As part of the national team selection process, U.S. Field Hockey will once again conduct open tryouts for athletes seeking selection to A-Camp during the 2002 Hockey Festival, Nov. 22-25, in Indio, Calif.

Open to college-aged athletes and older, tryouts at the Festival represent the final opportunity of the year for athletes to be selected to A-Camp. High school players are not eligible for selection at the Hockey Festival. The 2003 Women’s Under-23 and Under-20 Teams will be selected at A-Camp.

Athletes wishing to stand for selection at the Festival should fax a letter to the U.S. Field Hockey national office indicating the following information: 1) the name of their Festival team; 2) the festival division in which the team will compete; 3) game jersey number; 4) position (field player or goalkeeper); 5) name, address, phone number, age and date of birth. Information should be faxed to Josh Kruse, Events and High Performance Manager, at 719-632-0979 by Nov. 18, 2002.

Any athlete selected to attend A-Camp from tryouts at the Hockey Festival will be notified by Dec. 10, 2002.

The dates and site for A Camp will be determined at a later date. Please check the website for up-to-date information.

U.S. Field Hockey will conduct an Open Trial for athletes seeking selection to the U.S. Women’s National Team in early 2003. The Open Trial will be conducted at the U.S. Field Hockey National Training Center in Virginia Beach. Additional information will be available at a later date at www.usfieldhockey.com.

Athletes standing for selection at the Hockey Festival will receive no further correspondence from U.S. Field Hockey prior to the Hockey Festival. The subjective evaluation of match play will be the sole tool used by the selectors. Athletes will not receive any type of written or verbal evaluation of their Hockey Festival play from the USFHA selectors.