About the Program

No field hockey team in the Division III has been more successful over the past six seasons than Bowdoin College. Solidifying themselves as the nation's elite program, the Polar Bear field hockey team has won six NESCAC Championships, including four consecutive titles from 2005-08, one in 2010, and reached the Division III Final Four in each of those years, becoming just the fourth program in NCAA Division III history to win consecutive national titles in 2007 and 2008. The Polar Bears won their third national title in four years in 2010.

Bowdoin is consistently among the top teams in the National Field Hockey Coaches Association rankings, and have seen individuals gain numerous national awards. Over the past few seasons, Katherine Bruce '98, Dana Krueger '99, Heather Hawes '00, Sarah Banister '02, Gillian McDonald '04 and Marisa O'Neil '05, Taryn King '07, Kate Leonard '07, Lindsay McNamara '09 Julia King '09, and Ingrid Oelschlager '11 have earned First-team All American nods.

Head Coach Nicky Pearson has been named as the NESCAC Coach of the Year on six occasions and Division III National Coach of the Year in 2007, 2008, and 2010. She encourages her student-athletes to welcome the challenges of a top-notch education and a top-notch field hockey program that Bowdoin offers. That effort is evidenced in the fact that Bowdoin consistently places student-athletes on the NFHCA All-Academic squad and has also earned the NFHCA's Team Academic Award on multiple occasions; recognizing collegiate squads with a team GPA of 3.0 or higher. In 2010, the Polar Bears were recognized for having the third highest team GPA in all of division III.