Rachel Dawson (born August 2, 1985) is an American field hockey player.[1] A midfielder / back, she earned her first senior career cap vs Australia on June 5, 2005. Dawson was named to the U.S. field hockey team for the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics, with the team finishing in 8th and 12th respectively.[2][3]
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Representing  United States
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2011 Guadalajara | Team |
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Dawson was born in Camden, New Jersey, one of eight children[1] and grew up in Berlin, New Jersey, and attended Eastern Regional High School, where she graduated in 2003. She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2007 and resides in North Carolina.[4]
College
editIn 2008, while at North Carolina, Dawson won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's best female field hockey player.[5][6]
International senior competitions
edit- 2006 – World Cup Qualifier, Rome (4th)
References
edit- ^ a b "Rachel Dawson". London2012.com. Archived from the original on May 24, 2013.
- ^ 2008 U.S. Olympic Women's Field Hockey Team announced
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rachel Dawson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
- ^ Rachel Dawson Archived 2007-12-14 at the Wayback Machine, USA Field Hockey. Accessed December 20, 2007.
- ^ Katz, Melissa (6 August 2012). "NJ Olympians: Field Hockey Rachel Dawson". New Jersey 101.5. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
- ^ "Chapter Two. The Hockey Dream: Hockey as Escape, Freedom, Utopia", Canadian Hockey Literature, University of Toronto Press, 2010-01-31, doi:10.3138/9781442698512-004, ISBN 978-1-4426-9851-2
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