Alison Hersey Risch

Alison Hersey Risch, who was born on 23 October 1936 and was formerly known as Alison Hersey, is a former American field hockey and lacrosse player and official. She began as a three-sport athlete in field hockey, basketball and softball at Winchester High School in Massachusetts, and went on to Mount Holyoke College from 1955 to 1959. She played with the United States field hockey touring team from 1956 to 1969, and with the United States women's national lacrosse team from 1961 to 1970, serving as team captain from 1964 to 1970. Afterwards she coached field hockey at Kennett High School in New Hampshire and spent more than forty years as a match coordinator and internationally rated umpire. She was also a competitive alpine ski racer and a certified ski instructor. Her honours include being a charter inductee of the USA Field Hockey Hall of Fame in 1988 and induction into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2003.