Alison Hersey Risch
 Risch in her US Field Hockey Touring Team Jacket | |
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| Born | October 23, 1936 (age 88) Winchester, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Alison Hersey Risch (born October 23, 1936), formerly Alison Hersey, is a former American field hockey,[1] lacrosse player[2] and official.
She was a three sport athlete (Field Hockey, Basketball and Softball[3]) at Winchester High School in Winchester, Massachusetts. Alison attended Mount Holyoke College from 1955 to 1959. She played with the US Field Hockey Touring team from 1956 to 1969.[2] Alison also played on the U.S. Women's National Lacrosse Team from 1961 to 1970 and as team captain from 1964 to 1970.[4][5] 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 coordinator and internationally rated umpire for more than 40 years.
Alison also was a competitive alpine ski racer.[6] In 1964 she was certified by the Professional Ski Instructor’s Association and she has been a ski instructor and director since 1963.[7]
In January 1988, she became one of the charter inductees into the USA Field Hockey Hall of Fame.[8] In 1999 Alison was inducted into the New England Chapter of the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame[9] and in 2003 she was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame.[10] Mount Holyoke inducted Alison into their athletics Hall of Fame (inaugural 2013 class) [4] as did Winchester High School into their Hall of Fame (1995).[11]
References
- ^ "The Morning Call: 23 Women Become First to Enter U.S. 'HALL' Field Hockey". The Morning Call. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
- ^ a b "MH News: A Truly Wide World of Sports - Alison Hersey Risch". Mount Holyoke College. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
- ^ "Winchester Alumni Spotlight: Alison Hersey Risch reflects on her lifelong love of sports". Wicked Local. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
- ^ a b "Alison Hersey Risch '59 - Field Hockey/Lacrosse". Mount Holyoke College. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
- ^ "Exciting opener for Lakes Region laxers". Foster's Daily Democrat. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
- ^ "Imogene Opton Fish and Alison Hersey Risch to be inducted into Mount Holyoke Hall of Fame on Saturday". The Conway Daily Sun. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
- ^ "Alison Risch, New Hampshire – 1999". New Agenda - Northeast. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
- ^ "Hall of Fame Inductees". USA Field Hockey. Archived from the original on February 28, 2014. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
- ^ "New England Chapter Hall of Fame" (PDF). US Lacrosse, Inc. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
- ^ "HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES". US Lacrosse. Retrieved March 30, 2022.
- ^ "WSF Hall of Fame". Winchester Sports Foundation. Retrieved March 8, 2021.