ODAC Berkley Player Award 2021 18-1 9-0 ODAC Champions ODAC Coach of the Year VaSID Coach of the Year NCAA Regional Finals ODAC Offensive Player of the Year ODAC Defensive Player of the Year ODAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year 9x All-ODAC Selections 5x VaSID All-State Selections 5x NFHCA All-Region Selections 3x NFHCA All-American Selection Spring 2021 8-2 7-1 ODAC Defensive Player of the Year 7x All-ODAC Selections 6x VaSID All-State Selections VaSID Defensive Player of the Year 2019 10-8 6-2 ODAC Rookie of the Year 5x All-ODAC Selections 2018 8-10  5-3 4x All-ODAC Selections 2x VaSID All-State Selections 1x NFHCA All-Region Selections 2017 15-5  7-0 ODAC Championship NCAA Second Round ODAC Coach of the Year ODAC Player of the Year 5x All-ODAC Selections 3x VaSID All-State Selections 2x NFHCA All-Region Selections 1x NFHCA All-American Selection 2016 13-7  6-2 ODAC Player of the Year ODAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year 6x All-ODAC Selections VaSID Co-Player of the Year  2x VaSID All-State Selections 2x NFHCA All-Region Selections 1x NFHCA All-American Selection 2015 11-7  6-1 ODAC Coach of the Year 5x All-ODAC Selections 1x NFHCA All-Region Selections 1x VaSID All-State Selections 11 SEASONS 137-62 (.688) 71-16 (.816) 3 ODAC Titles 3 NCAA Bids 4 ODAC Coach of the Year Awards CAREER: -- 16 Seasons

Cale is in her third season as an assistant coach with the W&L field hockey program. Through two years, the Generals have a 22-15 overall mark and 10-5 record in the conference. In 2015, W&L was the No. 1 seed in the league tournament for the first time since 2005, and the team advanced to the conference championship game for the first time since 2005. Cale came to Lexington from Oxon Hill, Md., where she worked for the Gaylord National Resort and Covention Center since August of 2012. She began as a seasonal assistant manager of special events and was promoted to recruiting coordinator and most recently to a recruiter.  Cale was a four-year member of the field hockey team at Christopher Newport University, graduating in 2011 with a bachelor of arts in English. On the field, she was a four-time letterwinner and the team's leader in assists as a sophomore and senior. As a midfielder, she received First Team All-State honors in 2008 and she was a Second Team All-Region selection in 2009. Her 12 assists as a sophomore are the second-most in CNU history. Cale later served as an assistant coach at CNU for the 2011 season while earning a master of arts in teaching in 2012. Her field hockey experiences also include working camps and serving as a USA Futures Field Hockey Coach.