Diane Madl

Diane Madl played college hockey (field) at the University of Connecticut, helping them win the 1985 NCAA title. She was a two-time All-American and in 1988 received the Honda Broderick Award as the nation’s top collegiate player. She was also an academic All-America, graduating with a degree in business administration.

Madl joined the US National Team in 1989. She played for the USA at the 1996 Olympics, the 1991 Pan American Games, the 1989 World University Games, the 1990 World Cup, the Inter-Continental Cup in 1989 and 1995, and the Champions Trophy in 1995.

While playing Madl started coaching as an assistant at the University of Maine in 1993. In 2002 she became head coach at Providence College. Madl started the Circle-to-Circle Field Hockey Camps in 2005, and added a team camp to that circuit in 2006. She is a member of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Hall of Fame (2008) and the Luzerne County (PA) Athletic Hall of Fame (2005).