| Ashley Sessa | |
| Fullname: | Ashley Nicole Sessa |
| Birth Date: | 23 June 2004 |
| Birth Place: | Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Height: | 5 ft 1 in |
| Position: | Midfield/Forward |
| Currentclub: | WC Eagles |
| Clubnumber: | 17 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2021- |
| Nationalteam1: | United States |
| Nationalcaps1: | 36 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 12 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2021- |
| Nationalteam2: | United States Indoor Team |
| Nationalcaps2: | 19 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 19 |
| Nationalteam3: | United States |
| Nationalyears3: | 2021- |
| Nationalcaps3: | 42 |
| Nationalcaps(Goals)3: | 11 |
Ashley Nicole Sessa (born June 23, 2004)[1] is an American indoor and field hockey player, who plays as a midfielder and forward.[2]
Ashley Sessa was born and raised in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania.[2] Sessa has been playing field hockey since the age of four.[3] She attend Spring-Ford High School in Royersford, PA her freshman year, then transferred to Episcopal Academy in Newtown Square, PA where she graduated in 2022. Sessa was a member of the University of North Carolina 2022 National Championship Team. She is currently playing for the USA Women’s National Team and will attend Northwestern University in the Fall of 2024.
Sessa is a current member of the U.S. Women's National Field Hockey Team where she was one of only two players to be selected in the U.S. Women's National Field Hockey Team at age 16[4] in 2021; the first was Katie Bam, selected in 2005. She is also a current member of the U.S. Women's National Indoor Field Hockey Team where she was selected at age 14[5] and the U.S. U-21Junior National Field Hockey Team.
Ashley Sessa was named to the https://web.archive.org/web/20160406083613/http://www.teamusa.org/usa-field-hockey/uswnt/us-womens-national-team-rosterU.S. Women's National Field Hockey Team in June 2021, her first cap was recorded on November 26, 2021 against Canada in the Canadian Test Series in Chula Vista, California. Sessa's second National Team appearance she placed 4th in the 2022 Pan American Cup in Santiago, Chile.
In 2019, Sessa made her first appearance for the U.S. Women's National Indoor Field Hockey Team, during a test series against Croatia in Sveti Ivan Zelina. She then went on to represent the U.S. at the Indoor Croatia Cup, in Sveti Ivan Zelina, Croatia, where she won a gold medal.[6] In 2020, Sessa made her second international appearance with the U.S. Indoor Field Hockey Team at the Rohrmax Cup in Vienna, Austria winning a bronze medal. She won her second gold medal in her third debut with the U.S. Indoor team in 2021, at the Indoor Pan American Cup in Spring City, Pennsylvania[7] [8] where she was also named Player of the Tournament and to the Pan American Elite Team.[9]
Ashley Sessa made her debut for the U.S. U-21 Junior National Field Hockey Team team in 2021, winning a bronze medal at the Junior Pan American Championship in Santiago, Chile.[9] [10] Sessa also was a member of the U.S. U-21 Junior National Field Hockey Team which placed 8th in the 2021 Junior World Cup in Potchefstroom, South Africa.
World Championship Experience
Other Career Highlights
Ashley Sessa started playing club field hockey at the age of 8 in the WC Eagles Hockey Club (2014 - 2022).[11] She was an eight-time National and Regional Club Champion and ten-time National Indoor Tournament Champion. Sessa was member of the WC Eagles International Travel Squad where she won a gold medal at the 2019 Holland Elite Cup in HC Den Bosch, Netherlands. She won a second gold medal and top scorer award at the 2018 Repton Cup in Repton, England and participated in the China International Series in Spring City, Pennsylvania.
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