Name: Ashley Sessa
Position: Striker/Midfielder
Caps: 11
Sport: Field Hockey
DOB: 6/23/2004
Hometown: Schwenksville, Pa.
High School: Episcopal Academy
College: North Carolina (2026)
Team/Club: WC Eagles
World Championship Experience
  • Gold - 2021 Indoor Pan American Cup (Spring City, Pa.), Most Valuable Player of the Tournament Award
  • Bronze - 2021 Junior Pan American Championship (Santiago, Chile)
  • 4th - 2022 Pan American Cup (Santiago, Chile)
  • 8th - 2021 Junior World Cup (Potchefstroom, South Africa)
  • 9th - 2021-22 FIH Pro League (worldwide)
  • Canceled - 2022 FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup (Liège, Belgium)
Other Career Highlights
  • 2022: Named to the U.S. Women's National Team (July)
  • 2021-22: Named to the All-USA TODAY HSSA Field Hockey
  • 2021: Named to the U.S. Women's National Team (June), Series against Canada (Chula Vista, Calif.), Recorded first cap on November 26 against Canada
  • 2021: Named to the U.S. U22 Junior Pan American Championship Training Squad
  • 2021: Named to the U.S. Women's National Indoor Team, Named 2021 Indoor Pan American Cup Most Valuable Player of the Tournament, Named to 2021 Pan American Indoor Elite Team
  • 2021: Named to U.S. Rise Women's National Team (February)
  • 2020: Named to the U.S. U-17 Women's National Team, Series against Canada (Chula Vista, Calif.)
  • 2020: Named to the U.S. Women's National Indoor Team, Rohrmax Cup (Vienna, Austria)
  • 2019: Named to the U.S. Women's National Indoor Team, Croatia Cup (Sveti Ivan Zelina, Croatia)
  • 2019: Named to the U.S. U-17 Women's National Team, Germany Tour
  • 2018: Named to the U.S. Women's National Development Indoor Team
  • 2018: Named to the U.S. U-17 Women's National Team
  • 2017: Named to the U.S. U-17 Women's National Indoor Team
Personal: Daughter of Robert and Tracey Sessa...Has an older brother, Anthony...Game Day Mantra: Good things happen when you hustle. ...Favorite Sports Quote: "A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t." - Jack Dempsey...Best Words of Advice: Believe in yourself.
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Sessa started playing field hockey at the age of four at her local YMCA because she wanted to play a sport like her older brother. She joined the WC Eagles club at 8 years old and will complete her final year of high school and club this coming year.