Sara DeCosta-Hayes explained

Position:Goaltender
Catches:Left
Height Ft:5
Height In:10
Weight Lb:140
Played For:Providence
Sex:f
Ntl Team:USA
Birth Date:13 May 1977
Birth Place:Warwick, Rhode Island, U.S.
Career Start:1995
Career End:2002

Sara Ann DeCosta (born May 13, 1977) is an American ice hockey player. She won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics, and a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Biography

She is the daughter of Nancy and Frank DeCosta.[1] She was born in and grew up in Warwick, Rhode Island, and is Jewish.[2] [3] [4] [5] She is an alumna of Toll Gate High School, where she played goalie on the boys' hockey team.[6] DeCosta is married, and the couple has three children.[6]

She attended Providence College ('00), where she was a hockey goalie, and allowed only 177 goals with 2,324 saves in 85 games.[7] She graduated with a degree in social science, with concentrations in sociology and psychology.

She won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics (she had three wins, one a shutout, with a 1.59 goals-against average and a .875 save percentage) and a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics, where she had the best goals-against average and save percentage.[8]

She won a World Championship silver medal in 2000, had the best GAA (0.50) and the best SVS% (.975) at the 2001 World Championship where she again won a silver medal, and had the best GAA (1.00) and the best SVS% (.948) at the 2002 World Championship where she again won a silver medal. DeCosta was USA Hockey Women's Player of the Year in 2000. In 2002–03, she was a volunteer coach for the women's hockey team at Providence. She was the goaltending coach for the Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey team in 2008–09.[8]

DeCosta was named by Brandeis University, a contemporary Jewish sports heroine.[9] [10]

Awards and honors

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Document Title. www.jwen.com. Apr 25, 2019. March 5, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305000222/http://www.jwen.com/hock/whock/decost.html. live.
  2. Web site: DeCosta, Sara: Jews In Sports . 2023-02-10 . 2016-03-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303165054/http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=hockey&ID=43 . live .
  3. Book: Goldman, David J.. Jewish Sports Stars: Athletic Heroes Past and Present. registration. 74. Sara DeCosta.. Jan 1, 2014. Kar-Ben. 9781467716499 . Apr 25, 2019. Internet Archive.
  4. Web site: Sara DeCosta Bio, Stats, and Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417224824/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/sara-decosta-1.html. dead. April 17, 2020. Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Apr 25, 2019.
  5. Book: Wechsler, Bob. Day by Day in Jewish Sports History. Apr 25, 2008. KTAV Publishing House, Inc.. 9780881259698. Apr 25, 2019. Google Books. February 10, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230210014823/https://books.google.com/books?id=dAq4TGQsWwwC&q=Sara+DeCosta&pg=PA47. live.
  6. Web site: R.I.'s Sara DeCosta-Hayes, ex-hockey Olympian, works out to stay fit and have fun / Gallery. Peter C. T.. Elsworth. providencejournal.com. Apr 25, 2019. April 25, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190425012702/https://www.providencejournal.com/article/20140210/LIFESTYLE/302109923. live.
  7. Web site: For love of the game: Olympic medalist Sara DeCosta-Hayes '00. PC News. Apr 25, 2019. July 2, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180702180425/https://news.providence.edu/for-love-of-the-game-olympic-medalist-sara-decosta-hayes-00. live.
  8. Web site: Sara DeCosta at eliteprospects.com. www.eliteprospects.com. Apr 25, 2019. April 25, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190425012700/https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/476892/sara-decosta. live.
  9. News: Contributions of long-overlooked Jewish sports heroines finally recognized . . Brandeis University . 12 September 2009 . 9 June 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080609152423/http://www.brandeis.edu/hbi/news/Jewish_Female_Athlete_PR.pdf . live .
  10. Web site: RI Hockey Hall of Fame to honor six inductees. Pete. Fontaine. Johnston Sun Rise. 29 March 2018 . Apr 25, 2019. June 25, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180625185934/http://johnstonsunrise.net/stories/ri-hockey-hall-of-fame-to-honor-six-inductees,132769. live.
  11. Web site: Annual Awards - Through the Years . USA Hockey . 24 June 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100113104849/http://www.usahockey.com/Template_Usahockey.aspx?NAV=AU_13_07&ID=185912&USAHockeyType=ICE . 13 January 2010 .
  12. Web site: Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame: Sara DeCosta (Hayes), Inducted 2004. Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200203233303/http://www.riheritagehalloffame.com/inductees_detail.cfm?crit=det&iid=611. 2020-02-03. 2020-02-03.

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