Girls Field Hockey Camp at George Mason University

CAMP DATES

Session 1: June 23 – June 26, 2025 – Full Day & Half Day Only

Site Director – Rachel Palumbo, Catholic University of America Head Coach

Session 2: July 21 – July 24, 2025 – Full Day & Half Day Only

Site Director – Ann Andrews, Sewanee University Head Coach

AGE GROUP

Revolution Field Hockey Camp is open to kids & teens ages 5 to 18.

CAMP FEES

Full Day Camp: $499
Half Day Camp: $329

* Team Discounts Available:
For team discounts, please email [email protected].

OVERVIEW

George Mason University is a Division I school in the Fairfax area of Virginia, and is the perfect setting to train for field hockey in the summer. Whether you’re a beginner, or more advanced, these camps will allow you to elevate your game to the next level. And if one wasn’t enough – we are giving you two GMU camps this summer with two different top collegiate coaches directing one-a-piece.

The camp is open to all ages and ability levels. Each participant will be assessed and grouped with others of a similar age and skill level. Adjustments to groups may be made throughout the week to ensure campers have the opportunity to train with and compete against different players. Through a mix of drills, games, and scrimmages, each camper will have the chance to learn, improve, and enjoy field hockey in a supportive and dynamic environment.

Camp Director

Rachel Palumbo enters her fourth season at Catholic in 2024 after being named the head field hockey coach on March 26, 2020.

Palumbo’s program has improved on its win total in all three seasons with her at the helm, going from 7 to 11 to 12 wins. In 2023, Palumbo’s program posted a record of 12-5 while earning the number two seed in the Landmark Conference Tournament. The Cardinals ended the regular season on a seven-game winning streak, defeating top-seeded Susquehanna before falling to Scranton in the Landmark Semifinals. Catholic opened the season with wins over #11 TCNJ and #3 Rowan. The Cardinals moved up as high as #20 in the NFHCA poll during the 2023 season.

Palumbo’s squad saw a pair of student-athletes earn all-region honors in 2023 both selected to the second team. Three athletes made first team all-conference choices while two of them represented Catholic on the second team.

In just her second season at the helm, Palumbo led the Cardinals to a Landmark Conference Championship in 2022. Catholic defeated Moravian, 4-2, in the championship game to claim the program’s first championship conference title since 2015, picking up an MVP of the tournament as well as a Rookie of the Year award in that season.

In 2021, she led the Cardinals to seven wins and an appearance in the Landmark Conference Championship game. Catholic upset top-seeded Moravian, who were 14-2 before the loss, in overtime of the Landmark Conference semifinal to book a spot in the championship match. The Cardinals became just the third fourth-seed to upset the No. 1 seed on their home field in the tournament’s 14-year history.

After just two seasons, Palumbo has already accumulated three post season wins, making appearances in the conference championship contest in two of three seasons. In 2022, with the program making its first appearance in the NCAA Tournament in seven seasons, the Cardinals fell 1-0 to eventual national quarterfinalist, Trinity (Conn.).

Palumbo came to Catholic after two seasons as an assistant coach at Middlebury where she won back-to-back national championships in 2018 and 2019. Under Katharine DeLorenzo, she helped guide the Panthers to a school record 21 wins each year and a 42-2 overall record, including a mark of 18-2 in the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC). Middlebury was also recognized as the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) National Coaching Staff of the Year twice and won two NESCAC championships.

Palumbo, who received her USA Field Hockey Level II Accreditation in Spring 2019, served as the recruiting coordinator for the Panthers who had six All-America, eight all-region and eight All-NESCAC selections the last two seasons. Middlebury also boasted the 2019 NESCAC Rookie of the Year.

In November 2018, Palumbo joined DeLorenzo on a community service trip to Jharkhand, India where she participated in a week-long field hockey residential program for young women ages 14-17 known as the East India Field Hockey Project.

Palumbo spent the 2016 and 2017 seasons as a graduate assistant coach at Salisbury under Dawn Chamberlin. The Sea Gulls posted a record of 30-7 during her two seasons, advancing to the national semifinals of the NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship and winning a Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) in 2016. The team also finished the 2016 season ranked at No. 2 in the NFHCA Coaches Poll.

As a player, Palumbo appeared in 68 games and made 47 starts as a defensive midfielder at Division I James Madison. She scored two game-winning, overtime goals for the Dukes who made three Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Field Hockey Championship appearances, advancing to the finals in 2014.

Palumbo began her coaching career as an assistant coach at Perkiomen Valley High School in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. While there, she served as the head coach for the USA Field Hockey Futures Program Site 5Y and as a coach for X-Calibur Elite Indoor Field Hockey Club. While at Salisbury, she coached for the Shore Byrds Field Hockey Club.

Palumbo received her bachelor’s degree in kinesiology and exercise science with a minor in coaching education from James Madison in 2015 before earning a master’s in post-secondary education from Salisbury in May 2018.

Off the field, Palumbo is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) who completed internships at both Salisbury and James Madison.

Camp Director

Ann Andrews enters her second season as head field hockey coach at the University of the South, and she is the 14th head coach in the history of the program.

In her first year with the Tigers, she was a part of a 1-15 campaign as the program began a rebuild, but improving that to 9-12 in the 2024 season and reaching the CFHC Championship semi-finals after knocking out Marian in the quarterfinals. Sewanee faced #1 seeded Rhodes College and lost 0-1 in overtime.

Prior to Ann’s arrival on the Domain, Andrews has served as head field hockey coach for the 2021 season at St. Paul’s Schools for Girls, where she led the program to an Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland (IAAM) championship.

Making her second stint as a collegiate head field hockey coach, she served as a head coach at Hood College in Frederick, Md. for the 2018 and 2019 seasons. She saw two student-athletes named Scholar-Athletes of Distinction and her teams were members of the National Academic Squad each season.

During the 2018 season, she led Jayden Barrick to a NCAA statistical title with 26 defensive saves. The record is tied for sixth all-time in NCAA Division III history.

Andrews began her coaching career at Severna Park High School from 2010-16 and led the program to four State Championships, including three straight from 2013-15. Additional, she was a four-time coach of the year.

She was also the founding club director and head coach of the Storm Chasers Field Hockey Club from 2010-16. Starting the program from scratch in Annapolis, the Storm Chasers rose to the third-ranked club in Maryland and No. 54 in the country during its first five years of existence.

Along with her experience on the field, she is a Region 7 Administration Manager for the U.S. Field Hockey Association. The region oversees the Cheseapeake Area (D.C., Maryland and Delaware). She works closely with the National Nexus Team to deliver concise programming.

Andrews earned a bachelor’s degree in Communications and a Post-Graduate Certificate in Secondary Education from Notre Dame University in Maryland. Andrews was a two-sport student-athlete for the Gators, earning team captain and team MVP honors in both field hockey and women’s lacrosse

She is working on a Master’s in Sport Management at Arkansas State University.

CAMP HIGHLIGHTS & TAKEAWAYS

Each camper will:

• Develop their technical skills & tactical knowledge
• Participate in camp games with a chance to win prizes
• Compete amongst their peers in small games & camp matches
• Be given the opportunity to work with college &/or high school coaches & college players all week long

…and most importantly: HAVE FUN!

DAILY SKILLS BREAKDOWN

Individual Skill Training

• Dynamic warm up
• Ball control

Technical Skills Training

• Passing & receiving, shooting, eliminating, tackling, shot-stopping

Tactical Skill Training

• Reading the play or situation
• Application of new skills and when to use

Game-Based Learning

• Competition & inter-camp scrimmages

CHECK IN & CHECK OUT

Full Day Campers: Check in at 8:45am each day starting Monday. Campers should be picked up at 3:00pm each day ending on Thursday. Campers will bring their own bagged lunch.

Half Day Campers: Check in at 8:45am Monday each day starting Monday. Campers should be picked up at Noon each day ending Thursday. Campers will bring snacks and plenty of liquids for the break.

GPS Address- 4609 Rapidan River Rd, Fairfax, VA 22030 (Field #3 on West Campus)