About Us
We are a youth sports organization that develops athletes into leaders, teammates, and role models in their communities. We work on the field hockey fundamentals of all our athletes with a focus on play, game concepts, core and advanced skills.
History
The Washington Wolves Hockey Club is the oldest high school field hockey club team in the Washington DC, Maryland, and Northern Virginia area, founded by Steve Simpson in 1988. In his long career as a club and college coach, Steve has been on the coaching staffs at Maryland, UMass Amherst, New Hampshire, Syracuse, Cornell, Sewanee and the U.S. Women’s National Team (1997-98) that included the Hockey World Cup in May 1998 and the Champions Trophy in 1997. He is also an internationally-rated umpire manager.
In 2007, Joann Engestrom, a Washington Wolves player from the 90s and a USA Field Hockey National Team player, took over the club and continued the team’s success on the national stage. In 2018, Gloria Nantulya, a four-year Division I player at Syracuse University and a long time coach, took over as director and owner of the Wolves and is looking forward to a bright future.
The Wolves is a competitive field hockey club that has a great reputation in the hockey community for providing DC area players the opportunity to develop to their fullest potential. We currently field teams in U10, U12, U14, U16, and U19 age levels. Former players of the club have played at a variety of Division I, Division II, Division III schools and at the collegiate club level. We are also very proud of our players that have gone on to represent the United States in international play. We also offer a recreational program called the Rec Squad, that is focused on growing the game and introducing field hockey to players from kindergarten through 8th grade.
Where We Play
Our primary practice facilities are the turf field and gym at the Stone Ridge School in Bethesda, Maryland, and the indoor sport court and turf fields at the Rockville Sportsplex.
While we consider Montgomery County (MoCo) as our home, we play throughout our local Washington DC, Maryland, and Northern Virginia (DMV) area and regularly compete in national tournaments such as the Sunshine Showcase, Shooting Star tournaments and the National Indoor Tournament. We also compete in the USA Field Hockey Regional and National Club Championships as well as in the Junior Premier Hockey Outdoor League.
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A list of our athletes by High School Graduation Year
A list of our athletes by Wolves jersey number
Our Alumnae playing in college and beyond
Our Teams
U10 & U12 Teams
Our U10 and U12 teams are comprised of a talented group of young players that currently train and compete together because of the restricted number of competitions available to younger …
U14 Team
Our U14 team is comprised of a great group of fun, thoughtful, and hard-working young athletes. With a young team this season, it will be a growing year for us …
U16 Team
The U16 team is one of our most competitive groups, meeting at a local field outside of practice to play and work on their skills individually. They find support amongst …
U19 Team
Our oldest and most accomplished group of athletes, the U19 team, is coming off a great year of competition, recruitment, and personal success. All four of our seniors are committed …
