Paris 2024: Meet Maddie Zimmer
With the start of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games rapidly approaching, get to know the athletes named to the U.S. Olympic Women's Field Hockey Team....
Athlete Bio#
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Age
23
Hometown
Hershey, PA
Education
Hershey High School (2020), Northwestern University (2024)
World Championship Experience
- Silver - 2024 FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifier (Ranchi, India), Named Player of the Match against Italy on January 14, Named Player of the Match against New Zealand on January 16
- Silver - 2023 Pan American Games (Santiago, Chile)
- Bronze - 2021 Junior Pan American Championship (Santiago, Chile)
- 4th - 2025 FIH Hockey Nations Cup (Santiago, Chile), Named Player of the Match against Japan on February 26
- 4th - 2022 Pan American Cup (Santiago, Chile)
- 9th - Paris 2024 Olympic Games
- 9th - 2023-24 FIH Pro League (worldwide)
- 9th - 2022-23 FIH Pro League (worldwide)
- 9th - 2021-22 FIH Pro League (worldwide)
Career Highlights
- 2025: Named to the U.S. Women's National Team (January), Series against New Zealand (Auckland, New Zealand), Series against Ireland (Charlotte, N.C.), Series against New Zealand (Charlotte, N.C.)
- 2024: At Northwestern, named team captain, Big Ten Players to Watch List, NFHCA Division I Watchlist, Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 28), Big Ten Regular Season Champion, First Team All-Big Ten, Big Ten Player of the Year, Big Ten All-Tournament Team, NFHCA Division I Senior Team, All-NCAA Tournament Team, NCAA Most Valuable Player, NCAA Division I National Champion, NFHCA All-West Region First Team, NFHCA Division I West Region Player of the Year, Academic All-Big Ten Team, NFHCA First Team All-American, NFHCA Division I National Player of the Year, Honda Sports Award Finalist, Honda Sports Award Winner, NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad, 95th AAU James E. Sullivan Award Semifinalist, 2025 Academic All-District® Women’s At-Large Teams NCAA Division I
- 2024: Recorded 50th cap on May 26 against Belgium
- 2023: Named to the U.S. Women's National Team (June), Series against Canada (Charlotte, N.C.), Series against New Zealand (Charlotte, N.C.)
- 2022: At Northwestern, named Big Ten Field Hockey Players to Watch List, First Team All-Big Ten, NFHCA All-West Region First Team, NFHCA Division I First-Team All-American, NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad
- 2022: Named to the U.S. Women's National Team (July)
- 2021: At Northwestern, named Preseason All-Big Ten Team, First Team All-Big Ten, NCAA Division I National Champion, All-NCC Tournament Most Valuable Player, NFHCA All-West Region First Team, NFHCA Division I First-Team All-American
- 2021: Named to the U.S. Women's National Team (June)
- 2021: Named to the U.S. U22 Junior Pan American Championship Training Squad
- 2020: Named to the U.S. U-21 Women's National Team
- 2019: Invited to play in series against Canada (Lancaster, Pa.), Recorded first cap September 27 against Canada
- 2019: Named to the U.S. U-21 Women's National Team, 3 National Invitational (Monchengladbach, Germany)
- 2018: Named to the U.S. U-17 Women's National Team, Uruguay Tour (captain)
- 2017: Named to the U.S. U-17 Women's National Team, Ireland Tour
