Past Elite Staff Members

Denise Zelenak - Head Coach Drexel University

Denise Zelenak returns to the sidelines for her 11th season as the Head Coach of the Drexel field hockey program and her fourth year at the BLUE HEN ELITE FIELD HOCKEY CAMP.  She took over the Drexel program in 1994 and has resurrected the program. The Dragons compete in arguably the top field hockey conference in the country. She has led the Dragons to at least 11-win seasons four times in the last six years.

Zelenak's extensive field hockey resume is highlighted by her outstanding achievements on the field as well. An integral member of a highly successful West Chester program that ranked in the NCAA Division I top-20 throughout her playing career, Zelenak earned Regional All-American recognition and was an Olympic Festival participant. In 1989, she played for the U.S. National reserve team before graduating in 1991 with a degree in health and physical education.

Zelenak's post-collegiate playing career has been equally impressive. A USFHA National Indoor Tournament All-Star in 1994 and 1995, she led her team to the 1998 National Indoor Championship and the 2001 championship. She also competed from 1998-2001 in the U.S. United Airlines Summer League for the Metro Rush and in 2003 for the Fury. In 2000, she served as the team's player-coach.. Zelenak is in her second year with the U.S. National Indoor Field Hockey team. A co-captain of the team, she will be competing in the Pan American Games in Kitchener, Ontario this December.

A former captain of the Puerto Rican National Team, Zelenak competed in a six-game series with Mexico, the Puerto Rican Olympic Festival and the Central American Games. She was heavily involved with the Puerto Rican National Organization and has coached various clinics over the past few months.

Sarah Catlin - Head Coach LaSalle University

Sarah Catlin enters her fifth season at the helm of the LaSalle University field hockey program and her fourth year at the BLUE HEN ELITE FIELD HOCKEY CAMP.  In her first two seasons at LaSalle, Catlin quickly established an excellent academic program, winning the first of three-straight school best fall team GPA's in 2002.  A year later, 2003, saw the squad move onto a national stage with the second highest GPA in the country, along with the programs best win total in over a decade. 

Catlin graduated from Bucknell University in 1998, and took her first coaching job as an assistant coach at Columbia University.  The following spring she accepted the assistant coach position at Miami University of Ohio. In the spring of 2001, she left the program and took over the head coach position at Susquehanna University in lacrosse, leading the team to its first regular season title.

 Outisde of her collegiate coaching background, Catlin has worked at an extensive list of summer camps and US Field Hockey programs.  She concluded her fourth year as one of Pennsylvania's Level I Futures coaches, and is a member of the NY/NJ/PA EPTC coaching team.  

Monica Morgan Levy - Head Coach Monmouth University

Monica Morgan Levy returned to the sidelines of the Monmouth University Field Hockey program for her ninth season after a one-year hiatus. And she returns to the BLUE HEN ELITE FIELD HOCKEY CAMP once again this year as well. Since Monmouth’s program's inaugural year in 1997, Levy has steadily improved the quality of play. In the first season, she won four games with a squad that featured 30 freshmen. And by 2000, she guided Monmouth to an 11-9 mark to give the Hawks their first winning record. The 11 wins also topped the league record. The success was evident in league play as the Hawks compiled a 9-1 Northeast Conference record and captured the regular season crown Levy has been recognized for her coaching exploits, earning NEC Coach of the Year honors two of the last five years!

Prior to Monica’s arrival at Monmouth she spent three seasons as an assistant field hockey and lacrosse coach at the University of Delaware. She helped both squads earn national rankings during her tenure from 1993 to 1996.. As a collegiate athlete – Monica was a four-year starter in both field hockey and lacrosse at Lafayette College. She earned All-Patriot honors in both sports and was also named to the regional All-American team in field hockey as a senior. A 1993 graduate, she served as team captain on both squads during her career. As a sophomore, she helped guide the Leopards to an NCAA Tournament appearance in lacrosse.

Jessica Reed - Head Field Hockey Coach Stevens Institute of Technology

In February of 2004, Head Coach Jessica Reed accepted the challenge of building the Stevens field hockey program from the ground up.  In just one year, Reed transformed a squad with only one victory into a winning program.  The second-year squad finished their 2005 season 10-7 and avenged seven losses from the 2004 season. 

Reed is a 2000 graduate from American University where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism.  Reed was a four-year starter at left midfield for American, which was then ranked No. 12 nationally.  She was a three-time member of the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Division I Academic Squad and a four-time Colonial Athletic Association Scholar-Athlete.

Reed spent one year as an assistant coach at Georgetown in the fall of 2001 before joining the staff at Drexel University.  During her tenure at Drexel, Reed helped the squad to an 11-win season and a berth in the ECAC Tournament in 2002 - the school’s first year in the competitive Colonial Athletic Association.  Reed also holds coaching roles in the United State Field Hockey Association’s Olympic Development program.  She has served as head coach for the Central New Jersey U-16 Futures field hockey site for four years.  Reed has twice been invited to coach at the National Futures tournament and has been selected to coach at Junior Olympics and the High School Open Camp.  And will be coaching her fourth year at the BLUE HEN ELITE FIELD HOCKEY CAMP.

Reed also loves playing as much as coaching. She was selected to compete in the North American Premier Indoor League as part of the New York (2005) and Philadelphia squads (2004, 2003), and the USFHA summer league as part of the Philadelphia Fury team (2004, 2003).

Amanda Janney - Head Coach Temple University

Amanda Janney has taken over the helm as the Head Field Hockey Coach at Temple University for the 2005 Fall Season.    Janney came to Temple with a wealth of coaching and playing experience.  She served as the Assistant Field Hockey Coach at the University of Pennsylvania from 2003-05 has served as a coach and director for various camps and national youth teams, including the United States Field Hockey Association’s (USFHA) Futures Program, the AAU Junior Olympics, the USA/Canada Field Hockey Challenge and the USFHA National Field Hockey Festival. She also received coaching certification from the NCAA, USFHA Level One Coaching, the USFHA Futures Program and the Greg Gephart Fund Coaching Clinic.

As a player, Janney’s resume is just as impressive. A four-year center forward for the Wake Forest University field hockey team, Janney helped the Demon Deacons to a Top 20 National Ranking and graduated among the school’s top ten in career goals (21) and assists (17).

A two-year member of Metro Rush, a USFHA Summer League Team, Janney played in the All-Star Game against the U.S. National Team in 2005.  She is also a skilled indoor play in 2004, Janney was selected as an alternate member of the USA Field Hockey National Indoor Team. She also competed for Team Dita in the 2004 North American Premier League and was named a NAPL All-Star.

Janney was recently accepted in the USFHA’s Elite Performance Training Center for the Pennsylvania/New Jersey region. The EPTC is a player development program designed to train players for the demands of the international game. Amanda will be coaching her second year at the BLUE HEN ELITE FIELD HOCKEY CAMP.

Goalkeeping Staff

Amy Cohen, former standout Goalkeeper at Lafayette College, Easton PA, and intern under her former coach Anne Gold, joined the University of Delaware Coaching Staff as a part-time assistant for the 2002 season.  During her tenure at the University of Delaware she has coached and developed one of the best goalkeeping crews in the CAA and NCAA to date.

Cohen was a four-year starter for the Leopards and started in 76 straight games. She recorded 6 shutouts while starting every game her freshman year. Her sophomore year she led her team to the Patriot League Conference Championship and first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance for the College. She also started every game her junior and senior years while posting 4 and 6 shutouts respectively. And, in her final season as a Leopard, she led her team to a second place Patriot League Tournament finish. During her career she was selected as a Regional All-American and holds the 2nd all-time saves record in a career at Lafayette with 541.

While playing for the Leopards she majored in History and made the Deans list and Patriot League Academic/Athletic Honor roll. She also served on the College Sports Council - where she was elected by her peers to serve as the Vice President to communicate ideas and concerns regarding student-athletes welfare.

Amy has been a United States Field Hockey Futures Goalkeeping coach for the last three years and has an outstanding resume as a goal-keeping staff member at many elite camps in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. She has been appointed the Head Goal Keeping coach for Futures at the Delaware Site.

Amy is completing her fourth year as the HEAD GOALKEEPING Coach @ the BLUE HEN FIELD HOCKEY CAMPS where she has been instrumental in the development of many of our best area high school goal keepers.

Other Staff

Other staff members may include motivational speakers, exercise scientists and strength & conditioning trainers as well as other college coaches. College players will be involved as counselors and demonstrators on the field.

Past Staff Members

Past staff members include Ange Bradley, Head Coach at the University of Richmond; Val Coyle, former assistant at the University of Delaware; Jess McClane, former assistant at University of New Hampshire; Rachel Barger, former standout player, University of Delaware and former assistant at Duke University; Jenn Fotiou, former Head Coach at Rosemont College and former All-American at the University of Delaware; Lovieta Moffit,  Head Coach at William Penn H. S. and former standout player at Michigan;  Erica Labar and Leah Geib, All-American and former players University of Delaware.

The camp reserves the right to change its staff members without notice to campers.