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Carla Somerville (born November 30, 1973, in Calgary, Alberta) is a former field hockey player from Canada, who earned a total number of 97 international caps for the Women's Senior National Team during her career. On national level Somerville, a resident of Edmonton, Alberta, played for Edmonton Women's FHA.
Currently, she is the head coach of the University of Alberta Pandas field hockey team, and is the reigning Canadian Interuniversity Sport Coach of the Year after guiding the Pandas to their first-ever CIS championship in 2005.
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The Alberta Golden Bears and Pandas are the sports teams that represent the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Alberta athletics teams have won a total of 101 national championships, including 84 in U Sports sanctioned sports, making it one of the most successful programs in the country.
Sarah Forbes is a Canadian former field hockey goaltender who played for York University and the Women's Senior National Team.
Rob ("Shorty") Short is a Canadian field hockey player.
Ronnie Singh Jagday is an international Canadian field hockey player, who played his first international match for the Canadian Men's National team in 1998, in Barcelona against Spain. He was a member of Canada's gold-medal winning Pan American Games team in 1999 and went on to represent Canada in the Summer Olympics in 2000.
Andrea Rushton is a field hockey player from Canada, who was selected in the Junior Women's National Team for the 1999 National Camp and series against The United States Junior Team.
Rick "Rico" Roberts is a former field hockey defender from Canada.
Veronica Planella is a former field hockey player from Canada, Veronica was a 1992 Olympic Games squad member, who later earned several international caps for the Women's Senior National Team. Planella, a resident of Victoria, British Columbia, represented both Canada and Chile internationally. In 1985 she was named Chilean Athlete of the Year and in 1998-1999 Canadian Most Valuable Player at the National University Championships. She is a Bronze Medalist at the 1995 PanAms Games. After her hockey career she completed a master's degree in Sport and Exercise Psychology and her doctorate in coaching expertise development from the University of Victoria. Planella has worked at the National Coaching Institute and Canadian National Sport Centre, in performance psychology as an educator and strategist, performance analyst and coaching effectiveness researcher. She is also a level 4 Field hockey coach and is a coach education facilitator with the Pan American Hockey Federation (PAHF). At the present time, Veronica teaches at the University of Victoria and has her practice in performance psychology.
Sue (Susan) Armstrong is a former field hockey player from Canada, who earned 51 caps for the Women's Senior National Team during her career.
Nicole Colaco is a former field hockey player from Canada.
Lisa Faust is a former field hockey player from Canada, who earned a total number of 118 international caps for the Canadian Women's National Team during her career. On national level the midfielder played for Vancouver Hawks.
Sue Tingley is a field hockey player from Canada, who earned more than hundred international caps for the Canadian Women's National Team during her career. On national level the midfielder, a resident of Upper Cape, New Brunswick, played for the University of Alberta Pandas Team (1995-1999). She was named Most Valuable Player at the 1997 Junior World Cup Qualifier in Santiago, Chile, where Canada finished in second place. In 2002 Tingley moved to the Netherlands to play for Push in the Dutch top league, named Hoofdklasse.
Sharon Grace Creelman is a former field hockey player from Canada. Between 1982 and 1994, Creelman held 139 caps at the Women's Senior National Team.
Aoibhinn Grimes is a former field hockey forward from Canada, who earned a total number of hundred international caps for the Canadian Women's National Team during her career. On national level she played for University of Victoria Vikes. Grimes earned a degree in kinesiology from the University of Victoria.
Karen MacNeill is a former field hockey striker from Canada, who earned a total number of 105 international caps for the Canadian Women's National Team during her career. She won a bronze medal, at the 1999 Pan American Games.
Michelle (Bowyer) Young is a former field hockey forward from Canada, who earned a total number of 75 international caps for the Canadian Women's National Team during her career. She was a student of the University of Alberta, Mount Royal College and Athabasca University where she obtained a Bachelor of Physical Education and a Bachelor of Nursing.
Amy MacFarlane is a former field hockey forward, who earned a total number of 109 international caps for the Canadian National Team during her career. Collegiately, she played for Princeton University where she earned All-Ivy honors.
Kristen Taunton is a former field hockey forward from Canada, who earned a total number of 118 international caps for the Canadian Women's National Team during her career.
Laurelee Kopeck is a former field hockey defender from Canada, who earned a total number of 163 international caps for the Canadian National Team during her career. Nicknamed "Jumbo", she graduated from the University of Victoria (sociology/psychology) in 1996. Kopeck also played club hockey in Hamburg, Germany.
Krista Thompson is a former field hockey goalkeeper from Canada, who earned a total number of 19 international caps for the Canadian National Team during her career. She was a student at the University of Victoria, and assistant coach of that university team.
The Alberta Pandas ice hockey team represents the University of Alberta in the Canada West Universities Athletic Association of U Sports. The team was led by head coach Howie Draper from 1997 until 2023, when Draper left to become head coach of PWHL New York. The current head coach is Darren Bilawchuk. The program has won the most Canada West conference championships with 14 and the most U Sports national championships with eight.