Kelsey Kolojejchick
Kelsey Kolojejchick, a native Pennsylvanian who has reached the highest levels in her sport as both an athlete and a coach, was named head coach of the Bucknell field hockey program on Feb 22, 2022. In her first two seasons Kolojejchick led the field hockey program to two straight Patriot League semi-final appearances.
Kolojejchick (pronounced kolo-JAY-chick) spent the previous four years as an assistant coach at Ivy League power Harvard, and she helped guide the Crimson to their first-ever NCAA Final Four appearance this past fall. The team finished 17-2 overall and 7-0 in the Ivy League, then knocked off Louisville and Michigan in the NCAA Tournament before falling to Northwestern in overtime in the national semifinals. In Kolojejchick’s first season at Harvard in 2018, the Crimson also finished 17-2 and ran the table in the Ivy League, were ranked as high as sixth nationally, and advanced to the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals.