Paige Selenski (born June 30, 1990) is an American

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 ...

player. Her position is forward. At the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, th ...

, she competed for the

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in the women's event. Selenski was born in

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. She graduated from Dallas High School in

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in 2008 and went on to attend the

University of Virginia The University of Virginia (UVA) is a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the university is ranked among the top academic institutions in the United States, with highly selective ad ...

. There, she majored in English.

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* 1990 births Living people American female field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for the United States Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Virginia Cavaliers field hockey players Field hockey players at the 2011 Pan American Games Field hockey players at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in field hockey American people of Polish descent {{US-fieldhockey-bio-stub