Name: Aki Kaeppeler
Position: Defense
Caps: 84
Sport: Field Hockey
DOB: 7/10/1994
Hometown: New York City, N.Y.
High School: karlsgymnasium Stuttgart
College: TU Darmstadt (Technical University)
Team/Club: Mannheimer HC
World Championship Experience
  • Gold - 2023 Rohrmax Cup (Indoor) (Vienna, Austria)
  • Gold - 2018 Hockey Series Open (Salamanca, Mexico)
  • Gold - 2012 World League Round 1 (Chula Vista, Calif.), Player of the Tournament Award
  • Silver - 2021 Indoor Pan American Cup (Spring City, Pa.)
  • Silver - 2019 3 Nations Invitational (Benalmadena, Spain)
  • Bronze - 2019 Pan American Games (Lima, Peru)
  • Bronze - 2017 Pan American Cup (Lancaster, Pa.)
  • Bronze - 2017 World League Round 2 (Tacarigua, Trinidad & Tobago)
  • 4th - 2023 FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup (Pretoria, South Africa), Named Player of the Match against Argentina on February 8 and against Namibia on February 10
  • 4th - 2022 Pan American Cup (Santiago, Chile)
  • 4th - 2019 Hockey Series Final (Bhubaneswar, India)
  • 5th - 2018 5 Nations Tournament (Malaga, Spain)
  • 5th - 2015 Pan American Games (Toronto, Canada)
  • 5th - 2013 World League Round 2 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
  • 7th - 2015 World League Round 2 (Chula Vista, Calif.)
  • Canceled - 2022 FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup (Liège, Belgium)
Other Career Highlights
  • 2023: Named to the U.S. Men's National Indoor Team
  • 2022: Named to U.S. Men's National Team (September), 2022 Pan American Elite Team
  • 2022: 4-Nations Tournament (Glasgow, Scotland)
  • 2022: Named to the U.S. Men's National Indoor Team, FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup Selection Camp
  • 2021: Europe Tour (Frankfurt, Germany & Antwerp, Belgium), Series against Canada (Moorpark, Calif.), Named to 2021 Pan American Indoor Elite Team
  • 2021: Named to U.S. Men's National Team (September)
  • 2021: Named to U.S. Men's National Indoor Team
  • 2020: Series against South Africa (Durban, South Africa)
  • 2019: Series against Korea (Seoul, South Korea), Named to 2019 Pan American Elite Team
  • 2018: Europe Tour (France, Spain, Scotland, Ireland)
  • 2017: Series against France (Paris, France), Named to 2017 Pan American Elite Team
  • 2015: Series against Argentina (Boston, Mass.), European Tour (Den Hague, The Netherlands & Antwerp, Belgium)
  • 2012: Junior Pan American Championship (4th, Guadalajara, Mexico)
  • 2012: Joined U.S. Men's National Team
Personal: Son of Joachim and Maki Kaeppeler...Sibling is Kei...Nickname is Mogli...Began playing field hockey in 2003...Game Day Habit: "Listening to good music."...Favorite Sports Quote: "Mailand oder Madrid, hauptsache Italien!" and "Soccer + Intelligence = Field Hockey"...Best Words of Advice: "Always know what you're fighting for."