Conestoga Grad Named To USA Women's Field Hockey Team

MALVERN, PA — A Conestoga High School graduate from Malvern has been named to the U.S. Women’s National Field Hockey Team.

The team announced its roster Tuesday.

Among players selected to represent the nation on the field is Charlotte De Vries, class of 2019.

De Vries was a field hockey standout at Conestoga before playing at Syracuse University.

While at Conestoga, she led her team to a District 1A Championship in 2016, and finished her high school athletic career with 173 goals and 91 assists. She was a three-time All-Pennsylvania First Team and NFHCA First Team All-American.

At Syracuse, she recorded 23 goals and 18 assists over 41 games.

She graduated in 2023 with a degree in psychology.

"The start of an Olympic Games cycle is always an exciting time, and this group brings lots of young talent to add to a group of experienced athletes, many of whom now have games under their belt," U.S. Women’s National Team Head Coach David Passmore said. "We will review the squad regularly moving forward to keep pressure on all to continue to develop and improve individually which will increase the team standards. The next trial is in April where another twelve athletes will also be assessed."

De Vries is one of many Pennsylvanians to make the team.

Others from Pennsylvania playing for the team are:

• Ashley Hoffman — Mohnton
• Amanda Golini — Randolph
• Ashley Sessa — Schwenksville
• Meredith Sholder — Fleetwood
• Cassie Sumfest — Lewisburg
• Jillian Wolgemuth — Mount Joy
• Maddie Zimmer — Hershey
• Reese D’Ariano — West Chester
• Jenny Rizzo — Hershey
• Olivia Bent-Cole — Philadelphia
• Emma DeBerdine — Millersville
• Phia Gladieux — Oley
• Kelee Lepage — Honey Brook
• Hope Rose — Dauphin
• Lauren Wadas — Annville

De Vries was set to play field hockey at UNC Chapel Hill in North Carolina, but her scholarship was revoked after video of her using racial slurs on social media circulated online in 2018. She later issued an apology for the video, saying the words she used were "offensive" and "uncalled for."

"I have begun to have conversations about how to move forward, and how to develop better sensitivity and understanding of the experiences and feelings of others," she said in 2018, according to The Daily Orange.