Field Hockey – Varsity

Michelle Lovejoy grew up in San Jose, California and attended St. Francis High School in Mountain View. She was part of the inaugural field hockey team and was an all league player. She participated in the Futures program (now called Nexus) during her junior and senior years. She attended University of the Pacific where she played Division 1 hockey, but departed and earned her B.A. in Physical Education from Azusa Pacific University. She worked as a youth outdoor education instructor before going back to school and earning a M.S. in Recreation Administration from San Francisco State University. She spent 8 years teaching PE and running the outdoor education program at the Hamlin School in San Francisco before she had her first child in October of 2000. She spent four seasons as the head JV coach at University High School, and is now the Varsity head coach. She is a level 1 USA Field Hockey coach, a NOLS Wilderness First Responder, and is a 1/2 Ironman finisher.

Corey Hastings, formerly the JV Assistant Field Hockey Coach, now steps into the role of  Varsity Assistant Field Hockey Coach after 3 seasons with UHS. Corey is from Edinburgh, Scotland, and started playing field hockey at 10 years old. He fell in love with the sport quickly and represented Scotland internationally at U18 level where he was part of the winning team of the European Division II Championships. Corey studied Design for Industry, which saw him work for Lego in Denmark, before completing a Masters in Multi-Disciplinary Innovation. Corey loves to travel and is most fond of Zambia where he coached and played hockey at the Olympic Youth Development Centre in Lusaka. In 2018 Corey moved to San Francisco and has enjoyed discovering what field hockey has to offer here in the Bay; playing social hockey with Fog Hockey, regularly coaching for the San Francisco Youth Field Hockey Club, playing for the Eagles Team in the Bay Area Field Hockey Association (BAFHA) league and most recently being part of Team Sharks that finished runners up in the USFHL Adult National Club Championships.