Rachel Dawson

Defender - #8

College: North Carolina
Hometown: Berlin, NJ

International Caps: 84

Height: 5-10
Date of Birth: 1985-08-02         Birthplace: Camden, NJ
High School: Eastern Regional HS, Vorhees, NJ '03
Occupation: Student

International Career: 2001 - Named to U.S. Under-21...Second place at California Cup...Montreal Cup champions... 2002 - Named to U.S. Under-19 team...Third place California Cup...2003 Named to the U.S. Under-20 team...2003 John F. Kennedy Memorial Tournament (Virginia Beach) Champion...2004 - U.S. Under-21 team...2005 - U.S. Under-21 team...Promoted to U.S. National Squad for Australia Test Series (Virginia Beach)...Named Most Outstanding Player at Pan Am Junior Championship...Earned first career national team cap vs. Australia (6/5/2005) in Virginia Beach...Captained the USA Under-21 team to a best-ever 7th place finish at the Junior World Cup in Santiago, Chile...Scored 3 goals at the Junior World Cup including 2 goals in a 4-2 win over England in the opening game...Competed for the U.S. National Team at Argentina 3 Nation Tournament (Nov. 05)...2006 - U.S. National Team...Argentina 4 Nation Tournament...world Cup Qualifying Tournament (4th, Rome)...AstroTurf March on Madrid, Virginia Beach (1. NED, 2 ARG, 3. AUS, 4. USA)...World Cup (Madrid, 6th place)...FIH finalist for 2006 WorldHockey Young Player of the Year...2007-Chile 4-Nation Team Champions, Santiago (1. USA, 2. ARG, 3. CHI, 4. CAN)...AtaHolding Champions Challege Team (Baku, AZE, 4th)...Pan American Games Team (2nd, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)...USA/Japan Series (College Park, Md., 1-3-1)...2008 - Argentina 4 Nation Tournament (Mendoza, ARG. 1. ARG, 2. GER, 3. USA, 4. RSA)... USA vs Argentina (Chula Vista, CA., 3-1)... World Hockey Olympic Qualifying Tournament (1st, Kazan, Russia)... Germany Four Nations (1. GER, 2. KOR, 3. USA, 4. IND)... USA at Netherlands Series... 2008 U.S. Olympic Team for Women's Field Hockey (8th, Beijing, China). 2009 – Pan American Cup (2nd, Hamilton Bermuda)

College Career: 2003 - Atlantic Coast Conference Rookie of the Year at North Carolina...Started all 21 games for the Tar Heels while leading the team with 19 goals...2003 ACC All-Tournament Team...2004 - All-ACC, ACC Defensive Player of the Year, First Team All-America, All-ACC Tournament, scored 7 goals...2004 - NFHCA First Team All-America...2004 ACC Defensive Player of the Year...All-South Region, All-ACC and All-ACC Tournament...Scored seven goals and added eight assists...NFHCA Academic Squad...2005 - Missed a portion of the college season competing with the USA Under-21 team at the FIH Junior World Cup...NFHCA Second Team All-America...All-South Region First Team...All-ACC...Led team with 11 goals scored.

Early Career: Began playing field hockey at age 11, following the example of sisters Natalie and Sarah...Participated in U.S. Field Hockey's Futures Program...2001 - NFHCA High School All-America first team...2002 - NFHCA High School All-America first team...2002 New Jersey Star Ledger Player of the Year

Personal: Nickname: "Daws" The most influential person in your sporting career: My mom. She has supported me through everything Favorite place to play: UNC Chapel Hill I would characterize my style of play as: "Rough" I am a natural at: freestylin' The most unusual thing that's happend to me: I was stranded in Montreal Most people don't know that I: am a wannabe rapper The field hockey rule I hate the most: Obstruction My philosophy on life: Everything happens for a reason...always Other than field hockey, my favorite Olympic sport is : Basketball Favorites: Food - Anything with ketchup; Movie - Ocean's Eleven; TV Show - Friends; Actress - Julia Roberts, Pro Team - Eagles; Musical artist - Eminem; Past time - writing Other: Sisters Natalie and Sarah played as a membe

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