Coaches - NoVa Field Hockey Xtreme

OUR COACHES

HEAD COACH: KATIE STRIBLING

Coach Katie Stribling is a native to Northern Virginia and began her field hockey career at West Springfield High School; playing on both the JV and Varsity teams. She continued her passion for field hockey at the collegiate level while attending the University of Mary Washington, where she played all four years. She is a member of the 1993 UMW Hall of Fame Field Hockey Team.

Since then, Katie has invested in the sport of field hockey by becoming a USA Level 2 Certified Coach, and coaching at several high schools throughout Northern Virginia and Fairfax County. She dedicated the majority of her coaching career to Annandale High School, where she was the JV Head Coach and Varsity Assistant Coach for 16 years. During her time at Annandale high school Katie created a youth field hockey program in 2010 which focused on the development of 3rd through 8th graders. In 2015, Katie became the Head JV Coach at Woodson High School and fulfilled the position for 3 years. Currently, Katie is the Head Varsity Coach at Woodson High School.

Katie started NoVa Xtreme because she wanted girls to have a place to develop their field hockey skills in a positive and competitive environment. Xtreme's goal is to develop each athlete on an individual level in order to better prepare them for their high school team and future collegiate goals.

CORIN INDERBITZIN-BROOKS

Coach Corin Inderbitzin-Brooks began playing field hockey her freshman year of high school at Annandale high school where she was awarded numerous honors by being recognized as an All-District, All-Region, All-State and All-Met athlete. She continued her field hockey career at the collegiate level while attending Bucknell University. Corin was as an All Conference athlete and recognized as "Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week" several times during her Junior year. As her Junior year progressed she was also picked to attend the NCAA Leadership Forum. Corin finished her collegiate field hockey career in Argentina as she played for The Universidad Nacional de Cuyo.

Corin continued to pursue her love for field hockey as a coach at Annandale high school and NoVa Xtreme.

JAMES CHO

Coach Cho grew up in Virginia Beach and attended Frank W. Cox High School. With several friends on the field hockey team and Coach McCallum being his mentor, it was at Cox High School where he found his passion for the sport. Throughout high school and college, Coach Cho dedicated time to study physique, and fundamentals of strength and conditioning. With his background and knowledge, he has trained, mentored, and supported others pursue their own physical fitness goals.

Coach Cho serves as the JV Field Hockey Coach at W. T. Woodson High School. Outside of teaching and coaching, he competes in USAPL Powerlifting Competitions, participates in Spartan Races, and engages in any other activity that challenges his own physical limits.

Coach Cho is USA Field Hockey - Level 1 certified.

ABBY BROCATO

Coach Abby grew up in Northern Virginia, where she played field hockey for W. T. Woodson and Rampage. She also coached for Burke Athletic Club for four years after learning the game from Head Coach Erin Deer. After high school, she attended James Madison University to obtain her B.A in Psychology and M.A.T. in Special Education. During her time at JMU, Abby played club field hockey, where she also served as coach and president of the club. She enjoyed being able to play at a competitive level while working for the school’s large recreation program (UREC). During her graduate year at JMU, she received the William N. Wasson Student Leadership & Academic Award for her work in both UREC and Club Field Hockey.

Upon graduation, Abby began teaching elementary special education in Arlington Public Schools. She is excited to continue to help young players grow their skills and love of the game at Xtreme.

HANNAH MCGREGOR

Hannah is a Level 1 field hockey coach and has 5+ years of coaching experience. Hannah has played field hockey for 15 years overseas back in her home country, Northern Ireland, at high school level and club level. Hannah also has lots of experience coaching all different age ranges. She many years of coaching include both soccer and field hockey in the US and overseas.

Hannah has so much passion for field hockey and is USA Field Hockey - Level 1 certified.

BELLA HITE

Bella is a former Division 1 field hockey player at American University. She began playing field hockey her freshman year of high school at Woodson. During Bella's High School years, she won personal awards such as First Team All-Met in the Washington Post, Second Team All-Mid-Atlantic Region, First Team All-State, First Team All-Region, First Team All-District, along with other various District and Regional personal and team championship awards. Junior year of High School, Bella was the district's leading scorer in soccer and helped lead her team to the State Championship.

Bella graduated from American University in May 2023 with a bachelor degree in Computer Science, and during her four years in college, she and her team won two Patriot League Conference Championships. Her team made it to the NCAA tournament 2 times, with an apperance in the Sweet 16. Bella made the NFHCA National Academic Squad and Patriot League Academic Honor Roll all 4 times in her college career.

Bella loves coaching and playing in her free time

AMY HASTINGS

Coach Amy Conboy Hastings is a native to Northern Virginia and began her field hockey career at James Madison High School where she played Varsity for 4 years. She continued her passion for athletics at the collegiate level while attending Penn State University, where she played soccer.

When Amy graduated from college she moved back to Fairfax County where she has been a math teacher for the past 29 years. She taught at Centreville High School from 1993 to 2003 where she coached Field Hockey, Basketball and Soccer.

She helped run the Capital Summer League program for all of Northern Virginia field hockey players with Starr Karl.

Amy took a few years off from Coaching while she was raising her 2 young girls but is now back in the coaching forum coaching both U19 and U16 club teams. She helped her U16 team make it to Indoor Nationals in 2022.

BECCA WILLIAMS

Becca Williams, referred to as "Coach Becca” by her athletes, grew up in Northern Virginia and was a three sport varsity athlete at Robinson Secondary School. During her field hockey career she served as team captain both on the JV and Varsity teams, was 1st team all district her junior and senior year, 2nd team all region her senior year and was awarded the “Athlete of the Season” Booster award her senior year. She was also recruited and accepted to play in The Commonwealth Games her junior and senior years of high school. In the field hockey “off season”, Becca ran Varsity indoor and outdoor track beginning her freshman year. She won several district and regional championships while on the 4x400 team and most notably won a state championship her sophomore year. She was also accepted to compete at the infamous Penn Relays her sophomore, junior and senior years. She finished her high school career by again winning the “Athlete of the Season” Booster award for the spring track season.

Although Becca was recruited to play field hockey at the collegiate level, she accepted an academic scholarship to The University of Alabama, where she majored in Communicative Disorders. She currently works in the medical research field and is the Head Varsity Field Hockey Coach at West Springfield High School.

Becca strongly believes in a positive, fun and inclusive coaching style. Her athletes describe her as LOUD, upbeat and slightly sarcastic. You will always find her carrying around her red speaker playing music at practice and during warmups! Becca coaches Xtreme’s U19 travel team, as well as, the collegiate showcase teams.

JENNY KANG

Jenni Kang grew up in Northern Virginia and attended Annandale High School. During her high school years, she was introduced to and fell in love with field hockey as a goalkeeper.

With a background in soccer and experience in lacrosse, Coach Kang enjoys learning new approaches to playing field hockey, in addition to implementing skills and tactics from other sports to the field hockey game. As a goalkeeper coach, she strives to provide a competitive experiences grounded in fundamentals and customizable practices for goalkeepers of all levels.

Emily Harrell

Coach Emily grew up in Richmond, Virginia. Due to her background in club soccer, she was approached to play field hockey in middle school and fell in love with the sport. She started playing field hockey in 8th grade at Atlee High School with 2 years on JV and 3 years on the Varsity level, along with two years playing Varsity soccer. After high school, she attended James Madison University to obtain her Bachelors in education and Masters in Special Education. She now teachers special education students at Annandale High school.

After moving to Northern Virginia, she started coaching as an assistant JV coach and is now the head JV coach at Annandale High School. She loves teaching new skills and building community with her players to share her heart for the sport.

KATIE THOMPSON

Katie Thompson played for Lake Braddock Secondary School and Capitol Pegasus from 2013-2016. She went on to play at Randolph-Macon College from 2016-2020. While there, she helped rebuild the program under the then new head coach, Jess Weiss. Katie was also a member of the Randolph-Macon women’s lacrosse team, making her a two-sport college athlete. In addition to her time on the field, Katie has coached for Burke Athletic Club in both field hockey and lacrosse since 2013.

Katie graduated Cum Laude in May of 2020 with majors in Business and Communications and a minor in Economics, and in May of 2022 with a Master's in Public Policy at George Mason University.

MADISON SHIELDS

Coach Madison grew up in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. She attended Central Bucks West High School, where she was a varsity field hockey and lacrosse athlete for all four years. She was recruited and played at Saint Joseph's University for two seasons, before picking up rugby. In addition to her time on the field, Madison coached club teams for both field hockey and lacrosse in Pennsylvania prior to moving to Washington, D.C. in 2018.

Outside of coaching, Madison works in higher education, focusing in marketing and communications. She's excited to continue spreading her love for the game with Nova Xtreme.

ANN MARIE BOYD

Ann Marie Boyd is native to Northern Virginia, a graduate from Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke and the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg. She was a four-year varsity starter in field hockey while attending Lake Braddock and a three-year varsity starter in basketball and softball as well. She was name to the All District and All Region Teams in both field hockey and softball. She continued her field hockey endeavors at Mary Washington where she made the ECAC All Conference Team both her junior and senior years. In addition, she was part of the 1988 team which advanced to the ECAC Championship. She has been an educator and coach for over thirty years. Her accolades include introducing field hockey to Prince William County by creating the first ever varsity field hockey team at Woodbridge Senior High School in Woodbridge, Virginia in 1990. Her team went on to the state semi-finals after only four years of existence. In addition, she has been a head junior varsity, and assistant varsity coach for multiple field hockey programs to include Paul VI, Westfield, Lake Braddock High Schools and presently works as the junior varsity field hockey and assistant varsity coach for softball at West Springfield. She has coached for the Nexus “Futures” Program for Olympic developmental players and is part of the Positive Coaches Alliance, the National Federation of High School Coaches, and a Level 2 trained U.S.A. Olympic Field Hockey Coach. Ann Marie looks forward to sharing her love of the game with the Xtreme family.