American field hockey player
Rachel Dawson (born August 2, 1985) is an Americanfield hockey player.[ 1] A midfielder / back, she earned her first senior career cap vsAustralia on June 5, 2005. Dawson was named to the U.S. field hockey team for the2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics, with the team finishing in 8th and 12th respectively.[ 2] [ 3]
Dawson was born inCamden, New Jersey , one of eight children[ 1] and grew up inBerlin, New Jersey , and attendedEastern Regional High School , where she graduated in 2003. She graduated from theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2007 and resides in North Carolina.[ 4]
In 2008, while atNorth Carolina , Dawson won theHonda Sports Award as the nation's best female field hockey player.[ 5] [ 6]
International senior competitions [ edit ] ^a b "Rachel Dawson" .London2012.com . Archived fromthe 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 fromthe original on April 18, 2020. RetrievedDecember 18, 2015 . ^ Rachel Dawson Archived 2007-12-14 at theWayback Machine ,USA Field Hockey . Accessed December 20, 2007.^ Katz, Melissa (6 August 2012)."NJ Olympians: Field Hockey Rachel Dawson" .New Jersey 101.5 . Retrieved2020-03-29 . ^ "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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