Quinnipiac University Field Hockey

Nina Klein enters her third season as the head coach in Quinnipiac Field Hockey's program history. She was named the second head coach in the program's histo...

Abby Lucas enters her fourth season as an assistant coach with the Quinnipiac University field hockey team in 2025 and her third under head coach Nina Klein....

Dana Angelo White, MS, RD, ATC is a registered dietitian, certified athletic trainer, journalist, nutrition and fitness consultant and author of 9 cookbooks. Dana is the sports dietitian and associate clinical professor of Athletic Training and Sports Medicine at Quinnipiac University. She has been practicing as a dual credentialed certified athletic trainer and registered dietitian for nearly 20 years. She is a member of the USOC Sports Dietitian Registry and National Athletic Trainers' Association liaison to the Sports, Cardiovascular and Wellness nutrition subgroup of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Dana is the nutrition expert for FoodNetwork.com and has served on advisory boards for Verywell, Greatist, Applegate, Chobani and has worked as a spokesperson for Gatorade, National Honey Board, National Mango Board and Cooking Light Magazine. She has made appearances on Good Day Street Talk, Food Network.com, Access Hollywood, ABC Nightly News, NBC Connecticut, GMA Health, New York Live and Better Connecticut. Dana's work has been featured on Food Network.com, Verywell.com, Cooking Light.com, Today's Dietitian, SHAPE, SEVENTEEN, Prevention, Muscle & Fitness, Men's Health, Men's Fitness, and Maxim. Dana earned her master's degree in nutrition education from Teachers' College-Columbia University and bachelor's degree in Sports Medicine from Quinnipiac.

Devin Markle, Psy.D., M.Ed joined the Quinnipiac Athletic department in the fall of 2021 as the Clinical Sports Psychology Coach. She is responsible for all of the athletic programs and works to create individual, team and coaches workshops related to sports psychology. Markle comes to Quinnipiac with over seven years of experience with working with all athletes, ranging from professional to youth. She most recently was a psychological assistant for the Fulton Psychological Group where she specialized in working with 4 to 18 year olds, counseling for mental health concerns as well as performance psychology. In 2018, she started her own private practice which specialized in helping athletes and business people to reach their highest level of performance. From August 2015 to 2018, Markle served as the Co-Director of Mindset Development at the Mamba Sports Academy. She was responsible for training athletes of all ages and levels and implementing mental skills training with individuals. In addition, she helped design the NBA and NFL Pre-Draft Training Program while working with the Mamba Sports Academy. Markle earned her Bachelor's degree in Psychology and English at the University of Vermont in 2010. She then went on to earn her Master's in Education in Counseling and Sport Psychology from Boston University in 2013. By 2020, Markle had also earned her PsyD in Clinical Psychology from California Southern University.

Madison Skeie enters her third season as an assistant coach with the Quinnipiac University field hockey team in 2025 under head coach Nina Klein. In her firs...

Meg Collins enters her first season as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Quinnipiac in June 2021. Collins originally started at Quinnipiac in January 2021 as a strength and conditioning assistant before earning her promotion in June. Collins is responsible for developing and track the athletic performance for field hockey, women's golf, women's track and field, men's and women's cross country and men's and women's tennis. She also has spearheaded the strength and conditioning department's social media initiatives. Prior to arriving at Quinnipiac, Collins spent five months as a strength and conditioning coach intern at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. She assisted in developing athletic performance of all student-athletes as well as collecting and analyzing data. Collins spent one year as a graduate fellow and strength and conditioning coach at Merrimack College during the 2019-20 school year. She worked primarily with women's soccer, men's tennis and throwers and assisted with women's basketball, men's lacrosse and football. She also assisted in mentoring the interns through an extensive and comprehensive coach and development curriculum and assisted in the development of the graduate fellowship manual. Collins spent her senior season at Trinity College as a strength and conditioning coach intern. She worked directly with the head coach and was responsible for first year, injury and modified programs as well as assisting with delivering training

Samantha Vitale joined the Quinnipiac athletics department as a full time Assistant Athletic Trainer in August 2022. Vitale is the Athletic Trainer for the Quinnipiac Women's Field Hockey as well as Men and Women's Tennis. Prior to Quinnipiac, Vitale worked closely with Merrimack College's Women's Ice Hockey team and the University of Rhode Island Football team. Vitale holds a Master of Athletic Training from Merrimack College as well as a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science. Vitale is certified in integrative dry needling as well as receiving certification as a Mental Health First Aid Responder.