Sara DeCosta-Hayes
American ice hockey player (born 1977)
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Sara Ann DeCosta-Hayes (born May 13, 1977) is a retired American ice hockey goaltender. She won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics, and a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
| Sara DeCosta-Hayes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
May 13, 1977 Warwick, Rhode Island, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 140 lb (64 kg; 10 st 0 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goaltender | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Caught | Left | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Played for | Providence | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |
 United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1995–2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
She is the daughter of Nancy and Frank DeCosta.[1] She was born in and grew up in Warwick, Rhode Island, and is Jewish.[2][3][4][5] She is an alumna of Toll Gate High School, where she played goalie on the boys' hockey team.[6] DeCosta is married, and the couple has three children.[6]
She attended Providence College ('00), where she was a hockey goalie, and allowed only 177 goals with 2,324 saves in 85 games.[7] She graduated with a degree in social science, with concentrations in sociology and psychology.[7]
She won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics (she had three wins, one a shutout, with a 1.59 goals-against average and a .875 save percentage) and a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics, where she had the best goals-against average and save percentage.[6][7][8]
She won a World Championship silver medal in 2000, had the best GAA (0.50) and the best SVS% (.975) at the 2001 World Championship where she again won a silver medal, and had the best GAA (1.00) and the best SVS% (.948) at the 2002 World Championship where she again won a silver medal.[8]
DeCosta was USA Hockey Women's Player of the Year in 2000.[4] In 2002–03, she was a volunteer coach for the women's hockey team at Providence.[4] She was the goaltending coach for the Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey team in 2008–09.[4][8]
DeCosta was named by Brandeis University, a contemporary Jewish sports heroine.[9][10]
Career statistics
Awards and honors
- 2000 and 2002 Bob Allen Women's Player of the Year Award[11]
- 2004 - inducted into the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame.[12]
- 2018 - inducted into the Rhode Island Hockey Hall of Fame.[10]