Ms. Hamlin’s goals are to challenge young people to perform at their personal bests, and to foster teamwork, sportsmanship, and communication—“skills that students will take with them from the field and apply to all aspects of their lives.”

Kathy Leggat, Groton’s academic dean, has coached varsity field hockey at Groton for more than 25 years, most of them as head coach. Now an assistant coach, she continues to share her skills and experience—she played JV field hockey in college—and to relish the chance to share an extracurricular pursuit with students. Coach Leggat also has coached girls ice hockey at Groton; she was one of the founding players of the women’s ice hockey team at Dartmouth.