Field Hockey Canada – Vancouver, BC – Field Hockey Canada’s Women’s National Program has named its Senior Women’s National Team and Senior and Junior Development Squads for the 2017 competition year.

Fifty-one athletes have been named to three squads, with the Junior Development Squad split into two tiers.

The Women’s National Team, which consists of the athletes most equipped to represent Canada at the Senior international level, consists of nine returning players from the 2016 roster.

Leading the way in experience is Kingston, Ontario’s Kate Wright, who is the active leaders in games played with 159, and sits only nine games behind all-time leader Stephanie Jameson who played 168 games in her career.

Also on the Senior National Team is Hannah Haughn, who last year became the youngest Canadian women to reach 100 caps. She is coming off a five-year career with the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds, during which she won five consecutive National Championships.

New additions to the National Team roster include Vancouver’s Shanlee Johnston and North Vancouver, British Columbia’s Holly Stewart. Combined, Johnston and Stewart have played a total of 104 senior international matches.

The Senior Development Squad also features a roster chock full of senior international experience, with Amanda Woodcroft, Kathleen Leahy, and Alex Thicke having played 54, 37, and 27 senior matches respectively.

Rachel Donohoe returns to the National Program with her selection to the Senior Development Squad after sharing honours for the USports Field Hockey Player of the Year with Olivia Lane in 2016.

Additions to the Senior Development Squad include a group of young players making the jump from the Junior level. Alexis DeArmond, Nikki Woodcroft, Rowan Harris, and Shannon Pereira make the step up. 

The Tier 1 Junior Development Squad features five players – Hannah Eborall, Jordyn Faiczak, Margaret Pham, Sam McCrory, and Thora Rae – who will be on the upcoming Senior training tour to Australia’s Gold Coast.

2017 WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM

Name	Position	Hometown	Current/Last Club
Brienne Stairs	Midfielder	Kitchener, ON	Vancouver Hawks
Danielle Hennig	Defender	Kelowna, BC	Vancouver Meralomas
Hannah Haughn	Midfielder	North Vancouver, BC	University of British Columbia
Holly Stewart	Forward	North Vancouver, BC	West Vancouver FHC
Kaitlyn Williams	Goalkeeper	White Rock, BC	Vancouver Meralomas
Karli Johansen	Defender	North Vancouver, BC	India Club
Kate Wright	Forward	Kingston, ON	West Vancouver FHC
Maddie Secco	Midfielder	Victoria, BC	Vancouver Hawks
Sara McManus	Defender	Tsawwassen, BC	Vancouver Meralomas
Shanlee Johnston	Defender	Vancouver, BC	Vancouver Hawks
Stephanie Norlander	Forward	North Vancouver, BC	University of British Columbia

2017 WOMEN’S SENIOR DEVELOPMENT SQUAD

Name	Position	Hometown
Alex Thicke	Midfielder	North Vancouver, BC
Alexis DeArmond	Defender	Victoria, BC
Alison Lee	Defender	Toronto, ON
Amanda Woodcroft	Midfielder	Waterloo, ON
Kathleen Leahy	Defender	Victoria, BC
Nikki Woodcroft	Forward	Waterloo, ON
Rachel Donohoe	Midfielder	North Vancouver, BC
Rosie Beale	Defender	Victoria, BC
Rowan Harris	Goalkeeper	Ottawa, ON
Shannon Pereira	Midfielder	Toronto, ON

2017 WOMEN’S JUNIOR DEVELOPMENT SQUAD – TIER 1

Name	Position	Hometown
Anna Mollenhauer	Midfielder	Victoria, BC
Hannah Eborall	Defender	Beamsville, ON
Izzy Fraser	Midfielder	Vancouver, BC
Jordyn Faiczak	Forward	Mississauga, ON
Lindsay Cole	Forward	Victoria, BC
Madison Connell	Midfielder	West Vancouver, BC
Margaret Pham	Forward	Mississauga, ON
Sam McCrory	Forward	Waterloo, ON
Sara Goodman	Defender	Duncan, BC
Thora Rae	Midfielder	Vancouver, BC

2017 WOMEN’S JUNIOR DEVELOPMENT SQUAD – TIER 2

Name	Position	Hometown
Aerin Park	Goalkeeper	Surrey, BC
Alissa Wong	Midfielder	West Vancouver, BC
Anna Constanzo	Goalkeeper	Burlington, ON
Anna Gosney	Midfielder	North Vancouver, BC
Brie Ricker	Forward	British Columbia
Camilla MacGillivray	Goalkeeper	Calgary, AB
Cassandra Mascarenhas	Midfielder	Mississauga, ON
Dakota Chan	Defender	Richmond, BC
Elizabeth O’Hara	Goalkeeper	Oakville, ON
Hanaa Punja	Midfielder	Vancouver, BC
Hanna Davis		British Columbia
Jaslan Stirling	Forward	Mississauga, ON
Katie Lynnes		Ontario
Kayla Sliz	Midfielder	Ontario
Mackenzie Janzen		Ontario
Madeline Osgarby		Oakville, ON
Madison Babineau	Midfielder	Milton, ON
Natalie Dalton	Goalkeeper	West Vancouver, BC
Rebecca Carvalho		Brampton, ON
Robin Fleming	Goalkeeper	Shawnigan Lake, BC

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