Stigas joins the River Hawk staff after spending the 2020-21 campaign as a volunteer assistant coach at her alma mater, Northeastern. While on the Huskies staff, Stigas worked side-by-side with four student-athletes who garnered All-Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) honors, including an NFHCA Division I Northeast Region First Team selection.
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Before her return to Boston, Stigas spent the 2019-20 season at Massachusetts where she directly assisted the program in all day-to-day operations, including practice and game planning, film breakdown and team travel arrangements. In Stigas's lone season in Amherst, the Minutewomen went 10-10 overall and 6-2 in league action, including an appearance in the Atlantic 10 semifinals. Six Minutewomen earned postseason honors for their efforts, including an NFHCA Division I Northeast Region Second Team Selection capped off by the NFHCA National Academic Team Award.
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Collegiately, Stigas was a notable member of the Northeastern field hockey team from 2014-18 and was part of the Huskies squad that won the 2014 CAA regular-season title, the first in program history. She appeared in all 75 games of her playing career, recording 33 points on 12 goals and nine assists. A two-time captain, Stigas received three straight invitations to the United States Young Women's National Championship, the selection venue for the U.S. U-21 National Team. A four-time NFHCA All-Academic squad selection, she finished her tenure with a bachelor's degree in psychology.
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A USA Field Hockey Level 1 certified coach, she has coached at numerous camps and clinics throughout New England and has led various indoor and outdoor programs at Boston Field Hockey Club since 2014. At the start of the pandemic, she began a field hockey Instagram showcasing skills and drills called @bewellwithcoachkell. She currently works for an app called Hive_Class as a field hockey ambassador, while also has running her own clinics to grow the game locally for K-8th grade.
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No stranger to the Bay State, Stigas grew up playing in her hometown of Canton, Massachusetts. Keeping the family connection, Stigas's sister, Kristine, was an NFHCA All-Region goalkeeper at Boston College from 2006-10.
