Aug 21, 2008

High-Level Argentinean Field Hockey Player Joins Wheaton Coaching Staff

NORTON, MA- Suevia Greloni Pierri, a high-level field hockey player and experienced clinician in Argentina, has joined the Wheaton College coaching staff for her first season as an assistant this fall.

An assistant coach with the U18 Belgrano Athletic Club in Buenos Aires from 2001-03, Greloni Pierri was an instructor at Wheaton's camp this past summer and has instructed clinics in Argentina with such American colleges as Wheaton, Castleton State College, Drexel University, Mount Holyoke College and Muhlenberg College.

Greloni Pierri brings an abundance of experience as a player to the sidelines. Since 1998, when she was 14, Greloni Pierri has been a member of the Belgrano Athletic Club, which competes in Argentina's highest division. She played for her country's U21 national team from 2001-02 and for Buenos Aires' U16 squad from 1997-2000, helping it win the national tournament during her final season.

Greloni Pierri is a 2007 graduate of the University of Buenos Aires, where she majored in political science with a concentration in international relations.

Wheaton (Mass.) Transaction - Named Suevia Greloni Pierri assistant field hockey coach.