Name: Linnea Gonzales
Position: Midfielder
Caps: 37
Sport: Field Hockey
Height: 5' 9"
DOB: 8/15/1997
Hometown: Bel Air, Md.
High School: University of Maryland ('19)
College: Patterson Mill High School
Team/Club: H2O Field Hockey
World Championship Experience
- 2019 FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifier (Bhubaneswar, India)
- Silver - 2016 Women's Junior Pan American Games (Trinidad & Tobago)
- Bronze - 2019 Pan American Games (Lima, Peru)
- 8th - 2016 Women’s Hockey Junior World Cup (Santiago, Chile)
- 9th - 2020-21 FIH Pro League (worldwide)
- 9th - 2019 FIH Pro League (worldwide)
Other Career Highlights
- 2022: Named to the U.S. Women's National Team (July)
- 2021: Named to the U.S. Women's National Team (June)
- 2020: Named to the U.S. Women's National Team (January)
- 2019 : Named to the U.S. Women's National Team (January), Series against Canada (Lancaster, Pa.), Series against Chile (Santiago, Chile)Recorded first cap on January 27 against Chile
- 2018: At Maryland, Big Ten Field Hockey Preseason Honors, Big Ten Champions, Big Ten All-Tournament Team, Big Ten Player of the Year, NCAA All-Tournament Team, NCAA Division I Runner-Up, Mid-Atlantic Region First-Team, Mid-Atlantic Region Player of the Year, First-Team All-America, Longstreth/NFHCA Division I National Player of the Year
- 2018: Named to the U.S. Women's National Development Squad, Argentina Tour
- 2017: At Maryland, Big Ten Players to Watch List, All-Big Ten First Team, NFHCA All-Mid Atlantic Region First Team, NCAA All-Tournament Team, NCAA Runner-Up
- 2017: Named to the U.S. U-21 Women's National Team
- 2016: At Maryland, NFHCA All-Mid Atlantic Region Second Team, Big Ten Regular Season Title
- 2016: Named to the U.S. U-21 Women's National Team
- 2015: At Maryland, NFHCA Second Team All-American, All-Big Ten Second Team, Big Ten Freshman of the Year, NFHCA All Mid-Atlantic Region Team, Big Ten Players to Watch List, Big Ten Freshman of the Week, Big Ten Regular Season Title, Big Ten Champions
- 2015: Named to the U.S. U-21 Women's National Team. Holland Tour
- 2014: Named to the U.S. U-17 Women's National Team
- 2013: Named to the U.S. U-17 Women's National Team
Personal:
Daughter of Angel and Robin Gonzales...Has two siblings, Abrielle and Landon...Best Words of Advice: "Whatever you do, do it with heart."...Started playing the sport in third grade. She originally played soccer, but her sister starting playing and she wanted to give it a try.