Ashley Sessa
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Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ashley Nicole Sessa | ||
| Born |
June 23, 2004 Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||
| Height | 5 ft 1 in (155 cm) | ||
| Playing position | Midfield/Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | WC Eagles | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals |
| 2019–2021 | United States Indoor | 10 | (12) |
| 2021–2022 | United States U–21 | 10 | (4) |
| 2022– | United States | 57 | (15) |
Medal record | |||
Ashley Nicole Sessa (born June 23, 2004)[1] is an American field hockey player, who plays as a midfielder and forward.[2]
Ashley Sessa was born and raised in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania.[2] Sessa has been playing field hockey since the age of four.[3] She attend Spring-Ford High School in Royersford, PA her freshman year, then transferred to Episcopal Academy in Newtown Square, PA where she graduated in 2022. Ashley Sessa was the first high school field hockey player to take advantage of the NIL rule her senior year via sponsorship by STX, LLC. Sessa was a member of the University of North Carolina 2022 National and ACC Championship Team. Ashley transferred to Northwestern University in 2024 after taking an Olympic Waiver year in 2023. Sessa won her second consecutive National Championship and undefeated regular season in 2024 with Northwestern (setting a school record for most games won in a single season). For the 2024 season she was named to the Big Ten Players to Watch List, NFHCA Division I Watchlist, Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 7, Oct. 22, Nov 4 ), NFHCA Division I Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 9, Oct. 23, Nov. 4), Big Ten Regular Season Champion, First Team All-Big Ten, Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year, Topped both Big Ten and Nation as statistical player of the year in points per game with 2.94 points per game, Big Ten All-Tournament Team, All-NCAA Tournament Team, NCAA Division I National Champion, NFHCA All-West Region First Team, NFHCA 1st team All American. Sessa also now holds the Northwestern all-time record of most points in a season with 67 points (24 goals, 19 assists).
Sessa is a current member of the U.S. Women's National Field Hockey Team where she was one of only two players to be selected in the U.S. Women's National Field Hockey Team at age 16[4] in 2021; the first was Katie Bam, selected in 2005. She was a member of the U.S. Women's National Indoor Field Hockey Team where she was selected at age 14[5] and the U.S. U-21Junior National Field Hockey Team. She was named to the 2024 Paris Olympic Roster, she started in all 4 games and scored the first goal against Argentina for the United States. Sessa was the youngest member of the USAWNT for the 2024 games and the second youngest player ever named to a USA Field hockey Olympic squad.
