Staff

 

Sarah Broehl

Sarah is grateful to be back as Head Coach at Caravel Academy.  Coach Sarah played for Caravel before attending University of Delaware, where she played Division I field hockey.  Coach Sarah loves watching players develop their skills with hard work and dedication.  She teaches science at Caravel Academy and owns a sports performance focused gym- Savage Sports Performance.

Amy Deitrich, Goalkeeper Coach

Amy attended Wilmington Friends School and went on to play in college at Temple University.  She was a three-year letter winner Wilmington Friends High School and two-time Delaware State Champion.  She captured 2nd Team All-Conference as a junior and 1st Team All- ConferenceTeam and 2nd Team All-State as a senior.  College accolades include Temple University Co-Defensive Player of the Year, Division I Regional All-American, First Team, A-10 Conference Champion, A-10 All Conference Team, Honorable Mention, A-10 All Tournament Team, Three-Time A-10 Defensive Player of the Week, and Temple Invitational - Most Outstanding Goalkeeper.  Amy was also a USA Field Hockey Developmental Camp attendee D, C & B Camp.

Her love for hockey still shines as she continues coaching:  William Penn High School - Volunteer Goalkeeping Coach and Assistant Coach, 1999-2005; George Read Middle School - Head Coach, 2006-2008; William Penn High School - Volunteer Goalkeeping Coach,  2009-2012; George Read Middle School, Head Coach, 2013-2018, and currently the Sanford High School Goalkeeping Coach.

Katie Dick

Coach Katie, a Sharks alum, started playing field hockey in 7th grade at Conrad Schools of Science where she continues as a 5-year varsity starter for the program. While at Conrad, she was the captain of the team, she earned multiple 1st team all-conference accolades, as well as academic all-conference awards for three seasons, and took part in leading her team to the state tournament for three years in a row. After high school, Katie went on to play defense for Ithaca College for four years. She was named captain of the team in her senior season. During graduate school, she was the graduate assistant for the Ithaca College field hockey team. Katie earned both her bachelor's and master's degrees in Occupational Therapy with a minor in Sports and Exercise psychology. Katie is currently an Occupational Therapist in Red Clay Consolidated School District working at Richardson Park Elementary School and The John Dickinson School. She is also the head varsity field hockey coach at her high school alma mater, Conrad Schools of Science.

Jenn Judy

Jenn Judy is a member of the USA Women's Masters Team and competed overseas in the Summer of 2022.  Jenn has been involved with field hockey since she was six years old, and grew up playing for PA field hockey powerhouse Oley Valley, winning the county, district, and state championships her senior year. She earned a scholarship at University of Delaware, where she was a two-time team captain. Jenn has coached multiple summer camps and clinics since high school, was an Assistant Coach at Ball State University, before becoming Head Coach for Rosemont College in PA in 2004. She was hired as an athletics administrator at Towson University in 2005, and returned to UD in 2015 where she currently coordinates leadership development and career programming for the Blue Hens. Jenn will be joining us this season with a focus on Coach Development; Coach Jenn will be assisting with some of our newer coaches to help set them up for success.  Jenn met her husband Jesse at UD, and the two are very active CrossFit athletes. They have two children – Katelyn play field hockey and Jackson plays every other sport under the sun!

Maia Lee

Coach Maia was a standout athlete at Padua Academy and with Delaware Sharks.  She was a varsity starter for 4 years, earning All-Catholic Conference for 2 seasons.  Coach Maia participated in Futures (now Nexus) and was a leader on both NIT and Disney Pool winning teams.  She played field hockey for DII Newberry College, but later chose to transfer and finish her studies at the University of Delaware.  She double majored in Wildlife Ecology & Conservation and in Agriculture & Natural Resources.

So far, Coach Maia has focused her coaching on youth ages, being a frequent Coach for our rec programming at Kirkwood Sports (ages 3-12). She enjoys coaching U10 and U12 indoor teams and this past season her U12 Blacktips won their NIT Pool! She is currently an assistant coach at Caravel Academy.

Laura Lee (Co-owner, Director of Recreational Programming and Development)
Laura founded the Delaware Sharks back in 2000 with Debbie Murray- Sheppard, in response to a lack of indoor field hockey programs in the area. The club quickly grew from one team to many. She coached the first-ever Sharks team the Hammerheads Sharks, and the first outdoor Sharks team to win a National Field Hockey Festival pool (two years in a row). When the Hammerheads graduated she returned to coaching younger players as teaching the basics is her first love.

Laura is a field hockey official for both the Delaware Field Hockey Officials Association and USA Field Hockey, officiating both indoor and outdoor. Her coaching career started in soccer, coaching recreational and then travel soccer for nine years and earning a D Coaching License and the 2000 Adidas Region I United States Youth Girls Soccer Coach of the Year. She is also director of field hockey programs at Kirkwood Sports, where she oversees youth programs for all ages.

Laura played high school ball at McKean High School, and ran track at the University of Delaware (also participating in club hockey and rugby).  Coach Laura is on the Board of Directors for Kirkwood Sports, volunteers with an Animal Rescue as a frequent foster, and is a volunteer for the CASA program for children in Foster Care for the State of Delaware.

Caitlin Mogelesky
A Sharks alum, Cait started her field hockey career at Padua Academy, where she was nominated team captain and received All State honors her Junior and Senior years.  She continued her hockey career at Elizabethtown College, where she was selected as Team Captain and MVP her season year.  Cait went on to be the assistant coach of her college team while completing her Master's Degree in Occupational Therapy.

Cait returned to Delaware in 2014 to become the Asst Coach at Padua Academy while starting her career as a pediatric occupational therapist at Nemours.  Cait specializes in celebral palsey and other neurodevelopmental movement disorders.  Cait continues to play field hockey in both tournaments and Leagues.

Andrew Moffett
Drew's origin in coaching began 20 years ago with high school football and wrestling.  During his coaching career he was named Delaware Division 1 assistant wrestling coach of the year and won numerous Blue Hen conference and State Championships in both sports while coaching at William Penn High School.  Once he became a father, however, Drew hung up his whistle temporarily to put his energy into his family.  Now that his girls are old enough to enjoy sports, he has once again become a great advocate for sport and the development of young people.  Drew is a Level 1 certified field hockey coach who has been a huge fan of hockey for 25 years and recently began playing in a co-ed league.  Coach Drew has coached all age groups for Delaware Sharks from U12-U19!

Loveita Moffett
Loveita started playing field hockey in 8th grade and was a member of the 1994 William Penn State Championship team. She attended the University of Michigan, where her honors include:  Captain 1998- All-America First Team, All-America Third Team – 1997, All Big Ten First team Honors 1997-1998, Big Ten All-Tournament Team 1998 and Big Ten regular season champions 1997, and Big Ten Tournament Champions in 1998. She was selected as the University of Michigan’s “M Women" Athlete of the year 1999.  After her undergraduate work, she was a graduate assistant for Temple University Field Hockey 1999-2001.

Coaching youth hockey has always been her passion, shown in her 12 season run as head coach of William Penn High School field hockey team, earning 6 Blue Hen Flight A Championships, appearing in every DIAA state tournament from 2001-2011 (State Finalists-2006 and Semi-Finalist -2010).  She is in her third year as Head Coach of Smyrna High School, leading Smyrna to the State Finals in her first season there in 2021 and the program's first State Championship win in 2022. She was selected as Smyrna High School's coach of the year in 2021 and 2022, as well as State Coach of the year in 2022.

Athletes she has previously coached played field hockey at the following colleges/universities: University of Iowa, Drexel, Michigan, Ursinus College, Boston College, University of Delaware, Towson University, Bloomsburg University, Ursinus College, West Chester University, Manhattanville College, Kean University, Wesley College, Lynchburg University, Neumann College, Catawba College, and Washington College. She is married to her husband Drew, whom she met in kindergarten, and has two very active daughters.

Caroline Phillips
A former Sharks player and Concord alum who went on the play her college ball at Juniata,  Caroline is a teacher at Mount Pleasant High School and has been as assistant field hockey and lacrosse coach at her alma mater, Concord.  Coach Caroline was voted Teacher of the Year for Mount Pleasant School District in 2021.  Caroline has worked with a broad range of ages and loves to teach the younger players strong skills.

Carly (Becker) Radziewicz

Coach Carly played field hockey at William Penn High School and went to college to play field hockey at West Chester University. Her high school coaching career started at AI High School, and then she spent 10 years coaching at DMA. After briefly retiring, Coach Carly recently joined the Caravel field hockey coaching staff. Carly is married with 3 children, Ari (11), MJ (5), and Ra’aya(1), and 3 dogs, Whoopi, Shadow & Baxter.  She currently teaches 9th-grade English and coaches the Unified Basketball team at her alma mater, William Penn. Coach Carly has been a Sharks coach since 2015 coaching all age groups from Baby Sharks all the way up to U19.

Graham Russell

Graham "G" and his family (Wife Chris, and Coral Sharks player Georgia - 7th Grade) moved to the US from Broadstairs, England in September 2021, following a relocation of his wife's job. The whole family are avid hockey players and were part of Cliftonville Hockey Club for over 15 years.  G took up hockey as an adult player at age 22 but his soccer/sports knowledge saw him adapt quickly, and he captained both the 1st and 2nd XI in his time. Also taking the Over 40's (Vets) team to the Kent cup finals. His strengths are in defense, but he was also known for scoring a cheeky goal or two at short corners.

G coached the ladies 2nd Xl and several of the junior teams at his former club. He also helped manage Cliftonville Hockey club, a fully volunteer based club which had in its peak 5 men's teams and 3 ladies teams, alongside a thriving junior section with 150 junior members. In his time at the club, there was a key focus on providing affordable sports for all juniors within the local area, providing weekly coaching and game time to the juniors from U8s and above.

 

Erin (Marihugh) Tarburton
Erin is a club alum of both Strikers and Delaware Sharks.  She played at William Penn and then at Division I University of Delaware.  Throughout her playing career, Erin has racked up All-State honors and NIT and Festival Championships.  Erin was a member of the U-16 National Team as well as the Women's Indoor National Team.

Erin has coached all levels from Middle School to High School to Collegiate - assisting at both Widener and D2 champs WCU.  Erin is passionate about playing and still actively plays both indoor and outdoor on a number of teams including DFHA, which competes on a National Level.

Erin teaches PE and Health at Kirk Middle School.  Erin loves spending time at the beach with her Husband Kyle and daughter Fallon, as well as with her 2 German Shepherds.

 

Paul Zelenak
Paul comes to us with plenty of men’s field hockey playing experience. Paul was on the 2009 Junior Men’s Field Hockey National Championship team, and practiced with Concord High School field hockey team through 2010. Paul attended Drexel University and was on their lacrosse team from 2010-2013. During his time there he also practiced with the Drexel field hockey team from 2013-2014. Paul recently took a position as head coach for powerhouse Episcopal Academy after a long tenure at Padua Academy.  Coach Paul coaches field hockey and lacrosse.  Coach Paul and his wife Bri have a son named Hayes who is the Sharks' #1 fan!

Nicole (Hanby) Zulkowski

Nicole, a sharks alum, first started field hockey in 9th grade at William Penn. She was team captain her senior year, and received all conference and all state honors her junior and senior years. She continued her athletic career at Ursinus College as a member of the field hockey team. There, she helped her team make four NCAA final four appearances. She was named captain her senior season. Other accolades include: Centennial Conference Defensive Player of the Week 2009, 2011 NFHCA Division III All-Region team, NFHCA All-American 2011, and 2011 All Tournament Team.

After college, Nicole spent a year as the JV coach at William Penn. She coached recreational field hockey programs and eventually found her way to Smyrna High School. She is the current JV coach there. Nicole enjoys coaching both club and recreational field hockey to all different ages!

Jen Zuck (Co-owner, Director of Travel Programming, Head of Operations)
Jen (Mulvaney) Zuck played defense and midfield at Milford High School, where she earned numerous honors including First team All Henlopen Conference and All State honors. Coach Jen went to the University of Delaware on a full academic scholarship; she chose not to pursue hockey at the collegiate level. After graduating with honors from undergrad, she joined the workforce before going back and earning her MBA from Wilmington University. Jen is now employed by Best Egg, a fintech company in Wilmington.

Jen has over 18 years of coaching experience having worked with athletes as young as 4 all the way through U19.  She coaches both indoor and outdoor, and has multiple major national events under her belt such as Festival, NIT, and Shooting Star.  Coach Jen is recently wrapped her second season working with a school program as an assistant for Tower Hill School's Middle School team.  THS Middle earned a record of 18-0-3 over the past two seasons.

Jen still spends plenty of time on the pitch, playing in adult co-ed tournament play as well as New Castle County League and Philly Hockey League.  She recently also obtained her Level 2 Coaching Certification from USA Field Hockey and is a certified indoor umpire.

Athletes who Coach Jen has coached have gone on to collegiate careers in all 3 Divisions; she enjoys keeping in touch with her collegiate players and does a "college world tour" in the fall to watch as many play as she can.