Brynn Coughlin '21 Recruiting Profile

“I’m taking falls off, now,” I remember proudly saying to my dad. It was time to set myself up on the couch and down a bowl of Doritos after school everyday.

“Nice try. You’re doing something in the fall because you need to stay active. Try field hockey or cross country, your pick,” he’d said.

It wasn’t an argument, so I celebrated my one fall off. Yet only after a few days did I get sick of sitting on the couch everyday--gaining several pounds in the process--and finding myself rather imobile and very, very bored.

Needless to say, I signed up for a ‘learn-to-play’ field hockey clinic the next summer and fell in love. It came so naturally--partly from ice hockey alikeness--yet it provided me with the challenge of learning a new sport for the first time since I had begun kindergarten. It was a challenge I accepted with enthusiasm and open ears to learn all I could from my coach. Never have I regretted the decision to play field hockey, though that decision was thankfully pressed on a very lazy 6th grade version of myself.

Looking back now, I always knew that I could’ve quit after trying field hockey out--all my dad required was that I try it, after all--but I knew that the need to compete and the drive to move would always live within me. Field hockey has met those needs and provided me with so much more which is why I’m choosing to pursue it at the college level.

I’ve competed at the varsity level and as a starter for all three of the sports I play (field hockey, ice hockey, softball) since freshman year. As a catcher in softball, I’m used to seeing the entire field the same way I do as a midfielder in field hockey. I’m also used to being a team player as the majority of the points I’ve accumulated playing both ice hockey and field hockey come from assists. As a sophomore, I was honored to be awarded with both First Team for my division and Honorable Mention for the state of Vermont. With a 4.021 (out of 4.33) GPA, my recent induction into National Honor Society, and my abundance of Honors/AP classes on my transcript/schedule, I consider myself to be a strong player both in the classroom and on the field.