Hattie Shand | |
Fullname: | Harriet Ngaire Shand |
Birth Date: | 2000 1, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Naracoorte, South Australia, Australia |
Position: | Defence |
Years1: | 2017–2018 |
Clubs1: | SA Suns |
Caps1: | 13 |
Goals1: | 1 |
Years2: | 2019– |
Clubs2: | Adelaide Fire |
Caps2: | 7 |
Goals2: | 1 |
Nationalyears1: | 2018–2020 |
Nationalteam1: | Australia U–21 |
Nationalcaps1: | 11 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears2: | 2022– |
Nationalteam2: | Australia |
Nationalcaps2: | 33 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Harriet 'Hattie' Ngaire Shand (born 11 January 2000)[1] is an Australian field hockey player, who plays as a defender.[2]
Hattie Shand was born in Naracoorte, South Australia and grew up in Langkoop, Victoria near Apsley, Victoria.[3] She attended Naracoorte Primary School and Naracoorte High School, she currently studies part-time at the University of Adelaide. She is of Australian and Maori heritage.
Shand is a scholarship holder at the South Australian Sports Institute.[4]
In 2021, she was awarded a Tier 3 Scholarship from the Sport Australia Hall of Fame.[5]
Shand plays club hockey in South Australia's top level domestic competition, the Premier League. She is a member of the Adelaide Hockey Club.[6]
In Hockey Australia's domestic competitions, Shand plays for her home state, South Australia. From 2017–2018, she was a member of the SA Suns team in the Australian Hockey League (AHL).[7]
Following the dissolution of the AHL, Shand was named in the newly formed Adelaide Fire team for Hockey Australia's new premier competition, the Sultana Bran Hockey One.[8] She went on to represent the team in the inaugural season in 2019, helping the team to a third place finish.[9]
In 2018, Shand made her debut for the Australia U–21 team during a test series against New Zealand in Hastings.[10]
She followed this up with appearances during a Tri-Nations Tournament in 2019,[10] as well as a test series against Japan in 2020, both held in Canberra.[7]
In 2024, she joined the Australian Hockey team in the Olympics as a reserve[11]