Stacia Joseph
{{short description|Australian field hockey player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Use Australian English|date=March 2014}}
{{Infobox field hockey player
| name = Stacia Joseph
| image =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|11|07|df=y}}
| birth_place = Melbourne, Australia
| height =
| weight =
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub = HC Melbourne
| nationalyears1 = 2009–2012
| nationalteam1 = Australia
| nationalcaps1 = 42
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Women's field hockey}}
{{MedalCountry|{{AUS}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|Champions Trophy}}
{{MedalSilver|2009 Sydney|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|Oceania Cup}}
{{MedalSilver|2009 Invercargill|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|2011 Hobart|Team}}
}}
Stacia Joseph (born 7 November 1985) is an Australian field hockey coach and former player,{{cite web|title=Profile|url=http://www.hockey.org.au/index.php?id=190|publisher=hockey.org.au|accessdate=25 May 2012|archive-date=30 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120530014011/http://www.hockey.org.au/index.php?id=190|url-status=dead}} who represented the national team.
Career
Joseph made 42 appearances for the national team.{{cite news| url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/swoop/development-program-opens-up-new-possibilities-for-former-hockeyroos-star-stacia-joseph/news-story/22bb40a506a42f3d3a8a23d8e1916f5b| title=Development program opens up new possibilities for former Hockeyroos star Stacia Joseph| work=The Daily Telegraph|location=Sydney| date=21 April 2018| accessdate=14 April 2022}} She made her international debut in June 2009 against Argentina in the 2009 Women's Hockey Spar Cup, and was later included in the Australian squad for the 2009 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy.{{cite news| url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/hockeyroos-unite-for-a-common-cause-20090705-gdtmei.html| title=Hockeyroos unite for a common cause| work=The Sydney Morning Herald| date=5 July 2009| accessdate=14 April 2022}}
At club level, she played for Southern Storm in 2008.{{cite news| url=https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/hockey/hockey-australians-joining-southern-storm| title=Hockey: Australians joining Southern Storm| work=Otago Daily Times| date=4 September 2008| accessdate=14 April 2022}} She was later captain of the Victorian Vipers from 2011 to 2015.{{cite web| url=https://vis.org.au/news/2016/04/joseph-named-womens-hockey-coach| title=Joseph Named Women's Hockey Coach| publisher=Victorian Institute of Sport| date=April 2016| accessdate=14 April 2022}} During that time, the Vipers won the 2012 Australian Hockey League. In 2014, she was named the Victorian Premier League's most valuable player.{{cite web| url=https://australiansportscamps.com.au/the-asc-heroes/stacia-joseph/| title=Stacia Joseph| publisher=Australian Sports Camps| accessdate=14 April 2022}}
In 2016, she became the Victorian Institute of Sport's head hockey coach. During the 2018 Commonwealth Games, she was one of eight female coaches who worked in the Australian Institute of Sport's development program.
Personal life
Joseph has worked as a physical education teacher. She had a child in 2018.
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Australia FHW Squad 2009 Champions Trophy}}
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Category:Australian female field hockey players
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:21st-century Australian sportswomen
Category:Field hockey players from Melbourne
Category:Australian field hockey coaches
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