Shippensburg University Athletics

Alexandra Pennington is in her first season as an assistant coach with the Shippensburg University Field Hockey team in 2021. Her primary coaching responsibility is with the team’s goalkeepers.
 
Pennington arrived at Shippensburg after spending the 2019 and 2020 seasons at Coker College in South Carolina, working primarily with the goalkeepers and defenders for the Cobras. Coker won the 2020-21 South Atlantic Conference Carolinas Championship after posting a 6-2 record in an abbreviated spring season.
 
With the Cobras, Pennington mentored four All-Tournament Team players in 2021, including the Tournament MVP, and the 2019 South Atlantic Conference Carolinas Freshman of the Year. She also coached 18 National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Division II National Academic Squad members, including three NFHCA Scholars of Distinction.  
 
A USA Field Hockey Level 1 certified coach, Pennington has served as an instructor at the All American Field Hockey Camp, the Phoenix Performance Academy and the South Carolina Field Hockey Clinic.
 
As a collegian, Pennington was a starting goalkeeper for Ohio. She appeared in 43 games (33 starts) for the Bobcats, totaling 222 saves and recording five shutouts. Pennington was an NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad member and an All-Mid-American Conference (MAC) Academic First Team honoree. She served stints as the Vice President and Treasurer of Ohio’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and was a member of the Athletic Honor Roll.
 
As a prep athlete, Pennington played for Easton Area High School and earned 2014 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference All-Area First Team honors. The Red Rovers won the 2014 EPC Steel Division Championship.
 
A native of Easton, Pennington earned her bachelor of science in athletic training and a minor in applied nutrition from Ohio in May 2019. She received her master’s degree in college athletic administration from Coker in December 2020.