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Saturday, July 5, 2008
Hamburg Grad Kayla Bayshore Named to USA Olympic Team
Greater Reading, PA
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By: Staff
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Photo(s) By: USA Field Hockey
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team starts Olympic play in August
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Born in Daegu, South Korea, Bayshore graduated from Indiana University in 2005. She began playing field hockey at age 15 when approached by the school's field hockey coach to try a fall sport.
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Hamburg High's Kayla Bayshore was named to the USA Field Hockey Team. Bayshore, a Midfielder/Back spent the 2004 season on the USA Under 21 Team and the 06-07 and 07-08 seasons on the USA National Team. She has appeared in 54 international competitions scoring 3 goals. Born in Daegu, South Korea, Bayshore graduated from Indiana University in 2005. She began playing field hockey at age 15 when approached by the school's field hockey coach to try a fall sport.
Collegiate Highlights
2001 - NFHCA Second Team All-West Region...All-Big Ten Second Team...2002 - NFHCA Second Team All-West Region...All-Big Ten First Team...Academic All Big Ten...NFHCA All Academic...2003 - NFHCA First Team All-West Region...All-Big Ten Second Team...Academic All Big Ten...2004 - NFHCA Second Team All-America...First Team All-Big Ten...First Team All-Region...Scored 6 goals and one assist...Academic All-Big 10...NFHCA Academic Squad...
2005 - Nominee and finalist for the Honda Award representing College Field Hockey's top player...Led Indiana to its first NCAA Tournament appearance...First team NFHCA All-America...First Team All-Big Ten...Unanimous selection as 2005 Big Ten Player of the Year...Academic All-Big Ten...Scored 12 goals with five assists...First Indiana player named to the U.S. National Team
International Highlights
2004 - Selected to USA Under-21 Team...2005 USA Developmental squad...Earned first career senior team cap vs. Canada (8/292005) in Virginia Beach...2006 - U.S. National Team...Argentina 4 Nation Tournament (4th, Rosario)...World Cup Qualifying Tournament (4th, Rome)...Women's World Cup Qualifier (4th, Rome)...AstroTurf March on Madrid, Virginia Beach (1. NED, 2 ARG, 3. AUS, 4. USA)...World Cup (Madrid, 6th place)...2007 - Netherlands Tour team...Chile 4-Nation Team Champions, Santiago (1. USA, 2. ARG, 3. CHI, 4. CAN)...2008 - Argentina 4 Nation Tournament (Mendoza, ARG. 1. ARG, 2. GER, 3. USA, 4. RSA)...USA women at Japan Series
Personal:
Favorites: Food- Chicken Parm Movie - Braveheart, TV Show - Friends and Gray's Anatomy, Actor: Johnny Depp, Musical group: Rascal Flats, Athlete: Kristine Lilly
Major International Competitions:
Year Tournament Site Position
2006 World Cup Madrid, Spain 6th
2006 World Cup Qualifier Rome, Italy 4th
The USA Field Hockey Women’s National Team is coached by Lee Bodimeade. A Queensland, Australia native, Bodimeade won a silver medal at the 1992 Olympic Games as a member of the Australian field hockey national team.
Prior to Beijing, the U.S. National Team will participate in a four nation tournament in Bremen, Germany with Korea, India, and Germany from July 4-6. They complete their tour with a three game series against the Netherlands, ranked number one in the world, on July 9-12.
The U.S. National Team opens Olympic Games competition on Sunday, August 10 against 2007 Pan American champions Argentina. The United States is slotted in Pool B with Argentina, Germany, Great Britain, Japan and New Zealand.
All U.S. field hockey matches will be televised by NBC. USA Field Hockey Men's National Team head coach Nick Conway will provide commentary.
For more information about USA Field Hockey, visit www.usafieldhockey.com.
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