2016 Field Hockey

1 Tara Litjens

  • Height 5-3
  • Class First Year
  • Highschool West Morris Mendham
  • Hometown Brookside, N.J.

Biography

2016 (Freshman): Appeared in 15 games, making seven starts ... Made varsity debut in 2-0 win vs. Sacred Heart Sept. 3 ... Made first career start Sept. 25 vs. Stanford.

USA Field Hockey: U19 National Futures Championship 2014, 2015 (gold medalist 2015).

West Morris Mendham High School: Team captain … New Jersey Field Hockey Coaches Association First Team Award 2015, 2016 … First team NJ All-Group 3 2015, third team 2014 … Morris County Field Hockey Coaches'' Association first team all-county 2014, 2015 … First team All-Daily Record first team 2014, 2015 … Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference first team all-conference 2014, 2015 … Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference United Division All-Star Team 2014, 2015 … Mendham''s Overall MVP 2015 … Led Mendham in scoring and points 2015 … Mendham was voted Daily Record Team of the Year … Morris County Field Hockey Tournament Finals 2015 … North Jersey Group 3, Section 2 State Tournament Final 2014, 2015 … National Merit Scholarship Program Commended Student … AP Scholar … National Honor Society member … Chinese National Honors Society member … High Honor Roll 2012-2016. 

Club team: Player for Total Dutch Field Hockey … U19 National Hockey Festival Gold Medalist 2014 … U19 National Indoor Tournament Gold Medalist … Attended U16 Disney 2013, Festival 2013, U19 Disney Showcase 2014 & 2015, U19 National Club Championship 2014, U19 Shooting Stars 2015 … Played in Barcelona at Atlètic Terrassa Hockey Club during summers of 2014, 2015.

 

Notes: Lived in China for 12 years and the Netherlands for 1.5 years … Fluent in Dutch and speaks Chinese and Latin … Set up and coached weekly field hockey clinics for middle schoolers at West Morris Central during winters of 2015 and 2016 as volunteer work … Co-President of Varsity Club … Secretary of Service Club … Peer and paid tutor … Morristown Soup Kitchen volunteer … Sunday school aide.

Why Yale? “I wanted to find the perfect environment to balance my passions of academics and athletics, while learning from the most interesting professors and peers. Everything about Yale felt right, from the team to the campus and its atmosphere, and I can’t wait to represent Yale on and off the field.”

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