Charlie Breitrose
Watertown’s field hockey coach Eileen Donahue, second from the left, has been nominated for the USA Today High School Coach of the Year. Here she stands with the 2015 team which broke the national record for most games unbeaten.
USA Today High School Sports is looking for the high school coach of the year and Watertown High School field hockey coach Eileen Donahue is one of the 20 nominees.
Besides receiving the honor of being coach of the year, if Donahue wins the WHS athletic department would receive $1,000. The school of the second place coach gets $500 and the third place one gets $250 for the athletic department.
Donahue and the Raiders have compiled quite a resume, with seven straight state titles and the national record for the longest unbeaten streak, that stands at 160 after the end of the 2015 season.
Voting began on Thursday and runs through Thursday, July 21, 2016 at 2 p.m.
To vote, go to: http://contest.usatodayhss.com/