Lonestar was founded in Austin in 2015 by a small group of field hockey people — led by Alasdair and Una Murdoch from Ireland — who believed the sport needed a proper home in Texas. Not a seasonal program. Not a weekend camp. A real club, built for life.
We modelled ourselves on our European club heritage — where sport is a community. Where adults play alongside kids. Where older players mentor younger ones. Where the pathway never closes.
What started as a handful of players in the end zone of a football field has grown into a club of 250+ members across Austin, Dallas, and Fort Worth — with one of the highest college recruitment rates of any youth sports organisation in the region.
Our founding members chose to build their lives in Texas because they believe in what this state can become — and what sport can do for its communities. Today Lonestar is home to men and women of all ages — players, coaches, and volunteers — united by a shared love of the game. We are still here. Still building. Still growing.
If we succeed, Texas will not just have more field hockey players. It will have stronger athletes. Stronger young women. Stronger communities. And a game that is here to stay.
Our primary objective is participation growth across Texas. Everything we do is aimed at expanding access, awareness, and opportunity.
We prioritise long-term love of the sport over short-term results. No burnout culture. No fear-based coaching.
We build confidence, resilience, leadership, and character — not just technical skill.
We provide one of the strongest collegiate pathways in the region — without sacrificing player wellbeing or long-term participation.
We are not a seasonal program. We are a true club — from childhood through adulthood — rooted in mentorship, continuity, and belonging.
It is an understatement to say Lone Star is a family environment – for the four years of high school the club was our family. The friendships and the stories we can tell are all epic! We are incredibly grateful to the coaches, they knew our daughter well enough to know when to push her, when to support her. She knew she could approach them with technical or tactical questions, but all the conversations at the field had major life lessons embedded in them.
