Alison Hersey Risch

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Alison Hersey Risch
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Risch in her US Field Hockey Touring Team Jacket
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BornOctober 23, 1936 (1936-10-23) (age 86)
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]

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