Kathryn Gaudreau enters her third season as the head coach of the Saint Anselm field hockey program.
The Hawks are coming off a 6-12 season in 2008 where they narrowly missed out on a Northeast-10 Tournament playoff berth. In 2007, she guided the team to a school-record nine-win season and its first-ever berth in the Northeast-10 Tournament semifinals.
Gaudreau came to Saint Anselm from St. Bernard's High School in Fitchburg, Mass., where she has served as the varsity field hockey head coach since 2003. In addition to her highly successful field hockey teams, she also coached freshman basketball at St. Bernard's from 2004-2007.
In addition to her coaching success, Gaudreau also enjoyed tremendous success on the playing field. The all-time leading scorer in Saint Anselm history despite playing just two seasons, she is a former team captain for the Hawks and was a Northeast-10 All-Conference First Team selection in 2001 and the recipient of the team's Coach's Award.
A 2003 graduate of Saint Anselm with a bachelor of arts degree in history, Gaudreau went on to earn her master's of arts degree in American history from Providence College in 2005.
In addition to her field hockey duties, Gaudreau is also an assistant women's lacrosse coach at Saint Anselm.
Gaudreau resides in Goffstown,
N.H., with her husband, Steve, and their son, Paul. Steve is the
Saint Anselm men's lacrosse head coach.
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Chris Gaudreau is in his third season as an assistant coach for
the Saint Anselm field hockey program.
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Morgan Crandall, a 2007 graduate of Lynchburg College (Va.), enters her second season as an assistant field hockey coach for the Hawks.
A three-year player for Division III Lynchburg in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC), Crandall was a three-year letterwinner for the Hornets and a team tri-captain in 2006 as the team captured the ODAC title with an 18-3 record. She was named to the 2006 NFC Division III All-Region Team and was a womenfieldhockey.com All-American in 2006. In addition, she was also an ODAC All-Conference Honorable Mention selection in 2005. She currently works for the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, Double A Affiliate to the Toronto Blue Jays, where she is a Community Relations Manager. She is currently pursuing her massage therapy degree.
Crandall graduated with a bachelor
of arts degree in sport management and a minor in coaching.
Megan Johnson is rejoining the field hockey staff as an assistant coach for the 2009 season. She will serve as the team's goaltending coach after previously serving as the team's assistant coach during the 2006 season.
Johnson played collegiate field hockey at Framingham State College (Mass.) from 2000-2002, finishing as the school's all-time leader in career saves despite playing just three seasons. She also ranks among the all-time leaders in saves among Division III goalies.
She graduated with a Bachelor's degree in geography from Framingham State in 2003, as well as a Master's in Public Administration in 2006.
Johnson currently resides in Manchester, N.H.
