Who is Delaware's all-time best field hockey player? VOTE now
First State has produced numerous players with Olympic and national-team experience.
Field hockey has long been a sport in which Delaware made a mark well beyond the state border. A slew of First State players have not only succeeded at the collegiate level, but gone above that to represent the United States in the Olympics and in other national team endeavors. With the United States nearing its 250th anniversary of gaining independence, USA TODAY Sports will celebrate the 250 greatest American sports figures of all time.
At the root of that are the high school athletes who became familiar names in their schools, communities and the state of Delaware while making headlines with their athletic exploits. The USA TODAY Network hopes to first spotlight those individuals. Here in Delaware, we’re compiling lists of the best players in several sports.
We recently published a collection of top Delaware football players. Now it’s field hockey’s turn, and these are our choices for Delaware’s 10 best players, listed alphabetically: Brenda Becker The William Penn High graduate sparked West Chester to three national titles and earned the 1980 Broderick Award as the nation’s best field hockey player. She was in the running for the U.
S. team that didn’t get to compete in the 1980 Moscow Olympics because of the U. S.
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