Alison Hersey Risch
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| Born | October 23, 1936 Winchester Massachusetts |
Alison Hersey Risch (born October 23, 1936), formerly Alison Hersey, is a former American field hockey and lacrosse player[1] and official.
She attended Winchester High School in Winchester, Massachusetts. She attended Mount Holyoke College from 1955 to 1959 and played on the U.S. national lacrosse team from 1961 to 1970 and as team captain in 1964.[2] After graduating from Mount Holyoke, Alison earned a master's degree from Tufts University. She later served as a field hockey coach at Kennett High School in Conway, New Hampshire. She also served as a match official and coordinator and for more than 40 years.
In January 1988, she became one of the charter inductees into the USA Field Hockey Hall of Fame.[3] She was also inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame,[4] the Mount Holyoke Athletics Hall of Fame (inaugural class) [2] and the Winchester High School Hall of Fame.[5]
References
- ^ "MH News: A Truly Wide World of Sports - Alison Hersey Risch". Mount Holyoke College. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
- ^ a b "Alison Hersey Risch". Mount Holyoke College. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
- ^ "Hall of Fame Inductees". USA Field Hockey. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
- ^ "Hall of Fame Inductees". US Lacrosse. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
- ^ "Hall of Fame Inductees". Winchester Sports Foundation. Retrieved March 8, 2021.