Katie Ridd, a two-time NCAA National Champion and All-American at Wake Forest, enters her second season as an assistant coach at American.
Primarily coaching the goalkeepers, Ridd helped American record the 11th lowest goals against average in the country in 2009 while starting goalkeeper Alyssa Poorman ‘10 ranked 18th nationally with a 1.51 goals against mark. Ridd also served as an assistant coach to the Fairfax High School field hockey team and Rampage club team last year.
Ridd graduated from Wake Forest in 2004 after serving as a three-year starter for the ACC power. She was named First Team All-America in her senior season (2003). She also received First Team All-ACC recognition in both her junior and senior years. Wake Forest reached the NCAA Final Four in each of her four playing seasons in Winston-Salem (2000-03) as Ridd helped the Deamon Deacons to NCAA National Championships in 2002 and 2003.
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Since graduation, Ridd has worked in sales and marketing at Unum in Charlotte, N.C. She also spent a year in New Zealand, where she played on a club field hockey team.
