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USA Goalkeeper Amy Tran earned selection to the 2007 WorldHockey All-Star Team

USA Field Hockey's Amy Tran Named to WorldHockey All-Star Team

Colorado Springs, Colo. - USA Field Hockey goalkeeper Amy Tran (Grantville, Pa.) earned her second selection to the WorldHockey All-Star team following the announcement of the 2007 honor squad by the International Hockey Federation (FIH).

Selected by a vote of fans and visitors to the FIH website, Tran again earned a spot on the team after earning the honor in the inaugural All Star balloting in 2006.

In 2007, Tran earned Goalkeeper of the Tournament honors at the 2007 Champions Challenge, Goalkeeper of the Tournament at the Argentina Four Nation Tournament and a spot on the Pan American Elite Team after helping the USA to a silver medal at the Pan American Games.

In addition to Tran, the All Star team features team captain and 2007 WorldHockey Player of the Year Luciana Aymar (ARG), Minkee Booij (NED), Janneke Schopman (NED), Marilyn Agliotti (NED), Maartje Goderle (NED), Tina Bachmann (GER), Fanny Rinne (GER), Maike Stoeckel (GER), Ma Yibo (CHN), Kaori Chiba (JPN), Peta Gallagher (AUS), Madonna Blyth (AUS),  Magdalena Aicega (ARG), Mi Hyan Park (KOR), Maria Jesus Rosa Duran (ESP), Marsha Marescia (RSA) and Crista Cullen (ENG).

Coaches Marc Lammers (NED) and Michael Behrmann were named the All Star team coaches.

Tran was one of ten selections making her second appearance on the 16-member team joining Aymar, Chiba, Park, Rinne, Boooij, Aicega, Cullen, Schopman and Rosa Duran as two-time World Hockey All Stars.

In addition to her 2007 Goalkeeper of the Year awards, Tran earned top honors at the 2005 Champions Challenge, 2006 AstroTurf March on Madrid, 2006 World Cup Qualifying Tournament and 2006 World Cup. At the Pan Am Games, Tran collected a pair of shutouts in victories over Cuba (7-0) and Canada (6-0).

A member of the USA National Team since 2001, Tran has appeared in 75 international matches. She is a 2002 graduate of the Univ. of North Carolina where she was a two-time All-America selection for the Tar Heels.

Tran and the rest of her USA teammates will resume training in January at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif. where the team will continue its preparations for the Olympic Qualifying Tournament, April 19-27 in Kazan, Russia.

Sun Safe Play Campaign

Initiated in June 2007 in memory of former USA Field Hockey teammate Maria Whitehead, the Sun Safe Play! Campaign is an effort by the USA Field Hockey National Team and the Melanoma International Foundation to provide athletes who regularly play, practice and compete in the sun with educational information on melanoma and skin cancer prevention. A former member of USA Field Hockey teams and a college coach, Whitehead died from melanoma in November of 2006. USA Field Hockey’s Sun Safe Play! Campaign encourages all outdoor athletes to practice sun safe habits and make healthy decisions while playing in the sun.

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