Jennifer Tafro enters her second season as a graduate assistant for the Frostburg State University field hockey team in 2015.
Last fall, she helped lead the team to a 6-12 overall record, while the Bobcats led the CAC in saves (182) and finished fourth in defensive saves (13)
Tafro comes to FSU after serving as an assistant coach at the Quik Stik Elite Field Hockey Club for the last two years. She worked specifically in introducing skills, creating drills and managing travel for the team to showcases and tournaments while arranging accommodations, dinners and team activities.
Prior to Quik Stix, she worked as an assistant at the USA Field Hockey Futures Olympic Training Program. She introduced the rules of the game while teaching the correct form of basic skills and ideas to new and inexperienced players.
She also had coaching stints at Revolution Field Hockey Youth Camp and at the Montclair High School Training Clinic.
As a student-athlete, Tafro was a four-year member of the Montclair State University field hockey team from 2010-2013 leading the team to two NJAC Championships and a national runner-up finish in Division III in 2012. She was a three-time First Team All-NJAC selection, two-time NFHCA Division III South Atlantic First Team All-Region, two-time Snyapse Sports All-American and was named an NFHCA Division III Second Team All-American following her junior season. As a junior and senior she led Montclair in scoring, was named the NJAC Midfielder of the Year following her senior season and earned a spot in the NFHCA Division III Senior All-Star Game. Tafro is also second all-time in MSU history in scoring.
She was a four-time NFHCA Division III Academic squad selection and helped the Red Hawks earn the NFHCA Collegiate National Academic Team Award three times.
Tafro graduated from Montclair in 2014 with a bachelor’s degree in justice studies with a double concentration in justice systems and international justice.
