| Alison Hersey Risch | |
| Birth Place: | Winchester, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Alison Hersey Risch (born October 23, 1936), formerly Alison Hersey, is a former American field hockey,[1] lacrosse player[2] and official.
She was a three sport athlete (Field Hockey, Basketball and Softball[3]) at Winchester High School in Winchester, Massachusetts. Alison attended Mount Holyoke College from 1955 to 1959. She played with the US Field Hockey Touring team from 1956 to 1969.[4] Alison also played on the U.S. Women's National Lacrosse Team from 1961 to 1970 and as team captain from 1964 to 1970.[5] [6] After graduating from Mount Holyoke, Alison earned a master's degree from Tufts University. She later served as a field hockey coach at Kennett High School in Conway, New Hampshire. She also served as a match coordinator and internationally rated umpire for more than 40 years.
Alison also was a competitive alpine ski racer.[7] In 1964 she was certified by the Professional Ski Instructor’s Association and she has been a ski instructor and director since 1963.[8]
In January 1988, she became one of the charter inductees into the USA Field Hockey Hall of Fame.[9] In 1999 Alison was inducted into the New England Chapter of the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame[10] and in 2003 she was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame.[11] Mount Holyoke inducted Alison into their athletics Hall of Fame (inaugural 2013 class) [5] as did Winchester High School into their Hall of Fame (1995).[12]