Hope Hisey
{{Short description|American soccer player (born 2001)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Hope Hisey
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| full_name = Hope Hisey{{cite web |url=https://commencement.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/2023-05/COM23_Program_Digital_3.pdf |page=80 |publisher=Arizona State University |title=COM23 Program Digital}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2001|06|26}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nwslsoccer.com/players/hope-hisey/stats|title=Hope Hisey|publisher=National Women's Soccer League|access-date=2024-04-19}}
| birth_place = Tucson, Arizona, United States
| height = 5 ft 9 in
| position = Goalkeeper
| currentclub = Spokane Zephyr
| clubnumber = 99
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| collegeyears1 = 2019–2023
| college1 = Arizona Wildcats
| collegecaps1 = 87
| collegegoals1 = 0
| years1 = 2024
| clubs1 = Kansas City Current
| caps1 = 0
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2024–
| clubs2 = Spokane Zephyr
| caps2 = 10
| goals2 = 0
| medaltemplates =
| club-update = March 18, 2025
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Hope Hisey (born June 26, 2001) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for USL Super League club Spokane Zephyr FC. She played college soccer for the Arizona Wildcats and was selected by the Kansas City Current in the 2024 NWSL Draft.
Early life and college career
Hisey grew up in Tucson, Arizona, the daughter of Jason Hisey and Faith Trippett, both of whom graduated from the University of Arizona. Her father played minor league baseball as a pitcher and was formerly the head baseball coach at Pima Community College.{{cite web|url=https://arizonawildcats.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/hope-hisey/15492|title=Hope Hisey – Soccer|publisher=University of Arizona Athletics|access-date=2024-04-19}}{{cite news|url=https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/050817_pcc_baseball/pima-baseball-coach-hisey-steps-down-after-7-seasons/|title=Pima baseball coach Hisey steps down after 7 seasons|last=Suarez|first=Raymond|date=2017-05-08|newspaper=Tucson Sentinel|access-date=2024-04-19}} Hisey began playing soccer at age eight. She attended Canyon Del Oro High School in Oro Valley, Arizona, where she captained the soccer team and was named all-state in her senior year. She played club soccer for FC Tucson.
=Arizona Wildcats=
Hisey became the full-time starting keeper for the Arizona Wildcats during her freshman season in 2019, recording 9 clean sheets in 17 games and earning Pac-12 Conference all-freshman honors. Arizona qualified for NCAA tournament, winning one round in a shutout.{{cite news|url=https://www.azdesertswarm.com/soccer/2020/6/12/21288810/hope-hisey-arizona-soccer-goalkeeper-wildcats-fc-tucson-canyon-del-oro-pac-12-2020-roster-schedule|title=Get to know Arizona soccer's returners: Hope Hisey|last=Kelapire|date=2020-06-12|first=Ryan|website=Arizona Desert Storm|publisher=SB Nation|access-date=2024-12-14}} She started all 15 games and kept 7 clean sheets in the 2020 season, which was postponed to the spring because of the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite news|url=https://tucson.com/sports/arizonawildcats/wildcats-goalkeeper-hope-hisey-earned-straight-as-last-fall-while-kicking-covid-19/article_7f3ec204-ceda-58c5-bb0d-08066fd6d52d.html|title=Wildcats goalkeeper Hope Hisey earned straight A's last fall while kicking COVID-19|last=Schmidt|first=Caitlin|date=2021-02-03|newspaper=Arizona Daily Star|access-date=2024-12-14}} Before the 2021 season, new head coach Becca Moros asked Hisey to practice using her feet and become involved in build-play for the first time.{{cite news|url=https://tucson.com/sports/college/soccer/wildcats/hope-hisey-canyon-del-oro-arizona-wildcats-soccer-goalkeeper/article_073dabf4-5887-11ee-b072-d362672f812d.html|title=Always Hope: 5 years later, Tucson native Hisey still Arizona soccer's rock in goal|last=Kelley|first=James|date=2023-09-21|newspaper=Arizona Daily Star|access-date=2024-12-14}} She played every minute of her junior season and made a career-high 102 saves but was only able to keep one shutout in 18 games. In the 2022 season, she was named to the All-Pac-12 third team, making 61 saves to keep 6 clean sheets in 18 games. The following summer, she trained with National Women's Soccer League club Kansas City Current. In the 2023 season, using her fifth year of eligibility granted to athletes because of the pandemic, she made 77 saves for 4 shutouts in 19 games. She saved three penalty kicks within the first eight games of the season.{{cite news|url=https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/sports/report/091623_ua_soccer_hisey/how-do-you-save-penalty-kick-youve-got-have-hope-arizona-does/|title=How do you save a penalty kick? You've got to have Hope. Arizona does.|date=2023-09-16|last=Prezelski|first=Todd|newspaper=Tucson Sentinel|access-date=2024-12-14}} She left Arizona as the all-time leader in career saves (366) and second in shutouts (24).{{cite news|url=https://www.kgun9.com/sports/local-sports/hometown-hero-hope-hisey-and-the-arizona-soccer-record-she-is-set-to-break|title=Hometown hero Hope Hisey and the Arizona soccer record she is set to break|last=Barr|first=Jason|date=2023-09-28|publisher=KGUN-TV|access-date=2024-12-14}}
Club career
=Spokane Zephyr=
Hisey was drafted 46th overall by the Kansas City Current in the fourth round of the 2024 NWSL Draft. She was the second goalkeeper drafted by the Current that night after Halle Mackiewicz.{{cite news|url=https://www.azdesertswarm.com/soccer/2024/1/13/24037212/arizona-wildcats-soccer-hope-hisey-draft-kansas-city-current-arizona-soccer-nwsl|title=Former Arizona goalkeeper Hope Hisey picked by Kansas City in NWSL Draft|last=Homer|first=Devin|date=2024-01-13|website=Arizona Desert Storm|publisher=SB Nation|access-date=2024-12-14}} She was signed to a one-year contract but waived midseason without making an appearance.{{cite news|url=https://www.kansascitycurrent.com/news/kansas-city-current-sign-pair-of-draft-picks-ahead-of-2024-s|title=Kansas City Current sign pair of draft picks ahead of 2024 season|date=2024-03-07|publisher=Kansas City Current|access-date=2024-12-14}}{{cite news|url=https://www.kansascitycurrent.com/news/kansas-city-current-sign-veteran-international-goalkeeper-al|title=Kansas City Current sign veteran international goalkeeper Almuth Schult|date=2024-08-02|publisher=Kansas City Current|access-date=2024-12-14}} On August 14, 2024, USL Super League club Spokane Zephyr FC announced that they had signed Hisey ahead of the league's inaugural 2024–25 season.{{cite news|url=https://www.uslspokane.com/news/2024/08/14/zephyr-fc-add-hisey-viggiano-to-roster-as-season-opener-approaches/|title=Zephyr FC Add Hisey, Viggiano to Roster as Season Opener Approaches|date=2024-08-14|publisher=Spokane Zephyr FC|access-date=2024-12-14}} After starting the season as the backup to Izzy Nino, she made her professional debut on October 27, making six saves in a 1–0 win against Tampa Bay Sun FC.{{cite news|url=https://www.uslspokane.com/news/2024/10/27/hope-hisey-secures-clean-sheet-zephyr-wins-final-home-match-of-fall-slate/|title=Hope Hisey Secures Clean Sheet, Zephyr Wins Final Home Match of Fall Slate |date=2024-10-27|publisher=Spokane Zephyr FC|access-date=2024-12-14}}
Personal life
Hisey excelled academically at the University of Arizona, graduating summa cum laude with a 4.0 grade point average (GPA) and being named Pac-12 Women's Soccer Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2023.{{cite news|url=https://www.azdesertswarm.com/soccer/2023/11/3/23945691/arizona-wildcats-soccer-hope-hisey-named-pac-12-scholar-athlete-of-the-year|title=Arizona goalkeeper Hope Hisey named Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year|last=Amacher|first=Ezra|date=2023-11-03|website=Arizona Desert Storm|publisher=SB Nation|access-date=2024-12-14}}
References
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External links
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{{Spokane Zephyr FC squad}}
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Category:Soccer players from Tucson, Arizona
Category:American women's soccer players
Category:21st-century American sportswomen
Category:Women's association football goalkeepers
Category:Arizona Wildcats women's soccer players
Category:Kansas City Current draft picks