Ashley Nicole Sessa (born June 23, 2004) is an American

field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...

player, who plays as a midfielder and forward.

Personal life

Ashley Sessa was born and raised in

Schwenksville, Pennsylvania Schwenksville is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,431 at the 2020 census. It is notable for being located near the site of the Philadelphia Folk Festival. The borough was founded in 1684, when t ...

. Sessa has been playing field hockey since the age of four. She atten
Spring-Ford High School
in Royersford, PA her freshman year, then transferred t
Episcopal Academy
in Newtown Square, PA where she graduated in 2022. Ashley Sessa was the first high school field hockey player to take advantage of the NIL rule her senior year via sponsorship by STX, LLC. Sessa was a member of th
University of North Carolina
2022 National and ACC Championship Team
Ashley
transferred t
Northwestern University
in 2024 after taking an Olympic Waiver year in 2023. Sessa won he
second consecutive National Championship
an
undefeated regular season in 2024 with Northwestern
(setting a school record for most games won in a single season). For the 2024 season she was named to the Big Ten Players to Watch List, NFHCA Division I Watchlist, Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week
Oct. 7Oct. 22Nov 4
), NFHCA Division I Offensive Player of the Week
Oct. 9
Oct. 23, Nov. 4), Big Ten Regular Season Champion, First Team All-Big Ten, Big Te
Offensive Player of the Year, Topped both Big Ten and Nation as statistical player of the year in points per game with 2.94 points per game
Big Ten All-Tournament Team, All-NCAA Tournament Team, NCAA Division I National Champion
NFHCA All-West Region First TeamNFHCA 1st team All American
Sessa also now holds the Northwestern all-time record of most points in a season with 67 points (24 goals, 19 assists). Sessa is a current member of th
U.S. Women's National Field Hockey Team
where she was one of only two players to be selected in the U.S. Women's National Field Hockey Team at age 16 in 2021; the first was Katie Bam, selected in 2005. She was a member of the U.S. Women's Nationa
Indoor
Field Hockey Team where she was selected at age 14 and the U.S. U-21Junior National Field Hockey Team. She was named to the 2024 Paris Olympic Roster, she started in all 4 games and scored the first goal against Argentina for the United States. Sessa was the youngest member of the USAWNT for the 2024 games and the second youngest player ever named to a USA Field hockey Olympic squad.

Career

U.S. Women's National Field Hockey Teams

Ashley Sessa was named to th

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Pan American Cup
in Santiago, Chile. In 2019, Sessa made her first appearance for the United States women's national indoor hockey team, U.S. Women's National Indoor Field Hockey Team, during a test series against Croatia in

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. She then went on to represent the U.S. at th
Indoor Croatia Cup, in Sveti Ivan Zelina, Croatia
where she won a gold medal. In 2020, Sessa made her second international appearance with the U.S.

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Team at th
Rohrmax Cup
in Vienna, Austria winning a bronze medal. She won her second gold medal in her third debut with the U.S. Indoor team in 2021, at the Indoor Pan American Cup in Spring City, Pennsylvania where she was also named Player of the Tournament and to th
Pan American Elite Team
In 2023 Sessa accepted an Olympic waiver to take a year off of college and train full time with the Women’s National team in Charlotte, NC for the 2024 Olympic qualifying tournaments. The first was the Pan American Games (Santiago Chile), where the team won a silver medal. Sessa was also named to the 2023 Pan American Elite Team. The silver medal win at the 2023 Pan American Games qualified the USAWNT for the 2024 FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifier (Ranchi, India) where they won a silver medal and qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics, Sessa was named Player of the Match in the qualifying game against Japan. Sessa recorded her 50th cap on June 6, 2024 against Great Britain in the 2024 FIH League. In June 2024, Sessa was named to the Paris 2024 Olympic Roster. At age 20, Sessa became the second-youngest woman to represent the USA in field hockey at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games after Katelyn Falgowski in 2008 (19 years 292 days). Ashley Sessa netted USA's and her first Olympic goal (2024) in the USA's first game vs (#2) Argentina. Junior National Field Hockey Team Ashley Sessa made her debut for the U.S. U-21 Junior National Field Hockey Team team in 2021, winning a bronze medal at the Junior

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. Sessa also was a member of the U.S. U-21 Junior National Field Hockey Team which placed 8th in the 2021 Junior World Cup in Potchefstroom, South Africa. World Championship Experience * Silver medal - USA Women's National Team
2024 FIH Olympic Qualifiers
(Ranchi, India), Named Player of the Match against Japan on January 18, 2024 * 2023 Pan American Elite Team selection * Silver medal - USA Women's National Team -
2023 Pan American Games
(Santiago, Chile) *Gold medal - 2021 Indoor Pan American Cup (Spring City, Pennsylvania.), Named Most Valuable Female Player of the Tournament * 202
Pan American Indoor Elite Team
selection * Bronze medal - 2021 Junior

(Santiago, Chile) * 4th - 202
Pan American Cup
(Santiago, Chile) * 8th - 2021 Junior World Cup (Potchefstroom, South Africa) * 9th - 2022-2023 FIH Pro League (worldwide) * 9th - 2021-2022 FIH Pro League (worldwide) Other Career Highlights * 2024: Became first NCAA field hockey player to win back-to-back consecutive National Championships at 2 different schools (Northwestern and UNC) * 2024: B1G Offensive player of the year (2024), Northwestern's single season points record holder with 67 points (24 goals, 19 assists), Led the Big Ten (second in Division I) with 24 goals and 19 assists, B1G Offensive Player of The Week (10/7/2024, 10/21/2024, 11/4/2024), NFHCA National Offensive Player of the Week (10/9/2024, 10/23/2024), B1G All-Tournament Team (2024), NFHCA All-West First Team (2022, 2023, 2024), NFHCA First-Team All-American (2024), NCAA All-Tournament Team (2024) * 2024: Named to the 2024 Paris Olympic Roster * 2024: Named to the Women's FIH 2024 Roster * 2023: Named to the Women'
FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifier 2024 India Roster
* 2023: Named to the U.S. Women's National Team (June), Series against Canada (Charlotte, N.C.), Series against New Zealand (Charlotte, N.C.) * 2023: Named to the Women'
Pan American Games Roster
* 2023: Named to the Women's FIH 2023 Roster * 2022: Named to the Women's Pan American Cup Roster * 2022: Named to th
U.S. Women's National Team
* 2021: Named to th
U.S. Women's National Team
Series against Canada (Chula Vista, California), Recorded first cap on November 26 against Canada * 2021: Named to the U.S. National Indoor Team, Named 2021 Indoor Pan American Cup Most Valuable Player of the Tournament * 2021: Named to U.S. Rise Women's National Team * 2020: Named to the U.S. U-17 Women's National Team, Series against Canada (Chula Vista, California) * 2020: Named to the U.S. Women's National Indoor Team
Rohrmax Cup
(Vienna, Austria) * 2019: Named to the U.S. Women's National Indoor Team
Croatia Cup
(Sveti Ivan Zelina, Croatia) * 2019: Named to the U.S. U-17 Women's National Team, Germany Tour * 2018: Named to the U.S. Women's National Development Indoor Team * 2018: Named to the U.S. U-17 Women's National Team * 2017: Named to the U.S. U-17 Women's National Indoor Team

Club Hockey

Ashley Sessa started playing club field hockey at the age of 8 in the WC Eagles Hockey Club (2014 - 2022). She was an eight-time National and Regional Club Champion and ten-time National Indoor Tournament Champion. Sessa was member of the WC Eagles International Travel Squad where she won a gold medal at the 201
Holland Elite Cup
in HC Den Bosch, Netherlands. She won a second gold medal and top scorer award at the 201
Repton Cup
in Repton, England and participated in the China International Series in Spring City, Pennsylvania.

References

https://female-athlete-news.com/usa-olympic-hopefuls-maddie-zimmer-and-ashely-sessa-spent-time-at-the-pa-field-hockey-cup-to-pass-the-torch-of-inspiration-to-the-next-generation-of-field-hockey-stars/

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