Former Farmington Coach Elected to CT Field Hockey Hall of Fame

FARMINGTON, CT — A longtime field hockey coach at Farmington High School will join eight other honorees as members of the Class of 2018 of the Connecticut Field Hockey Hall of Fame.

Nelle Jennings Andrews, who coached the sport for 17 years at Farmington High School, is being inducted in the honorary category. A former standout player at Connecticut College, she began as a developmental coach in 1999, then became varsity assistant before assuming the head coaching reins in 2002, when the Indians were Class M runners-up. She won two conference championships during her tenure, and was a two-time Class M Coach of the Year award winner from the Connecticut Field Hockey Coaches Association. She also coached with USFHA Field Hockey Futures and the HTC Club. She is currently a teacher, head field hockey coach and assistant lacrosse coach at the Miss Porter’s School in Farmington.

Other honorees are:

• Lisa (Scavotto) Capogna, Enfield High School, high school player
• Heather (Waters) Casinghino, Nonnewaug High School, high school player
• Jennifer (Martha) McCallum, Cheshire High School, high school player
• Sharon Eifes Lawrence, Canton/Boston University, college player
• Sandy Wickman Mason, Granby Memorial High School, high school coach
• Paul Caddy, UConn, college coach
• Cheri (Herr) Schulz, UConn, college coach
• Dani Brown, Norwalk, umpire

Tickets to the Hall of Fame dinner, which takes place Sunday, Sept. 16 at the Aqua Turf Club in Southington, are available by contacting Terri Ziemnicki at hockeycoachtaz@cox.net.

Photo courtesy of Nelle Andrews

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