Bucknell University Athletics
Hannah Allison Added to Field Hockey Staff
6/3/2015 3:27:00 PM | Field Hockey
LEWISBURG, Pa. – Bucknell head field hockey coach Jeremy Cook has announced the addition of Hannah Allison as assistant coach entering the 2015 season. Allison joins the Bison staff after spending two seasons at Ohio Wesleyan, including the most recent as the interim head coach.
“I am incredibly excited that Hannah will be joining our program,” Cook said. “As a Mifflinburg native and Penn State graduate, she knows the area and will be very helpful in our recruiting efforts and community engagement activities. She also is coming in with head coaching experience, and based on that experience, has her own vision that will be able to help shape the future of our program. She's a really hard worker and comes highly recommended. I think she'll be a fantastic addition to our field hockey family and a positive role model for our student-athletes.”
In her one season as the interim head coach at Ohio Wesleyan, Allison led the Battling Bishops to a 10-9 record, including a 7-3 mark over the final 10 games. The team had one All-Region selection and three All-North Coast Athletic Conference honorees. The 10 wins were four more than the previous season and the 6-8 conference record was a two-win improvement. In her one season as an assistant coach, the Battling Bishops went 6-11 overall and had three All-NCAC selections.
A 2013 graduate of Penn State with a degree in kinesiology, Allison was a four-year letterwinner for the Nittany Lions and a team captain her senior season. She was a part of two Big Ten championship teams and was a recipient of the Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award given to student-athletes with a minimum 3.7 GPA.
Allison replaces Meghan Dawson, who left Bucknell after two seasons as an assistant to become the head coach at Appalachian State. The Bison are coming off one of the best seasons in program history, finishing 13-6 overall and a perfect 6-0 in the conference. Following their first ever outright Patriot League regular season title, the host Bison advanced to the championship game of the conference tournament.
