Megan Donnelly (born May 11, 1964) is an American former
field hockey
Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...
player who competed in the
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...
.
She won the silver medal at the
Pan American Games
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in
Indianapolis
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.
College
In 1986, while at
, Donnelly won the Honda Award (now the
Honda Sports Award
The Honda Sports Award is an annual award in the United States, given to the best collegiate female athlete in each of twelve sports. There are four nominees for each sport, and the twelve winners of the Honda Sports Award are automatically in th ...
) as the nation's best field hockey player.
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1964 births
Living people
American female field hockey players
Olympic field hockey players for the United States
Field hockey players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Winchester, Massachusetts
Field hockey players at the 1987 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games
Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in field hockey
UMass Minutewomen field hockey players
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