Anna Dessoye
{{short description|American field hockey player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox field hockey player
| name = Anna Dessoye
| image =
| caption =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|07|13}}
| birth_place = Mountaintop, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| height = 5 ft 6 in
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub = Valley Styx
| clubnumber =
| nationalyears1 = 2013
| nationalteam1 = United States U–21
| nationalcaps1 = 6
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 2017–
| nationalteam2 = United States
| nationalcaps2 = 52
| nationalgoals2 = 3
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Women's field hockey}}
{{MedalCountry|{{USA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}
{{MedalBronze|2019 Lima|Team}}
}}
Anna Dessoye (born July 13, 1994){{cite web |url=https://tms.fih.ch/competitions/569/reports/teams |title=Team Details – United States |publisher=International Hockey Federation |website=tms.fih.ch |accessdate=November 1, 2019}} is a field hockey player from the United States, who plays as a midfielder.{{cite web |url=https://ritualhockey.com/pages/athlete-anna-dessoye |title=Athlete: Anna Dessoye |publisher=Ritual Hockey |website=ritualhockey.com |accessdate=November 1, 2019}}
Personal life
Anna Dessoye was born in Mountaintop, Pennsylvania. She began playing hockey in the sixth grade.{{cite web |url=https://www.teamusa.org/usa-field-hockey/athletes/Anna-Dessoye |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927095455/http://www.teamusa.org/usa-field-hockey/athletes/Anna-Dessoye |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 27, 2017 |title=Anna Dessoye |publisher=Team USA |website=teamusa.org |accessdate=November 1, 2019}} She also uses a Ritual Hockey stick.
Dessoye is a former student of the University of Maryland,{{cite web |url=https://umterps.com/sports/field-hockey/roster/anna-dessoye/2417 |title=Anna Dessoye – Field Hockey – University of Maryland Athletics |publisher=University of Maryland |accessdate=November 1, 2019}} where she majored in Public Health.
Career
=National teams=
==Under–21==
==Senior team==
Anna Dessoye made her senior international debut for the United States national team in 2017, during a test series against New Zealand in Christchurch.
In 2019, Dessoye was a member of the national team during the inaugural edition of the FIH Pro League.{{cite web |url=https://www.fihproleague.com/women/players/dessoye-anna__72023__4870 |title=DESSOYE Anna |publisher=FIH Pro League |website=fihproleague.com |accessdate=November 1, 2019}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.panamhockey.org/en/news-847-matson-hat-tricks-lifts-usa-over-chile-for |title=Matson hat tricks lifts USA over Chile for Pan Am bronze |publisher=Pan American Hockey Federation |website=panamhockey.org |accessdate=November 1, 2019}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{FIH|1711}}
- {{Team USA|new_id=anna-dessoye-832856|old_id=Anna-Dessoye|sport=usa-field-hockey|archive=20220930170421}}
- {{2019 Pan American Games profile|hockey/athlete-profile-n1135324-dessoye-anna}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dessoye, Anna}}
Category:American female field hockey players
Category:Sportspeople from Pennsylvania
Category:Sportspeople from Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Category:Field hockey players at the 2019 Pan American Games
Category:Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in field hockey