October 6, 2011

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Terri Simonetti-Frost named NFHS Field Hockey National Coach of the Year

In 12 seasons as girls field hockey coach at Thomas Worthington High School in Columbus, Ohio, Terri Simonetti-Frost has achieved great things both on and off the field. Her past five seasons as the head of the team have been particularly impressive. In those seasons, Simonetti-Frost racked up 82 of her 136 career victories and took home three of her four conference championships as well as three of her four district championships. In 2007, Simonetti-Frost led the squad to her first state championship.

The 16-year elementary school teacher was the president of the Central Ohio Field Hockey Coaches Association (COFHCA) for two years. She is also the current treasurer of the COFHCA and the Ohio Field Hockey Coaches Association. Simonetti-Frost is a member of the Central Ohio Field Hockey League and the National Field Hockey Coaches Association. She has been the recipient of coach of the year awards from both associations, in 2002 and 2007, respectively.

Simonetti-Frost’s work outside of coaching has been important for her community. For 12 years, she has organized and hosted an American Red Cross blood drive for the Central Ohio Field Hockey League. Simonetti-Frost is also the founder of the Buckeye State Field Hockey Winter and Summer Leagues and a program known as Weed Whackers, which is a youth field hockey program that “offers skill based on instruction, character education and life-long skills.”

Simonetti-Frost is also involved with the interview committee for the hiring of the new athletic director at Thomas Worthington. Her philosophy on athletics is that “a coach is someone who not only coaches the sport, but someone who teaches the players life lessons on communication, respect, loyalty and working hard.”

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Contact Tim Stried, tstried@ohsaa.org.