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Former US Olympian and 12-year national team member, Jill Reeve is in her fourth season leading Miami Field Hockey.
Reeve's 2006 squad advanced to the MAC Tournament semi-finals and garnered three All-MAC as well as three Academic All-MAC awards. Forward Taylor Florence earned NFHCA All-Region recognition. The RedHawks' 10 wins in '06 marks the first back-to-back 10-win seasons since the 1981-93 campaign.
In her second season, Reeve proved the success she enjoyed during her first campaign was not an accident. In the season prior to her arrival, the RedHawks went 1-17, but Reeve appears to have righted the ship as Miami has posted 17 victories over the last two years.
Included in those 17 wins is a 10-12 season in 2005, marking the first time since the 1996 season that Miami won 10 or more games. The 2005 season was memorable for another reason, as the RedHawks advanced to the final game of the Mid-American Conference Tournament for the first time in program history, falling just one victory shy of reaching the NCAA Tournament.
In her first season at Miami, Reeve led the 2004 RedHawks to a 7-14 overall mark and guided the Red and White to the program's first MAC regular-season and tournament victories since the 2000 season. In fact, the seven victories in 2004 were two more than the combined win total from the three seasons prior to Reeve's arrival.
Ten RedHawks have earned all-conference accolades during Reeve's tenure, including four honorees in 2005, the most since five RedHawks landed on the all-MAC teams in 1998. In 2004 Reeve helped mentor the Mid-American Conference Co-Player of the Year in goalkeeper Kerri Orr, who became the first Miami player to win the award since its inception in 1992.
After retiring from an illustrious playing career that included a 12-year stint on the U.S. National team, Reeve entered a new phase of her field hockey career on Feb. 4, 2004, when Miami director of athletics Brad Bates tabbed her to succeed Lil Fesperman, who guided the Red and White for 27 years.
Though 2004 marked her first season as a collegiate head coach, Reeve was loaded with experience as an assistant coach. She worked with three highly-regarded field hockey programs in William and Mary, Penn State and Dartmouth prior to Miami. She served as the recruiting coordinator at William and Mary from 2000-02 before focusing on her professional playing career. She was an assistant coach for the Nittany Lions of Penn State from 1996-2000 and received her first coaching job immediately after college when she was appointed as Dartmouth's assistant coach from 1993-95.
What is truly impressive about Reeve's resume is the extent and success of her playing experience. She spent 12 years playing on the U.S. team and during her career was one of the nation's best. Reeve competed in the World Cup in 1994, 1998 and 2002, which included a Bronze Medal in the 1994 Ireland World Cup. She played in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Ga., and represented the U.S. at an Olympic qualifying event in England in 2000.
In 1999, Reeve achieved the pinnacle of her playing career when she was honored as the United States Field Hockey Association Female Athlete of the Year. During the 1999 and 2000 seasons, she was a co-captain on the U.S. Team. Reeve was the team's sole captain two years prior in 1997.
Reeve also was a dynamic field hockey player as a student-athlete at Old Dominion from 1989-93. She earned All-America honors at ODU in 1991 and is the current NCAA record-holder for career assists with 138. While at ODU, Reeve was a member of four National Championship squads from 1989-92. Reeve graduated from ODU in 1993 with a degree in education.
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