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Katelyn Falgowski plays in the U.S. Women's Field Hockey team's 3-2 win over India in Lancaster, Pa. on Monday evening, July 18.

Katelyn Falgowski

Falgowski started playing for U.S. national field hockey teams when she was attending Saint Mark’s and became Delaware’s only three-time Summer Olympian. She played in 261 games with the U.S. senior team. Falgowski also won two NCAA titles with North Carolina, made a school record 83 career assists, was a first-team All-American twice and National Player of the Year as a senior in 2011. She sparked the U.S. to a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games and a fifth-place finish at the 2016 Olympics.

Dawn Hill

Hill starred in field hockey at William Penn High before being a key part of three Old Dominion NCAA title teams in 1982, 1983 and 1984. She led the 1985 NCAA runner-up squad with 29 goals and set an NCAA record with six goals in four tournament games. She completed her ODU career with 45 goals and was a 1985 first-team All-American. Hill also saw U.S.  team duty.

Delmar midfielder Josie Hollamon (12) receives her medal after the Wildcats defeated Newark Charter in the Division II championship game.

Josie Hollamon

Hollamon starred on five state championship teams at Delmar while earning All-State and state Player of the Year distinction. She became a starter as a Maryland freshman in 2023 and was first-team All-Big Ten in 2024 and 2025. Holloman played for U.S. under-16 and under-21 teams before then earning a spot on the senior national team.

Carrie Lingo of the United States runs with the ball during the Women's Pool Hockey Match between the United States and Japan held at the Olympic Green Hockey Stadium during Day 4 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 12, 2008 in Beijing, China.

Carrie Lingo

The Cape Henlopen High graduate starred at the University of North Carolina, where she was 1999 and 2001 ACC Tournament MVP and earned spots on U.S. under-19, -21 and -23 teams. That led her to the U.S. senior squad, where Lingo was a mainstay for 10 years, appearing in 190 career matches including two World Cups, two Pan American Games, where the U.S. earned a pair of silver medals, and the 2008 Olympics.

Cape Henlopen's Alia Marshall (5) battles with Polytech's Cassandra Talamini-Kelemen (17) for possession during the DIAA Division I Field Hockey tournament semifinals at Rullo Stadium in Newark. Cape Henlopen defeated Polytech 3-0.

Alia Marshall

Also out of Cape Henlopen, Marshall was a starter at Northwestern from 2019-23, scoring eight goals and assisting on 47. She was first-team All-Big Ten and a third-team All-American as a senior. Marshall played for the U.S. under-21 team beginning in 2020 and later played for senior national team in 2022 and 2023.

Missy Meharg

Missy Meharg

The Tatnall School graduate was East Coast Conference Player of the Year for the University of Delaware in 1983 and 1984. She also earned All-American recognition in 1983. Meharg then spent seven years on the U.S. team while beginning her career at Maryland, where she has been head coach since 1988 and guided the Terps to seven NCAA titles.

Nancy Sawin

Sawin was born in 1917 and grew up at a time when athletic opportunities for girls were limited. But Tower Hill School was already teaching its young female students field hockey. While later working at Sanford School, which her parents founded, Sawin played field hockey for U.S. teams in the late 1940s through the 1950s, including being team captain. She was among the first inductees to the USA Field Hockey Hall of Fame in 1988.

Caitlin Van Sickle plays in the U.S. Women's Field Hockey team's 3-2 win over India in Lancaster, Pa. on Monday evening, July 18.

Caitlin Van Sickle

The Tower Hill School graduate made 148 appearances for the United States in field hockey, including at the 2016 Olympics in which the Americans placed fifth and for the 2019 Pan American Games bronze medal-winning squad. That followed an All-American career at the University of North Carolina.

Jana Withrow

The goalkeeper out of A.I. du Pont High played on the University of North Carolina’s 1995, 1996 and 1997 NCAA field hockey champions and set a still-standing school record with 46 career shutouts. After playing with the U.S. under-21 team, Withrow moved up to the U.S. senior national team from 1997-2000 and played in the 1998 World Cup and 1999 Pan American Games, in which the U.S. was silver medalist.

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