Jennifer Tafro enters her second season at the helm of the Roadrunner field hockey program.
Taking over a program who recorded just two wins during the 2016 season, Tafro helped lead the Roadrunners to a 7-10 overall record (6-3 at home) in 2017 including two wins in the New Jersey Athletic Conference regular season. Three Roadrunners earned NJAC All-Conference honors. Emily Wisneski earned NJAC First Team All-Conference for the third straight season while Gianna Mouskourie and Melissa Choka earned NJAC Honorable Mention All-Conference.
The Roadrunners excel academically in the classroom as 13 student-athletes were named to the 2017 Zag Field Hockey/NFHCA Division III National Academic Squad. Four Roadrunners, Melissa Choka, Samantha Stolker, Claudia Wetzel and Wisneski, were named as a 2017 NFHCA Division III Scholar of Distinction. These four earned a GPA of 3.90 or higher during the Fall 2017 semester. Wisneski was also honored as Ramapo College's Woman of the Year at the 26th Annual New Jersey Woman of the Year Luncheon in conjunction with the National Girls and Women in Sports Day.
Tafro is a former All-American from Montclair State University. She joins the Ramapo College staff after serving as the first assistant coach at Rhodes College in Memphis, TN for the 2016 season. Tafro helped lead the Lynx to the NCAA Tournament and their fourth Southern Athletic Association Championship in the last five seasons.
Prior to coaching at Rhodes, Tafro was the graduate assistant coach at Frostburg State University where she developed and administrated drills for the Bobcats as well as playing a major role in the team's strategy and philosophy. Frostburg was second in the Capital Athletic Conference in saves while in her first season with the Bobcats; they led the CAC in saves and finished fourth in defensive saves. Tafro also served as an assistant coach at the Quik Stik Elite Field Hockey Club working specifically in introducing skills, creating drills and managing travel for the team.
Tafro was a standout student-athlete at Montclair State University where she was a two time All-American. She holds numerous Red Hawk records and is the second all-time career points leader in MSU history, along with the single season points leader during 2012 and 2013 seasons. She was named NJAC Midfielder of the Year following the 2013 season while the Red Hawks captured the conference crown in 2012 and 2013. Tafro earned four NJAC First Team All-Conference honors while she was named NFHCA South Atlantic First Team All-Region following the 2012 and 2013 seasons.
2018 Season
