L AREE B EANS
J ESTINE A NGELINI
2ND SEASON AT DELAWARE • NORTH CAROLINA ‘07
1ST SEASON AT DELAWARE • CONNECTICUT ‘12
Laree Beans, a former All-American player at North Carolina and most recently an assistant coach at Lafayette College, was selected as the University of Delaware’s new field hockey assistant coach on March 17, 2011. The hire was the first for new Blue Hen head coach Rolf van de Kerkhof, who joined the UD staff in December, 2010 after 12 seasons at Michigan State. She will begin her second season on the Blue Hen staff in 2012. Beans came to Delaware after serving the 2010 season as an assistant coach at Lafayette College under head coach Andrew Griffiths. She helped lead the Leopards to a record of 9-10 and a berth in the Patriot League championship game this past fall. She previously served two seasons as field hockey assistant and three years as a lacrosse assistant at Emmaus (Pa.) High School. She holds a Level 1 Coaching Certificate with the U.S. Field Hockey Association and has been active working with youngsters as a coach at University of North Carolina Field Hockey Camps since 2003 as well as other camps and clinics. She also served as a head coach for Under 19 and Under 14 teams at the Keystone Games in Pennsylvania and has served as head coach and administrator for the True North Club Team, a club team for high schoolaged girls in the Lehigh (Pa.) Valley. She earned her degree in exercise and sports science with a minor in coaching from the University of North Carolina in 2007 and her secondary teaching certificate in English from Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pa. in 2010. While at UNC, she was also a member of the Carolina Leadership Academy for four years. Beans enjoyed an outstanding career at national field hockey power North Carolina, serving as team captain for two seasons and leading the Tar Heels to a five-year mark of 88-24 for head coach Kathy Shelton. She led UNC to Atlantic Coast Conference titles in 2004 and 2007, an undefeated NCAA Division I national championship in 2007, and NCAA Tournament berths in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006. She earned second team All-American honors during the 2007 season and also earned ACC All-Academic honors and the Carolina Field Hockey Leadership Award that same season. She was named the team’s Practice Player of the Year in 2006, received the Carolina Leadership Academy Three Dimensional Leader Recipient Award twice, and also was selected by her teammates as the Player’s Player Award winner in 2004 and 2005. Beans appeared in 87 career games for the Tar Heels and scored 22 goals and while dishing out 17 assists. She netted 10 goals and dished out five assists as a senior in 2007 when she also delivered three game-winning goals. She sat out as a redshirt during the 2006 campaign. Her playing career has also been highlighted by her participation on the U.S. Under 16, 19, and 21 field hockey squads and she participated in the BDO Junior World Cup in Santiago, Chile in 2006. Beans enjoyed an exceptional high school career at Emmaus (Pa.) High School where she led the field hockey team to four district titles and to the state championship in 2002. She earned All-State and AllAmerican honors in both 2001 and 2002 and was selected as the Allentown Morning Call Player of the Year in 2003. She was a two-time team Most Valuable Player and served as captain and was also a two-time team MVP and captain of the lacrosse squad.
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Jestine Angelini, who recently enjoyed an All-American career at the University of Connecticut, was named assistant coach for the University of Delaware field hockey program in August, 2012. Angelini, a native of Boiling Springs, Pa. who earned her degree in sport management from Connecticut in May, 2012, joins head coach Rolf van de Kerkhof and assistant coach Laree Beans on the Blue Hens staff. “The Blue Hens field hockey family is privileged and very excited in welcoming Jestine to our program,” said van de Kerkhof. “Jestine can say that she has ‘been there and done that’ as a team captain and AllAmerican and as a member of teams that won Big East championships and advanced to the NCAA Final Four. She has a passion for coaching and sharing her playing experiences with our group. She is a young and upcoming coach and Laree (Beans) and myself are looking forward to assisting in her development as a member of our coaching staff and in her contributions to our program.” As a standout defender, Angelini led UConn to a 19-3 record, the Big East title, and a berth in the NCAA Tournament semifinals during the 2011 season. She earned first team AllAmerican honors by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association and was the 2011 NFHCA Mideast Region Player of the Year. She led the Huskies with 19 assists and 41 total points and was third on the squad with 11 goals. She also was named the Big East Conference Defensive Player of the Year, earned first team AllBig East honors, and was selected to the Big East and NCAA AllTournament teams. “I am so thrilled to be a part of the Delaware field hockey family,” said Angelini. “The coaches and players are all working really hard to create something truly special here and I feel so fortunate to be a part of this growth and development. It’s a very exciting time to be a Delaware Blue Hen.” A three-year starter at UConn, Angelini recorded 25 goals and 35 assists for 85 points during her collegiate career. She earned first team NFHCA All-Mideast Region and first team All-Big East Conference honors in 2010 as a junior when she led the team with 12 assists, was fourth on the squad with four goals and 20 points, and led the team with two defensive saves. Included in her totals were two-goal games against Georgetown and Rutgers. As a sophomore in 2009, Angelini started all 22 games and was third on the team with 11 goals and 29 points, including a five-point effort vs. Quinn when she netted two goals and had an assist. After an outstanding high school career as a four-year letterwinner and three-time first team all-conference performer at Boiling Spring High School, Angelini began her collegiate career at Old Dominion in 2008. She made four starts and appeared in 15 games for the Lady Monarchs and earned a spot on the CAA AllRookie team as a freshman before transferring to UConn. She also was named to the USA Indoor Field Hockey Team along with her sister, Alicia, in 2009 and was a U.S. Field Hockey Futures Elite player in 2007.
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