Virginia Wesleyan College

Head Coach: Joyce Anne Koubaroulis

• E-mail: jkoubaroulis@vwc.edu; Phone: 757-455-3396
• 2006 Cum Laude graduate of Ursinus College with a degree in Exercise and Sports Science, minor in Coaching
• Begins her third season at Virginia Wesleyan College in 2009
• Came to VWC from Smith College, where she was a graduate student and the assistant field hockey coach
• National Strength and Conditioning Association Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist
• Former assistant field hockey coach at Ursinus, helping the Bears to a Centennial Conference championship and to the semifinals of the NCAA DIII championship tournament
• Four-year starter at Ursinus, where she was a first team All-American, the Centennial Conference Player of the Year, an ECAC first team All-Star, the team MVP and selected to play in the North/South All-Star game, all in 2004
• Ursinus' Senior Female Athlete of the Year, 2004-05
• 2002-03 member of the Greek National Hockey team, where she started in the midfield and was named the team's MVP for it's only tournament victory, against Finland, in the 2002 Women's European Nations Cup
• Graduate of Virginia Beach's Frank W. Cox High School where she helped the 1999 and 2000 teams to district, region and state championships both years, the 12th and 13th for the powerhouse field hockey program
• Former head coach of the Western Massachusetts Nomads U19 national travel team, which qualified for the 2007 National Indoor tournament
• A head coach of the United States Field Hockey Association Futures sites in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts since 2005; currently at the Old Dominion University site
• Has coached elite summer camps at Old Dominion University since 2004

Assistant Coach Kim Kinsella

• Begins her second season at VWC in 2009
• 2008 Cum Laude graduate of Missouri State University, where she majored in Marketing Management and minored in French
• Member of the 2007 Midwest National team
• Four-year member of the MSU field hockey program, three years as the starting goalie
• Ranked No. 1 nationally in saves per game in 2005, 2006, and 2007 and in saves percentages in 2005 and 2006
• Three-time second-team All-Mid-America Conference (MAC) honoree
• Three-time member of the National Field Hockey Coaches Association All-Academic team and the All-MAC Academic team
• Has coached numerous camps, including the MSU Field Hockey Camp, Gateway, Aim, and Head 2 Toe
• Former head goalkeeper coach for the Tulsa, Oklahoma Futures team for two years
• Native of St. Louis, Missouri

Volunteer Assistant Coach Katie Melzac

• Begins her second season on the field hockey staff in 2009
• 2008 graduate of Virginia Wesleyan College with a degree in the Liberal Arts Management Program
• Four-year member of the VWC field hockey program (2004-07)
• Traveled to Barbados with a select squad of college athletes in 2008 for international competition
• USFHA Futures Coach at the Old Dominion University site in Norfolk, Va.
• Native of Virginia Beach; graduate of Salem High School