- Lauren Powley
Infobox field hockey player
playername= Lauren Powley
dateofbirth= Birth date and age|1984|3|5
placeofbirth=Kingston, Pennsylvania
dateofdeath=
height= height|ft=5|in=7
nickname=
position= Midfield
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years=
caps(goals)=
nationalteam= Team USA
nationalyears= 2005-2008
nationalcaps(goals)= 37
olympicyears= 2008
olympicmedals=
woman= yes
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updated=Lauren Powley (
March 5 ,1984 -) is an Americanfield hockey player.Biography
Early life and education
Lauren Powley was born March 5, 1984 in Kingston, Pennsylvania to Penelope and Kenneth Powley. She grew up in
Mountaintop, Pennsylvania and graduated fromWyoming Seminary high school inKingston, Pennsylvania , in 2002. [cite news |first=Tom |last=Robinson |title=Powley headed to Beijing Games |url=http://www.timesleader.com/news/latest/Powley_headed_to_Beijing_Games_06-23-2008.html |work=The Times Leader |date=2008-06-24 ]Field hockey career
Powley played collegiate field hockey for the University of Maryland Terps. She was co-captain of the team her senior year [cite news |title=Maryland Field Hockey's Beach and Powley Selected 2005 Team Captains |url=http://www.cstv.com/sports/w-fieldh/stories/042605aab.html |publisher=CSTV |date=2005=04-26 ] , which won the
NCAA Women's Field Hockey Championship .She has been a member of the
United States women's national field hockey team since 2005 and has 37 international caps. Prior to that, she and played on the junior squads in 2001 (under-18), 2002 (under-19), 2004 and 2005 (under-21). Powley will compete in the2008 Summer Olympic Games inBeijing, China as a member of the United States Field Hockey Team. [cite news |url=http://www.timesleader.com/sports/20080430_30_POWLEY_Olympics_spt_ART.html |title=Sem grad hits another goal |work=The Times Leader |date=2008-04-30 ] The team earned a spot in the Olympic games after defeating Belgium in the Olympic Qualifier championship game on April 28, 2008.In 2006, Powley biked across the United States with her father, Ken, to raise money for the U.S. field hockey team. [cite news |first=Lisa |last=Sokolowshi |title=Sem great to pedal away for U.S. Field Hockey |work=The Times Leader |date=2005-12-17 |page=1B ]
References
External links
* [http://fieldhockey.usoc.org/athlete/athlete/561 USA Field Hockey - Athletes - Lauren Powley]
* [http://umterps.cstv.com/sports/w-fieldh/mtt/powley_lauren00.html Player Biography at University of Maryland Website]
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