Claire Laubach

Born: 29 July 83

Position: Midfield/Back

Height/Weight: 5-8, 160

International Caps: 45

Years on National Team:
2002 USA Under-19 Team
2003 USA Under-20 Team
2005 USA National Team
2006-07 USA National Team

Birthplace: Washington Township, N.J.


Hometown: Bristow, Va.

Residence: Virginia Beach, Va.

High School: Centreville HS
(Clifton, Va.) '01

College:

• Wake Forest Univ. '05
• Visual Arts

Employer: ADS, Inc., Virginia Beach, Va.

Playing Career:

• Early Career
  Began playing field hockey at age 15 because "all my friends were playing and it was the cool thing to do."
   
• Collegiate Career
  2001 - Started all 19 games for Wake Forest...2002 - NCAA National Champion...Scored two goals while anchoring a defense that allowed only 15 goals during the season...2003 - NCAA Champion...All-ACC...NFHCA All-South Region Second Team...NCAA All-Tournament Team ...Scored 8 goals...2004 - NCAA Champion...NFHCA First Team All-America...NFHCA First Team All-South Region...All-ACC...NCAA All-Tournament Team...Scored 8 goals
   
• International Career
  2002 - USA Under-19 Team...Cal Cup Team (3rd place)...2003 - USA Under-20 Team...JFK Tournament Champion...2005 - USA National Team...New Zealand tour...Australia series (Virginia Beach)...Earned first international cap vs New Zealand 5/14/2005) in Welllington, NZL...Canada Series (Virginia Beach)...Argentina 3 Nation Tournament in Buenos Aires (2nd)...2006 - USA National Squad...Argentina Four Nation Tournament (4th, Rosario, ARG)...World Cup Qualifying Tournament (4th, Rome)...AstroTurf March on Madrid, Virginia Beach (1. NED, 2 ARG, 3. AUS, 4. USA)...2007 - Netherlands Tour team...Chile 4-Nation Team Champions, Santiago (1. USA, 2. ARG, 3. CHI, 4. CAN)...Selected to AtaHoldings Champions Challenge Team (Baku, AZE, 4th)...USA/Japan Series (College Park, Md., 1-3-1)

Personal:

• Nickname: "Chewie"
• Sport Ambition: Olympic Games
• Ambition after field hockey: wTo be in a "Got Milk" ad
• Most influential person in your sporting career: My mom and my brother Justin.
• Other than U.S. athletes, which international player would you want to have as your teammate: Maeke Boreel
• I am a natural at: art
• I would characterize my style of play as: Tenacious
• I can't live without: Q-tips
• Other than field hockey, my favorite Olympic Sport is: table tennis
• Most people don't know that I: I was a cat in my past life.
• The field hockey rule I hate the most: You can't take people out.
• Philosophy on life: ...you gotta stay on your toes.
• Favorites: Food- Outback  Movie - Finding Nemo, TV Show - Jeopardy,  Book: Kite Runner, Musical artist: Kelly Clarkson, Athlete: Cal Ripken, Past time: Carving soap

Major International Competitions: