Four USA Officials Appointed to 2026 Junior Pan American Cups

SANITAGO, Chile – USA Field Hockey is pleased to announce that four officials have been selected to represent USA at the upcoming Junior Pan American Cups (JPAC) in Santiago, Chile.

Kim Scott will serve as the technical delegate, Gus Soteriades as an umpire manager, and Katelyn Makovec and Brian Tyson as umpires. The 2026 JPAC will be hosted at the National Stadium Sports Park in Santiago, Chile from April 6 to 18, 2026 and will feature the U.S. U-21 Men's and Women's National Teams.

Scott returns to Santiago, this time in the prominent role of technical delegate, after most recently serving as a technical official at the 2025 FIH Hockey Women's Junior World Cup (JWC) this past December. Scott stayed busy in 2025, attending the 2025 FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup (IHWC) in Poreč, Croatia in February and U.S. Women’s National Team’s test series against Ireland in June. In March of 2024, she was a technical delegate at the 2024 Indoor Pan American Cups (IPAC) in Calgary, Canada. Scott is an International Elite Panel Technical Official, and has served as a judge, technical delegate or technical official for more than 180 international matches.

An international panel umpire manager, Soteriades has nearly two decades of experience in the international realm. This past year, he served as an umpire manager at the USWNT’s test series against New Zealand in Charlotte, N.C. and the 2025 Central American and Caribbean Games (CAC) Qualifiers in Guanajuato, Mexico. Before stepping into the role of umpire manager, Soteriades umpired at events such as the 2018 Asian Games and 2019 Pan American Games. 

After participating in her first international tournament at the 2025 Junior Pan American Games in Asunción, Paraguay, Makovec is back for her second in Santiago, Chile. She has officiated two USWNT series in Charlotte, N.C. (2023, 2025) and is a veteran of both USA Field Hockey events and college circuit. USA Field Hockey’s 2025 National Umpire Award Winner, Makovec was recently appointed to the international panel.

Tyson will be umpiring at his third JPAC, first appearing at the 2023 edition in St. Michael, Barbados and more recently in Surrey, Canada in 2024. His 2025 events included the FIH Women’s JWC, Junior Pan American Games in Asunción, Paraguay, and USWNT’s series against New Zealand in Charlotte, N.C. In addition to the 2024 JPAC, Tyson also officiated at the 2024 IPAC in Calgary, Canada. He has umpired several USA test series and has heavy involvement officiating for the NCAA.