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Former USA Field Hockey Junior Team member Maria Whitehead lost to cancer

Maria Whitehead

Former USA Field Hockey Junior National Team member Maria Whitehead died Nov. 1 following  a battle with cancer. She was 25.

A member of the USA Under-21 team in 2000 and 2001, Whitehead was a member of the 2001 U.S. Junior World Cup team and earned a silver medal at the 2000 Junior Pan American Championships.

Playing her collegiate field hockey at Wake Forest Univ., Whitehead was a two-time all-Atlantic Coast Conference selection and helped lead the Demon Deacons to three national semifinal appearances and the 2002 National Championship.

Following her graduation from Wake Forest, Whitehead served as the head coach at Saint Louis University for three years before joining the Duke Univ. staff as an assistant coach in February.

A memorial service is scheduled for 5 p.m. Sunday in Duke Chapel. In lieu of flowers, please make donations
to Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke: P.O. Box 3624, Durham, N.C., 27710, in care of Dr. Henry Friedman.

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