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ONEONTA – On Monday, Dr. Kim Fierke announced that Erin Autera will be the next Hartwick College head field hockey coach. Autera will take over for longtime head coach Anna Meyer, who will retire in May.

Erin Autera, formally Erin Smith, graduated from Greene Central Schools where she was a stand-out field hockey player in Section IV. Autera was a member of the 2009 Trojans’ team that won a New York State Championship, the fifth of six for the school’s field hockey program.

Autera has served as Hartwick’s assistant coach for the last three seasons. She will become the ninth head coach in the program’s history.