Anna Dessoye
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| Born |
July 13, 1994 Mountaintop, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Valley Styx | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013 | United States U–21 | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017– | United States | 52 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Anna Dessoye (born July 13, 1994)[1] is a field hockey player from the United States, who plays as a midfielder.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Anna Dessoye was born in Mountaintop, Pennsylvania. She began playing hockey in the sixth grade.[3] She also uses a Ritual Hockey stick.[2]
Dessoye is a former student of the University of Maryland,[4] where she majored in Public Health.[3]
Career
[edit]National teams
[edit]Under–21
[edit]In 2013, Dessoye was a member of the United States U–21 side at the Junior World Cup, where the team finished seventh.[5]
Senior team
[edit]Anna Dessoye made her senior international debut for the United States national team in 2017, during a test series against New Zealand in Christchurch.[5]
In 2019, Dessoye was a member of the national team during the inaugural edition of the FIH Pro League.[6] Later that year, she participated in the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima. At the tournament, she received her first major medal for her country after defeating Chile for the bronze.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Team Details – United States". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
- ^ a b "Athlete: Anna Dessoye". ritualhockey.com. Ritual Hockey. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
- ^ a b "Anna Dessoye". teamusa.org. Team USA. Archived from the original on September 27, 2017. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
- ^ "Anna Dessoye – Field Hockey – University of Maryland Athletics". University of Maryland. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
- ^ a b "DESSOYE Anna". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
- ^ "DESSOYE Anna". fihproleague.com. FIH Pro League. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
- ^ "Matson hat tricks lifts USA over Chile for Pan Am bronze". panamhockey.org. Pan American Hockey Federation. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
External links
[edit]- 1994 births
- Living people
- American female field hockey players
- Sportspeople from Pennsylvania
- Sportspeople from Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
- Field hockey players at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in field hockey
- 21st-century American sportswomen