Spring-Ford’s Sessa named to AAU Jr. Olympic Games
Following evaluations at the 2018 Citi National Futures Championship earlier this month, USA Field Hockey announced the Under-16 athletes who have been selected to play in the 2018 AAU Junior Olympic Games on Monday afternoon. The games will take place in Iowa City, Iowa on the campus of University of Iowa from July 29 to August 2.
Those selected will have the opportunity to participate alongside some of the best athletes in other sports from across the country. Junior Olympic Athletes have until Monday, July 2, 2018 to register and play in the event.
The Amateur Athletic Union’s premier multisport event, the AAU Junior Olympic Games, bring together more than 14,000 athletes to compete in 20 sports. In the sport of field hockey, USA Field Hockey selects eight U-16 teams (approximately 128 athletes) to participate in the annual event. The event provides U-16 athletes with the opportunity to experience an Olympic-like multisport competition while enjoying the camaraderie and inspiration from other top athletes in other featured sports.
Among the selections were 10 players from District One along with four others from Berks County.
Heading into her junior season, Owen J. Roberts’ Julia Lamb was among the selections along with incoming Spring-Ford freshman Ashley Sessa. Hill School sophomore Josephine Palde will represent the Blues.
From the Central League, Garnet Valley’s Christina Raw and Radnor junior Barbara Civitella were among the selections. Emily Bullard, a sophomore from Central Bucks East, will represent the Suburban One League.
From the Catholic Academies League, junior Alden Boccella will represent Gwynedd Mercy Academy while sophomore Kennedy Cliggett will represent Mount St. Joseph Academy. Lindsey Roberts, of Downingtown, Alaina McVeigh, of Lansdale, and Maggie Kondrath, of Downingtown, were also among the selections.
Outside of District One, Academy of Notre Dame juniors Emily Graeff and Mia Leonhardt were among the selections along with Episcopal Academy sophomore Sofia Acosta.
From Berks County, junior sisters Bryn and Reagan Underwood will represent Wilson along with sophomore Madison Herb. Oley Valley junior Sarah Beers was also selected.
The selections:
Sofia Acosta (Malvern, Pa.) Elizabeth Agatucci (Chapel Hill, N.C.) Logan Anderson (Medford Lakes, N.J.) Rachel Apa (Lewisberry, Pa.) Ashley Arnold (Hummelstown, Pa.) Ella Barbacci (Harvey S Lake, Pa.) Sarah Beers (Fleetwood, Pa.) Olivia Bent-Cole (Ventnor, N.J.) Isabella Bianco (Berlin, N.J.) Alden Boccella (Collegeville, Pa.) Zoe Bormet (Ann Arbor, Mich.) Brenna Bough (Whitney Point, N.Y.) Maci Bradford (Delmar, Del.) Anabelle Brodeur (Essex Fells, N.J.) Hallie Brost (Richmond, Va.) Alison Buffington (Enola, Pa.) Emily Bullard (Doylestown, Pa.) Shelby Bumgarner (Pasadena, Md.) Alana Burns Medford, N.J. Zoe Campisi (Virginia Beach, Va.) Jennifer Canoni (Bronxville, N.Y.) Jordan Carr (Point Pleasant, N.J.) Sofia Castore (Houston, Texas) Barbara Civitella (Wayne, Pa.) Kennedy Cliggett (Warrington, Pa.) Rease Coleman (Manorville, N.Y.) Regan Cornelius (New Albany, Ohio) Sarah Coyle (Pelham, N.H.) Jans Croon (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) Kaitlyn Cummins (Laurel Springs, N.J.) Claire Danahy (Clemsford, Mass.) Anastasia Dennis (Joppa, Md.) Madison DiPietro (Windham, N.J.) Katie Dixon (Cary, N.C.) Avery Donahue (Madison, N.J. Mia Duchars (Saint Louis, Mo.) Emily Dykema Newport News, Va.) Zoe Eliades (Katonah, N.Y.) Casey Etter (Millville, N.J.) Kelsey Felix (Hallam, Pa.) Carolyn Fisk (Glenmount, N.Y.) Abbey Frame (Vista, Calif.) Sophie Freedman (Greenwich, Conn.) Natalie Freeman (Ellicott City, Md.) Pyper Friedman (Phoenix, Md.) Emily Gillespie (Simpsonville, Ky.) Emma Gladstein (Sykesville, Md.) Ali Gordon (Chesapeake, Va.) Lee Ann Gordon (Louisville, Ky.) Emily Graeff (Phoenixville, Pa.) Victoria Griffiths (Clarksboro, N.J.) Olivia Hahn (Wilton, Conn.) Lana Hamilton (Odenton, Md.) Ashley Hart (Marblehead, Mass.) Hope Haynes (Katy, Texas) Ryleigh Heck (Berlin, N.J.) Madison Herb (Sinking Spring, Pa.) Rachel Herbine (Macungie, Pa.) Annika Herbine (Macungie, Pa.) Josie Hollamon (Delmar, Del.) Haley Holland (Virginia Beach, Va.) Alexis Hosler (Lititz, Pa.) Lauren Hunter (Elizabethtown, Pa.) Leah Hurwitz (Chapel Hill, N.C.) Embry Jane Imorde (Louisville, Ky.) Margaret Jancerak (Denville, N.J.) Megan Joel (Chatham, N.J.) Hannah Johnston (Sterling, Va.) Laura Jones (Pinckney, Mich.) Courtney Kenah (Telford, Pa.) Lauren Kenah (Telford, Pa.) Maggie Kondrath (Downingtown, Pa.) Julia Lamb (Phoenixville, Pa.) Mia Leonhardt (Media, Pa.) Sarah Lopez (Moorpark, Calif.) Jamie Marold (Chapel Hill, N.C.) Hannah Maxwell (Forty Fort, Pa.) Madeline McGaughey (Vienna, Va.) Caylie McMahon (Stow, Mass.) Alaina McVeigh (Lansdale, Pa.) Meredith Medvetz (Fallston, Md.) Daniela Mendez-Trendler (Reistertown, Md.) Jayden Moon (Spotsylvania, Va.) Madeline Mullaney (Boxford, Mass.) Kylie Niswonger (Dexter, Mich.) Maddie Olshemski (Shavertown, Pa.) Josephine Palde (Schwenksville, Pa.) Sienna Pegram (Hummelstown, Pa.) Sofia Pendolino (Hummelstown, Pa.) Tegan Poerio (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Olivia Quagliero (Southampton, N.J.) Christina Raw (Garnet Valley, Pa.) Erin Reilly (Saline, Mich.) Chloe Relford (Waukesha, Wis.) Alana Richardson (Boxford, Mass.) Lindsey Roberts (Downingtown, Pa.) Cassandra Romanczuk (Washington, N.J.) Hope Rose (Dauphin, Pa.) Tegan Samuelson (San Diego, Calif.) Lily Santi (Oceanport, N.J.) Gery Schnarrs (Camp Hill, Pa.) Aubrey Semler (Orefield, Pa.) Sanchie Sen (Concord, Mass.) Ashley Sessa (Schwenksville, Pa.) Mariana Shea Hampstead, N.H. Annabel Skubisz (Houston, Texas) Kelly Smith (Downingtown, Pa.) Christina Solomen (Medford, N.J.) Abigail Spear (Virginia Beach, Va.) Lanie Stem (Easton, Pa.) Sara Stone (San Diego, Calif.) Macy Szukics (Allentown, Pa.) Abby Tamer (Whitmore Lake, Mich.) Shealyn Tatara (Hershey, Pa.) Ali Tedik (Plains, Pa.) Claudia Thomas (Louisville, Ky.) Kiersten Thomassey (New Albany, Ohio) Zoe Tierney (Fredericksburg, Va.) Elle Todd (Wellesley, Mass.) Shannon Tringola (Middletown, N.J.) Bryn Underwood (Sinking Spring, Pa.) Reagan Underwood (Sinking Spring, Pa.) Maddie Vicars (Moseley, Va.) Kennedy Vinson (Prospect, Ky.) Jannelle Volk (Afton, N.Y.) Lauren Wadas (Annville, Pa.) Maya Walker (Greenwich, Conn.) Ella Wareham (Elm Grove, Wis.) Makenna Webster (Saint Louis, Mo.) Alex Wesneski (Forty Fort, Pa.) Payton Wilson (Chesapeake, Va.) Elizabeth Yeager (Rye, N.Y.) Lindsey Yu (Montville, N.J.) Jenna Zunic (Johnson City, N.Y.)