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| 2000 Men's Under-16 Team Selected U16 Roster The newly named U.S. Field Hockey
Men's Under-16 squad may be the Association's youngest group, but the team is already deep
with experience.
Nine athletes earned repeat selections to the 16-member squad -- including five
members who earned their third selections to the three-year-old team -- following tryouts
in Moorpark, Calif. and Hershey, Pa.
Returning to the squad for the third year, Austin Hargett (Ventura, Calif.),
Patrick Harris (Moorpark, Calif.), Sean Harris (Moorpark, Calif.), Eric Hodgdon (Somers
Point, N.J.) and Jeb Saez (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) were charter members of the team when
the USFHA established the Under-16 men's program in 1998. Neil Bishnoi (Ventura, Calif),
Adam Dorn (Ventura, Calif.), Danny Jordan (Camarillo, Calif.) and Brandon Sherman
(Moorpark, Calif.) earned their second selections to the team.
The newest members of the squad include Chris Fuller (Ventura, Calif.), Gurpal
Kundi (Glendora, Calif.), Daniel Mele (Olney, Md.), Navtej Sadhal (Yorba Linda, Calif.),
Eric Schanafelt (Georgetown, Calif.), Ryan Sherburne (Greenfield, Mass.) and 12-year-old
goalkeeper Andrew Zayac (Columbia, Md.).
Patrick Harris will serve double duty with the U.S. teams after earning an
appointment to the U.S. National Team. Harris’ brother, 13-year-old Sean, also earned
a spot on the squad for the third straight year.
The team includes two additional sibling connections. Schanafelt is the brother of
U.S. National Team selection and 1999 Pan American Games team member Mike Schanafelt while
Jordan is the brother of Under-16 alternate Richard Jordan.
The squad's six alternates include Richard Jordan, Jonathon Ginolfi, Michael
Gudmundson, David Maltese and 1999 team members Jaspal Grewall and Michael Lipka.
The Under-16 team represents the first step in an athlete’s elite-team
development process and serves to introduce young players to international competition
while preparing athletes for future National Team consideration. Directed by U.S.
Men’s National Coach Shiv Jagday and coached by University of California-Berkeley
head coach Shellie Onstead, the team will tour the Netherlands in the spring with a series
of games in Amsterdam from April 18-24. The team placed fourth at the tournament last year
with a 4-3-3 record.
In her second season as head coach of
the Under-16 Team, Onstead earned U.S. Field Hockey Developmental Coach of the Year honors
in 1999 for her work with the young team.
The team will also compete in the U.S. Field Hockey's new, five-team men's
California League, March 2-5 in Berkeley, Calif., June
1-4 at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, and Aug. 17-20 at the Moorpark, Calif.
Pat Harris will compete with under-21 members of the U.S. National Team as a member of the
USAExplosion, while the remainder of the team
will play with senior members of the National Team for coach Onstead and the USA Impact.
The United States Field Hockey Association is the national governing body for
women’s and men’s field hockey in the United States and is responsible for the
training and preparation of teams to participate in international competitions such as the
Olympic Games and Pan American Games as well as for the promotion and development of the
sport throughout the United States. ###
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