Vandermeulen will serve under Head Coach Kristin St. Hilaire and will be responsible for recruiting, scouting, practice and game preparation, along with day-to-day operations in the office.

Vandermeulen returns to Utica after a decorated four-year playing career for the Pioneers. She is Utica’s record holder in both career wins (29) and single-season wins (12). She helped backstop the Pioneers to back-to-back Empire 8 Tournament appearances and a new single-season record of 13 wins in 2019. She ranks second all-time with 368 career saves and she set a new single-season record for save percentage in 2019 en route to earning All-Region accolades.

Vandermeulen spent the 2021 season at Washington & Jefferson College where she helped guide the Presidents to a 10-1 overall record and their second NCAA Tournament appearance before W&J was eliminated in the third round by eventual National Champion Salisbury University.

Vandermeulen is a 2020 graduate of Utica College where she earned her bachelor’s degree in Wellness & Adventure Education. Upon graduation, she was named a 2020 Greg Roberts Senior Athlete Award winner, which is given out annually to a male and female student-athlete that best exemplifies what Greg Roberts stood for: hard work, unselfishness, loyalty, and passion for Utica College athletics.

Originally from Walden, NY, Hali currently resides in Utica and is pursuing her master’s degree at UC.