Our Staff

David Harte

Co-founder

David Harte is the current Ireland men's field hockey goalkeeper, and plays professional in the Netherlands for the club Kampong. To name a few of his accolades… He was named FIH Goalkeeper of the Year in both 2015 and 2016. He has played over 215 caps for his country. He is the current captain of the Ireland Men’s team, and has captained the team in both the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics & 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup. In 2015 he led his team to bronze in the EuroHockey Championships, and received Goalkeeper of the Tournament award . The following year, he successfully led his club to victory naming them EuroHockey League Champions in 2016.

David Williamson

Co-founder

David has coached at Kent State University, Princeton University, and is now in his second stint at Monmouth University. He is also on the coaching staff of the US Women’s National Field Hockey Team and enjoys experiencing hockey all over the globe. Throughout the years, David has been a part of multiple NCAA tournament appearances and championship winning programs.

Jackie Briggs

A passionate and impactful player in her decade of hockey, Jackie Briggs is a world renown keeper on the international stage. During her time as a Tar Heel at North Carolina, she helped lead her team to two NCAA Championships in 2007 and 2009 and one ACC Championship in 2007. She earned first-team All-America honors in her junior & senior years, and was respectfully named to the All-ACC and All-NCAA Tournament teams as well. Briggs represented her country at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympic Games and at World Cups in 2014 and 2018. She was nominated for the FIH Hockey Stars Awards Female Goalkeeper of the Year Award in 2014, 2016 and 2017. After nine years, Briggs retired from the U.S. Women's National Team with 184 international caps. Now in the the pursuit of giving back to the sport she loves, Briggs has recently joined the Demon Deacons as an Assistant Coach after serving as volunteer assistant for the 2019, 2018, and 2012 seasons.

Alesha Widdall

Alesha Widdall, a seven-year member of the US Women’s Field Hockey Senior National Team, is now the assistant coach for Cornell University. A member of the 2016 US Olympic training team, Widdall helped prepare the US squad that took fifth place overall at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. In total, she has won seven medals with Team USA, including gold medals at the 2017 World League Semifinals, the 2014 Champions Challenge, and the 2013 World League Round 2.Widdall was a two-time NFHCA All-American and a four-time All-Region selection at UMass. She helped the Minutewomen to four A10 Championships and a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances during her career. The A10 Defensive Player of the Year (2011) and the conference Rookie of the Year (2008), she was a four-time first-team all-conference selection and a two-time ECAC All-Star.

Annie Zinkavich

Annie Zinkavich, Annie Z or AZ to those in the hockey world, was introduced to goalkeeping in 1995 at the ripe old age of 14 and has never looked back.  She played her collegiate career at Penn State, starting 80 of the 82 games she played in, was twice named All Region, and had several Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week nods.  She continued to share her love of the game at Bucknell, Penn State, and University of Virginia, with several of her keepers receiving All-Conference and All-American Honors.  She currently resides in Richmond, VA where she is the Co-Director of Panthers United and volunteers at Longwood University.  Annie Z is high energy and wants to share her love of the game with anyone that will listen...you will catch her in her kickers most of the time!  Check out her Instagram page, goalkeepingfroma2zink to see what she’s up to!

Kealsie Robles

Kealsie Robles began her international career in 2018, representing the U.S. Senior National Team at the Sompo Cup in Japan. The Yorktown native, played for the Old Dominion Monarchs from 2015-2019; earning Second Team All-Region, BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week on two occasions, Rookie of the Week honors. She was named to the U-19 Women’s National team in 2016, and following her selection to the U-21 Women's National Team in late 2017 she quickly transitioned from the U.S. Women's National Development Squad to the U.S. Senior Team in late 2018. Robles has gone on to represent the States in 2019 & 2020 FIH Proleague, 2019 Pan American Games as a Provisional Athlete, and 2019 FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers.

Kelsey Bing

Kelsey Bing, a Texan native, is a current goalkeeper for the U.S. Women’s National Team. An experienced and accomplished player, Kelsey has competed at the collegiate level representing Stanford for 4 years as well as at the international level representing the USA in a myriad of tournaments. During her time at Stanford, Bing helped her team win 3 American East Championships, and was a two time NFHCA All- American among other astounding accolades. Following her career on the U-17, U-19, and U-21 Women’s National teams, she made her senior international debut in 2018 against Belgium. Since then Kelsey has gone on to compete in the 2019 FIH Proleague, Pan American Games, and 2019 FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers.