June 6, 2005
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Wendy Brady Andreatta joins the Columbia Field Hockey program after spending three seasons as the assistant coach at Hofstra University. Andreatta brings nearly eight years of Division I coaching experience to Head Coach Katie Beach's staff.
During Andreatta's tenure at Hofstra, the Pride was 35-25 and captured a second-place finish in the Colonial Athletic Association in 2004. She assisted in all aspects of the Hofstra program, including recruiting and game-day coaching.
Prior to her stint at Hofstra, Andreatta served as an assistant coach at Syracuse University from 1998 through 2000. At Syracuse, she assisted in recruiting potential student-athletes, organizing practice sessions and overseeing the team's academic progress. She coordinated and organized team travel arrangements and worked extensively with the midfielders and forwards.
Before becoming an assistant at Syracuse, Andreatta spent one season as an assistant coach at her alma mater, the University of Connecticut, where she coordinated campus visits and maintained the recruiting database.
No stranger to top-tier field hockey, Andreatta was a four-year starter at Connecticut, where she was named Big East Rookie of the Year in 1993. She was a three-time first team All-Big East selection (1994-96), and captained the Huskies as a senior. She earned CFHCA All-America honors after leading her team to a 21-2 record, a Big East Championship and a trip to the NCAA Quarterfinals. Andreatta scored a tournament-record 11 points at the 1996 Big East Tournament and was named Most Outstanding Player. She also earned GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-America honors as a senior.
Andreatta finished her career at Connecticut ranked third on the school's career scoring list with 124 points (42 goals, 40 assists) and played in the 1996 Division I Senior All-Star game. She was the recipient of Connecticut's Outstanding Senior Scholar-Athlete Award, and earned a Big East Conference Postgraduate Scholarship.
Andreatta is a dual degree recipient in English and anthropology from Connecticut, graduating magna cum laude in 1997. She also holds a master's in journalism from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse and a second master's in English from Hofstra.
"I am thrilled to have Wendy join our staff at Columbia," Head Coach Katie Beach said. "She brings almost 10 years of Division I experience and game knowledge to the sidelines and our program is going to greatly benefit from her presence."
