Katie Kauffman Beach (born September 26, 1974, in

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) is a

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player and coach. She played for the

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Women's National Team in 180 international games, including the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. She was inducted into the United States Field Hockey Hall of Fame in 2014. Beach went to college at the

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, where she studied

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and played for the

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, starting the year they won the NCAA championship in 1993. She was a two-time All-American, and two-time U.S. Field Hockey Athlete of the Year. In 2004, she retired from the national team to coach at

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, where she served for four years as head coach. In 2009, she moved to

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and became the director and co-owner of Windy City Field Hockey, with husband Keith Beach.

International senior tournaments

* 1995 – Champions Trophy, Mar del Plata, Argentina (3rd) * 1996 –

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, Atlanta, USA (5th) * 1997 – Champions Trophy, Berlin, Germany (6th) * 1998 – World Cup, Utrecht, The Netherlands (8th) * 1999 –

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, Winnipeg, Canada (2nd) * 2000 – Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Milton Keynes, England (6th) * 2001 – Pan America Cup, Kingston, Jamaica (2nd) * 2002 – Champions Challenge, Johannesburg, South Africa (5th) * 2002 – USA vs India WC Qualifying Series, Cannock, England (1st) * 2002 – World Cup, Perth, Australia (9th) * 2003 –

, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (2nd) * 2004 – Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Auckland, New Zealand (6th) * 2004 – Pan America Cup, Bridgetown, Barbados (2nd)

References

External links

*
Profile on US Field Hockey
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