Three Tigers named to USA Field Hockey Olympic Team

PRINCETON, N.J. – The United States national field hockey team announced that three former Tigers were selected to the 2016 Rio Olympics squad today.

Katie Reinprecht '13, Julia Reinprecht '14 and Kathleen Sharkey '13 were members of Princeton's national championship team in 2012. Performance analyst and former Tiger assistant coach Nate Franks '07 will also be representing the national team at Rio. This is the second time that the Reinprecht sisters will head to the Olympics while it's the first go-around for Sharkey. During their time at Princeton, the Olympians were among just five players (all Tigers) in in Ivy League field hockey history to earn four first-team All-Ivy honors.

"I cannot emphasize enough how fortunate we are to have these incredible young women as representatives of Princeton University and Tiger Field hockey," said former Princeton head coach Kristen Holmes-Winn. "Katie, Kat and Julia are the quintessential role models for the aspiring scholar-athlete and as the first Ivy League Olympians in the sport of Field Hockey, they have single-handedly redefined the possibilities for the prospective ivy student-athlete in our sport. To say we are proud would be an understatement. We wish them the very best during this final phase of preparation and all the success during the Olympic Games. A big good luck and congratulations are in order as well for Nate, who will be a member of the Olympic coaching staff. Nate is one of the top performance analysts in the world and I am thrilled for him as he embarks on his second Olympic games."

Katie Reinprecht is fourth all-time in program history in points with 53 goals and 50 assists. Katie was a four-time All-American and two-time NCAA All-Tournament player. In 2012, Reinprecht had one of the greatest seasons in field hockey history as she was the National Field Hockey Coaches' Association (NFHCA) National Player and Mid-Atlantic Player of the Year. Her 29 assists that year are the most in a single-season in Princeton history. She was also the Ivy League Player of the Year in back-to-back years (2008-09).

While at Princeton, Julia Reinprecht was a four-time All-American and All-Region player. Reinprecht was named to the NCAA All-Tournament team twice (2009, 2012). Some of her other accolades include the Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year in 2013 and conference Rookie of the Year in 2009.

Arguably the greatest player in Princeton field hockey history, Sharkey is the program's all-time leader in points (245) and goals (107). She has two highest individual point totals for a season (85, 2012, 74, 2010) and set the single-game record for goals (6) and points (12) in a game (at Richmond, Sept. 10, 2010). The four-time All-American was the Ivy League Rookie of the Year (2008), Player of the Year (2010) and Offensive Player of the Year (2012).

The U.S. will begin their final preparation for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in the Rio Send-Off Series against India and Canada (July 18-26) at Spooky Nook Sports in Lancaster County, Pa.

The U.S. national team will open Pool B play at the Olympic Games with a face-off against Argentina on Sunday, August 6. The U.S. will continue pool play and close the preliminary round with Great Britain on Saturday, August 13.

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