Karen MacNeill
Encyclopedia
Karen MacNeill is a former field hockey
striker from Canada
, who earned a total number of 105 international caps for the Canadian Women's National Team during her career. She played club hockey on national level for Phoenix Calgary, and earned a Masters of arts degree in sport psychology
at the University of Ottawa
, and a Masters of science degree in counselling psychology from the University of Calgary. MacNeill also played in the Dutch League, in the 1998-1999 season, for Amsterdam
. She is a Ph.D candidate at the University of British Columbia, and is working as a sport psychologist with Olympic and domestic level athletes.
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
striker from Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, who earned a total number of 105 international caps for the Canadian Women's National Team during her career. She played club hockey on national level for Phoenix Calgary, and earned a Masters of arts degree in sport psychology
Sport psychology
Sport psychology is an interdisciplinary science that draws on knowledge from the fields of kinesiology and psychology. It involves the study of how psychological factors affect performance and how participation in sport and exercise affect psychological and physical factors...
at the University of Ottawa
University of Ottawa
The University of Ottawa is a bilingual, research-intensive, non-denominational, international university in Ottawa, Ontario. It is one of the oldest universities in Canada. It was originally established as the College of Bytown in 1848 by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate...
, and a Masters of science degree in counselling psychology from the University of Calgary. MacNeill also played in the Dutch League, in the 1998-1999 season, for Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
. She is a Ph.D candidate at the University of British Columbia, and is working as a sport psychologist with Olympic and domestic level athletes.
International Senior Tournaments
- 1995 – Pan American Games1995 Pan American GamesThe 12th Pan American Games were held in Mar del Plata, Argentina, from March 12 to March 26, 1995. After 44 years, this was the Pan American Games first return to the country that hosted the first Games, in 1951.-Overview:...
, Mar del Plata, Argentina (3rd) - 1995 – Olympic Qualifier, Cape Town, South Africa (7th)
- 1997 – World Cup Qualifier, Harare, Zimbabwe (11th)
- 1998 – Commonwealth Games1998 Commonwealth GamesThe 1998 XVI Commonwealth Games were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 11 September to 21 September 1998 making it the first Asian country to act as host and the last Commonwealth Games for the 20th century. A record 70 nations supplied 3638 athletes...
, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (not ranked) - 1999 – Pan American Games1999 Pan American GamesThe 1999 Pan American Games, officially the XIII Pan American Games or the 13th Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event that was held from July 23-August 8, 1999 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Approximately 5,000 athletes from 42 nations participated at the games. The 1999...
, Winnipeg, Canada (3rd) - 2001 – Pan American Cup2001 Women's Pan American CupThe 2001 Women's Pan American Cup is the first edition of the Pan American Cup for women. It took place at the Mona Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica from March 8 to March 18, 2001....
, Kingston, Jamaica (3rd) - 2001 – World Cup Qualifier, Amiens/Abbeville, France (10th)