McMahon Coach Elected to Connecticut Field Hockey Hall of Fame

NORWALK, CT — The current field hockey coach at Brien McMahon High School will join eight other honorees as members of the Class of 2018 of the Connecticut Field Hockey Hall of Fame.

Dani Brown, the English department chair at McMahon, is being inducted in the umpire category. A former standout player at Fairfield University, she began umpiring in 2004. She has officiated numerous FCIAC, SWC and state tournament matches, as well as the first and second rounds of the D-I and D-II NCAA tournaments and the MAAC D-I Championships.

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
• Nelle Jennings Andrews, Farmington High School, honorary

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.

File photo credit: Tim Jensen

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