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American field hockey player
Cindy Werley (born February 26, 1975) is a former
Olympic
field hockey forward from the
United States , who made her international debut for the
Women's National Team in 1994. She was a member of the American team that competed at the
1996 Summer Olympics in
Atlanta , Georgia.
She won a bronze medal at the
1995 Pan American Games .
[1]
Early life and education
Werley was born in
Allentown, Pennsylvania , on February 26, 1975. She attended
Emmaus High School in
Emmaus, Pennsylvania , where she was a member of the Emmaus High School girls field hockey team,
[2] one of the best girls field hockey high school teams in the nation.
[3]
College
Werley played field hockey on the collegiate level at the
University of North Carolina , leading that team to two national championships. She won the
Honda Sports Award as the nation's best collegiate field hockey player in both 1996–97 and 1997–98.
[4] Werley graduated from the
University of North Carolina in 1998.
International senior tournaments
1995 –
Pan American Games ,
Mar del Plata ,
Argentina (2nd place)
1995 –
Champions Trophy , Mar del Plata, Argentina (3rd place)
1996 –
Summer Olympics ,
Atlanta , United States (5th place)
1999 –
Pan American Games ,
Winnipeg, Manitoba ,
Canada (2nd place)
1999 – Sydney International Hockey Challenge,
Sydney ,
Australia (2nd place)
2000 –
Olympic Qualifying Tournament ,
Milton Keynes ,
England (6th place)
Collegiate and high school accomplishments
1992 – U.S. Under-21 Team.
1994, 1996 and 1997 – NFHCA All-American
1996–97 and 1997–98 – Honda Sports Award (field hockey) winner
[5]
1994, 1995 and 1997 – All-ACC Tournament
1994, 1996 and 1997 – All-ACC
1994, 1996 and 1997 – ACC Tournament "Most Valuable Player"
1996 and 1997 – ACC "Player of the Year"
1994, 1996 and 1997 – NCAA All-Tournament
1996 and 1997 – NCAA National Champion with University of North Carolina
References
^ Olderr, S. (2015).
The Pan American Games / Los Juegos Panamericanos: A Statistical History, 1951-1999, bilingual edition / Una Historia Estadistica, 1951-1999, edicion bilingue (in Spanish). McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers.
ISBN
978-1-4766-0468-8 . Retrieved 2020-03-26 .
^ Huebner, Bradley A.
"Emmaus High's Sholder is Morning Call field hockey player of year" . chicagotribune.com . Retrieved 24 July 2019 .
^
"Butz-Stavin sets field notches national-best 840th field hockey victory,"
The Morning Call , September 9, 2015, Retrieved November 14, 2015.
^
"TarHeelIllustrated - No. 41: Cindy Werley" . northcarolina.rivals.com . 2018-05-11. Retrieved 2020-03-29 .
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"Field Hockey" . CWSA . Retrieved 2020-03-29 .
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