11/23/2020
👏🏻👏🏻Coyotes Coaching Spotlight👏🏻👏🏻
Tara Puffenberger
Tara lives and breathes field hockey.
Tara went to High School in Dallas, Pennsylvania. While in high school she was three time 1st Team All American and three time first team all state.
The sport has taken her across the pond and back, from Canada to the Netherlands. She has been to the Junior Olympic Games twice, USA/Canada Challenge twice and Futures Elite and National Futures Tournament five times. She helped the U.S. Junior National Team win the gold at the 2008 Junior Pan American Games in Mexico City and played under current Northwestern coach Tracey Fuchs for a few years on the Junior National team before ever setting foot in Evanston.
While in College at she was Two-Time 3rd Team All-American, Two-Time 1st Team All-Big Ten, Two-Time 1st Team All-Midwest
Mid-Atlantic All Region 2nd Team, All-ACC Rookie Squad
Two-Time Academic All-America
She made her mark on the International scene playing for the United States Women's World Cup Team in Boston, MA (2009),
Winning Gold at the Jr. Pan Am Games with US National Team in Mexico City (2008)
And Playing on the Under-21 US National Team at the Youth Olympic Festival in Australia (2008). She was the youngest Member of the Under-21 US National Team (Age 15) and toured with the Under 21 and Under 16 US National Team to multiple countries- Holland, Germany, England, Ireland, Mexico, Australia, Canada, and Belgium, Argentina, and Chile.
We are elated she has decided to bring her talents to Coyotes. She is an inspiration to our players and the sport!
