| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born | (1990-10-02)2 October 1990 (age 35)[1] Derry,Northern Ireland[2] | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder/Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2009 | Foyle and Londonderry College | ||
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 200x–2009 | Ballymoney | ||
| 2009–2012 | Maryland Terrapins | ||
| 2012–2013 | Ballymoney | ||
| 2013–2014 | Holcombe | ||
| 2014– | Ulster Elks | ||
| 2016– | →Mannheimer HC | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals |
| 2008– |  Ireland | 128 | (30) |
Medal record | |||
Megan Frazer (born 2 October 1990) is anIreland women's field hockey international. She was a member of the Ireland team that played in the2018 Women's Hockey World Cup. She has also captained the Ireland team. Frazer was a member of theMaryland Terrapins team that won the2010 and2011 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championships. Between 2010 and 2012 she was named three times as an NFHCA All-American and in 2011 she also won theHonda Sports Award. Frazer has also wonIrish Senior Cup titles withUlster Elks.
Frazer is fromDerry,Northern Ireland. She is a daughter of Stan/Wilson Frazer and Margaret Frazer. She has a sister, Lauren.[2][3] She is also a cousin ofDarron Gibson, the formerRepublic of Ireland international footballer.[2][4][5][6] Frazer played for theNorthern Ireland women's national football team at youth level.[7][8][9] Between 2001 and 2009, Frazer attendedFoyle and Londonderry College, where she playedfield hockey,cricket andtouch rugby. Between 2009 and 2013 she attended theUniversity of Maryland, where she gained aBA in Hearing and Speech Sciences. Between 2014 and 2016 she attendedUlster University, where she gained aMaster's degree in Biomedical engineering.[10][11]
Frazer was captain of theFoyle and Londonderry College team that won the 2009Ulster Senior Schoolgirls' Cup and finished as runners up in the Kate Russell All-Ireland Schoolgirls Championships.[2][7] In the Ulster Senior Schoolgirls' Cup final, Frazer scored the only goal as Foyle and Londonderry defeatedBallymena Academy 1–0.[12]
In 2007–08 Frazer was a member of the Ballymoney team that finished as runners up toPegasus in both theUlster Shield and theIrish Senior Cup. Her teammates includedBridget McKeever andAngela Platt.[2][13][14]
Between 2009 and 2012, while attending theUniversity of Maryland, Frazer played forMaryland Terrapins. She subsequently helped them win the2010 and2011 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championships. Between 2010 and 2012 she was named three times as an NFHCA All-American. She also won theHonda Sports Award in 2012 as the best field hockey player in the nation.[2][3][4][6][11]
In 2013–14 Frazer played forHolcombe in theWomen's England Hockey League, helping the club gain promotion to the Premier Division. Frazer scored a hat-trick as Holcombe defeatedBrooklands Poynton 8–2 in a promotion play-off. Her teammates at Holcombe includedNicola Daly,Steph Elliott,Lucy Wood andMaddie Hinch.[15][16][17]
In 2014, while attendingUlster University, Frazer began playing forUlster Elks in theWomen's Irish Hockey League. Her teammates at Elks includedShirley McCay andStephanie Jameson.[11][17][18] She subsequently helped Elks win theIrish Senior Cup in both 2014–15[19][20][21] and 2015–16.[22][23] In 2016 she also captained Elks as they won the EuroHockey Club Champions Challenge I.[24]After the Elks were relegated from the Women's Irish Hockey League at the end of the 2016–17 season, Frazer continued to play for and coach the team in the Ulster Premier League. She also began playing for Mannheimer HC in theBundesliga.[25][26]
In 2016 Frazer began playing for Mannheimer HC in theBundesliga.[5][25][27][28][29] Frazer also played for Mannheimer HC in the2018 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup.[30]
Frazer representedIreland at Under-16, Under-18 and Under-21 levels[2] before making her senior debut againstWales in June 2008.[31][32][33] In 2014 she was appointed Ireland captain byDarren Smith.[31][32] In March 2015 Frazer captained the Ireland team that won a2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League Round 2 tournament hosted inDublin, defeatingCanada in the final after apenalty shoot-out.[34][35][36] Frazer also captained the Ireland team that won the2015 Women's EuroHockey Championship II. She scored in the final as they defeated theCzech Republic 5–0.[37][38] A knee injury meant Frazer was unavailable for Ireland selection for twenty months. However she returned in time to represent Ireland at the2018 Women's Hockey World Cup and was a prominent member of the team that won the silver medal.[9][39][40][41][42] She featured in five of Ireland's six games during the tournament, including the pool games against theUnited States,[43]India,[44] andEngland,[45] the quarter-final against India,[46] and the semi-final againstSpain.[47] However she missed out on the final against theNetherlands after picking up an injury against Spain.[48]
