Sandy sticks field hockey camp
JULY 7TH - 11TH
8:30AM - 12PM
Tennessee Ave Turf Fields
150 Tennessee Avenue
IN OCEAN CITY, NJ
Open to any and all, limited only by number, age, grade level, or gender
Sandy Sticks Field Hockey Camp offers an outstanding curriculum, designed to improve the skills of young players. Campers develop their skills in a supportive and inspirational atmosphere, while being challenged daily to do their best.
Campers are grouped by age and years of experience, and coached by some of the best area coaches, collegiate players, and current field hockey league officials. A low camper to coach ratio is one of the many positives at Sandy Sticks.
Campers are grouped by age and years of experience, and coached by some of the best area coaches, collegiate players, and current field hockey league officials. A low camper to coach ratio is one of the many positives at Sandy Sticks.
Meet the directors
Danielle, Lauren, and Tara McNally have taken over Sandy Sticks after Trish LeFever ran the camp for 20 years. We all played for Trish and/or for the Ocean City High School program. Sandy Sticks field hockey camp was the first field hockey camp attended by all 3 of us and we would not have grown into the players we are/were without Sandy Sticks or Trish LeFever. It is our goal to continue the Sandy Sticks tradition and help teach athletes to play and love the game.
Danielle McNallyAs a former standout at Ocean City High School and 4 year starter at Indiana University. Danielle has been a part of Sandy Sticks field hockey since she was a camper herself. She has won 4 Cape Atlantic League Titles, 3 South Jersey Titles, and a Group III State Championship in 2009. She was also named Second Team High School All-American. At IU she was a Jr Captain, 2013 Big Ten Preseason Player to watch and first team Big Ten Tournament team. After college she went to play in Belfast, Ireland to play for the Ulster Elks where they won the Irish Cup in 2015. Danielle was recently inducted into the OCHS Sports Hall of Fame. She resides in Indianapolis where she is a co-founder of Crossroads Field Hockey Club, the first in the state of Indiana, and is Head of Product & Support at Upper Hand. |
Lauren McNallyLauren was a 4 year varsity letter winner for Ocean City High School and Penn State University. While at Ocean City she won 4 Cape Atlantic League Titles, 3 South Jersey Titles, 2 Group III State Championships (2012, 2013) and was named First Team High School All-American. She is currently an assistant Field Hockey Coach at Middlebury College where she has been a part of the NFHCA National Coaching Staff of the year in 2021, 2022 and 2023. |
Tara McNallyTara was a 4 year varsity letter winner for Ocean City Field Hockey and has been a part of Sandy Sticks Field Hockey Camp since she was 8 years old. In 2018 and 2020, she helped lead her team to South Jersey Championships. She is currently a rising Senior Captain at Hofstra University where she is a 3 year starter. Tara earned Second Team All-CAA and Second-Team All-Region honors in 2023. She will graduate with her masters in Accounting in the Spring of 2025. |
