FIRST CLASS FIELD HOCKEY
First Class Field Hockey will no longer be operating in Texas. Lone Star Field Hockey Club is taking over the DFW field hockey area and placing Clarence Jennelle in Dallas full time to help grow the sport, recruit more players, and increase the exposure of Lone Star FHC.
Please click the link below to contact Lone Star FHC and they will help you with all your field hockey needs!
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First Class FH would like to thank everyone from these last 3 years that participated and supported the club and field hockey in the DFW area. We really appreciate your support and are happy to leave field hockey in DFW in a much better place. We wish we could have done more, but are confident that Clarence and Lone Star FHC will do an amazing job! Please stay in touch!
Coaches:
All of First Class FH Club's are former National Team players!
Shawn Hindy, former United States National Team player and current Board of Director for USA Field Hockey. Shawn played on the Men's National Team for over 16 years. During this time, he played in two Pan Am Games and two Indoor World Cups as well as tournaments and matches in over 35 countries.
Following his professional playing career, Hindy coached the Women's Indoor National Team from 2007-2010, taking 2nd at the 2009 Indoor Pan Am Games. Coach Hindy has six years experience at the collegiate level, having coached Radford, Michigan State, and most recently the University of Virginia. In addition to his college career, he led Lehighton High School for 5 years winning the school's first ever State Championship in 2009 and boasted an overall Head Coaching record of 110-12-1 throughout his entire term.
First Class Field Hockey was started back in 2007 by Shawn to provide more opportunities for field hockey athletes to achieve their goals and more specifically to better their chances of earning a college scholarship to the university of their choice. First Class has won the USA Field Hockey Festival, National Indoor Tournament, and several other tournaments, while successfully assisting over 40 athletes to reach their goal of playing field hockey at the college level.
Coach Hindy is currently the Head Coach at The Oakridge School in Arlington, TX
Clarence Jennelle, a long time field hockey coach and teacher. Clarence started Xcalibur Club in Pennsylvania and ran the club for over 15 years before moving to Texas. He has coached at many levels within USA Field Hockey, Futures Coach, National Futures Championships, etc. Clarence also has over 20 years experience coaching at the high school level!
Marta Higbie, University of North Carolina graduate, played field hockey at UNC for 4 years, competing in 3 Finals Fours. Marta also played on the USA National Team for 2 years and competed at the 2009 Junior World Cup in Chile. Marta first played for the United States as a 16 year old! Marta currently works at Dallas Baptist University in addition to coaching First Class FH.
Rodrigo Christie, another former National Field Hockey team member, played for Brazil, has lived in Dallas for the past 8 years. Rodrigo is a high level soccer and field hockey coach, as well as umpire for both sports.
Please email firstclassfieldhockey@gmail.com or fill out the Contact Us sheet with any questions or requests for information on the club.