Tracey Fuchs
Encyclopedia
Tracey Claire Fuchs is a former field hockey
midfielder from the United States
, who was a member of the US women's team that finished fifth at the 1996 Summer Olympics
in Atlanta, Georgia
. She also competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics
in Seoul
, where Team USA finished in eighth and last position. She also played for the 1994 World Cup team that won the bronze medal.
A former street hockey player on Long Island, she became a force on her high school field hockey team for Centereach Cougars. She was the last of four sisters—Dana, Jill, and Lauren were the others—who were all team captains.
Fuchs scored 82 goals her senior year, the National Federation record. She finished her high school career with 171 goals, second all-time.
She matriculated to the University of Connecticut, where she paid the Huskies immediate dividends, winning an NCAA championship in her sophomore season. She was a three-time All-American and won the 1987 Honda-Broderick Award, which recognizes the national player of the year.
Fuchs' international career started strongly as the Americans qualified for the 1988 Summer Olympics
in Seoul
, then took silver in the 1994 World Cup. She was named USA Field Hockey's Athlete of the Year in 1990 and 1995. She and the rest of the national-team pool prepared for an entire year in Atlanta for the 1996 Olympics. The team finished sixth.
She missed the 2002 World Cup because of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the U.S. team was stuck stateside while the rest of the teams were in France.
This sent Fuchs and the American team on a five-continent, 10,000-mile journey to earn the 16th and final qualification place for the World Cup. At the end, in a three-game series against India played in Cannock, England, Fuchs led the way for the United States with a pair of second-half goals in the third and final match as the Americans won 3-1.
Fuchs was capped 269 times over 17 years, scoring 69 goals.
She is now the head field hockey coach at Northwestern University
and was on the coaching staff for Team USA at the 2006 World Cup in Madrid.
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...
midfielder from the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, who was a member of the US women's team that finished fifth at the 1996 Summer Olympics
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....
in Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
. She also competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...
in Seoul
Seoul
Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...
, where Team USA finished in eighth and last position. She also played for the 1994 World Cup team that won the bronze medal.
A former street hockey player on Long Island, she became a force on her high school field hockey team for Centereach Cougars. She was the last of four sisters—Dana, Jill, and Lauren were the others—who were all team captains.
Fuchs scored 82 goals her senior year, the National Federation record. She finished her high school career with 171 goals, second all-time.
She matriculated to the University of Connecticut, where she paid the Huskies immediate dividends, winning an NCAA championship in her sophomore season. She was a three-time All-American and won the 1987 Honda-Broderick Award, which recognizes the national player of the year.
Fuchs' international career started strongly as the Americans qualified for the 1988 Summer Olympics
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...
in Seoul
Seoul
Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...
, then took silver in the 1994 World Cup. She was named USA Field Hockey's Athlete of the Year in 1990 and 1995. She and the rest of the national-team pool prepared for an entire year in Atlanta for the 1996 Olympics. The team finished sixth.
She missed the 2002 World Cup because of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the U.S. team was stuck stateside while the rest of the teams were in France.
This sent Fuchs and the American team on a five-continent, 10,000-mile journey to earn the 16th and final qualification place for the World Cup. At the end, in a three-game series against India played in Cannock, England, Fuchs led the way for the United States with a pair of second-half goals in the third and final match as the Americans won 3-1.
Fuchs was capped 269 times over 17 years, scoring 69 goals.
She is now the head field hockey coach at Northwestern University
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
and was on the coaching staff for Team USA at the 2006 World Cup in Madrid.