U.S. Masters Transition Team Names 2023 Men’s & Women’s Training Squads

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Following tryouts in March and April, the U.S. Masters Transition Team has named the 2023 men’s and women’s training squads. From these squads, teams will be selected to represent USA at the 2023 Pan American Continental Cup set for December 6 to 17 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Tryouts were held in early March in Miami, Fla., mid-March in Phoenix, Ariz., and early April in Philadelphia, with an alternate process for those who were unable to attend in-person. A total of 129 men and 173 women of all age groups were in attendance. Over the course of two days, athletes were put through a series of skill/drill sessions, small-sided games, and, when possible, full field matches.

The U.S. Masters Programs would like to thank all participants for attending, a well as Denise Zelenak and Shiv Jagday, who led the tryout process with the High Performance Committees.

Following the in-person tryouts and the review of the alternate selection materials by the Selection Committee, the U.S. Masters Transition Team is pleased to announce the following squads for 2023.

Becky Benny (Chandler, Ariz.), Adam Clay (Phoenix, Ariz.), Hendrik De Zwart (Washington, D.C.), Alexandru Gheorghe (Westport, Conn.), Malachi Mahan (Louisville, Ky.), Hugo Moya (Miami, Fla.), Matthieu Py (Shrewsbury, Mass.), Aaron Raath (Sebastian, Fla.), Paul Ripsher (Philadelphia, Pa.), Timothy Smith (Chicago, Ill.)

Giles Andrews (North Hollywood, Calif.), David De Prez (Prosper, Texas), Pravjit Ghuman (Glenddale, Ariz.), Logan Hargett (Ventura, Calif.), Harpreet Juneja (Clovis, Calif.), Serge Pires Da Motta Viega (Alexandria, Va.), Benedict Riches (Windermere, Fla.), Ian Rourke (Albany, N.Y.), Noel Samu (Weston, Mass.), Hardeep Singh (Delaware, Ohio), Paul Wood (Phoenix, Ariz.)

Gordon Atkins (Atlanta, Ga.), Jagdeep Bal (Clovis, Calif.), Kanwardev (Raja) Bal (Lexington, Mass,.), Sukhwinder Cheema (Fresno, Calif.), Edward de Vries (Boston, Mass.), Jatinder Dhaliwal (Elk Grove, Calif.), David Eddie (Somerville, Mass.), Alan Golding (Washington, D.C.), Harkirat Guron (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Matias Markus (Weston, Fla.), Riyaz Mohamed (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Anju Mubayi (Tempe, Ariz.), Noah Opondo (Lafayette, Ind.), David Peel (Perry Hall, Md.), Avinash Pinto (Brookhaven, Ga.), Sarnjit Plahey (La Palma, Calif.), Ranjit Sandhu (Fredericksburg, Va.), Alan Scally (Thousand Oaks, Calif.), Mario Enzo Scocco (Pembroke Pines, Fla.), Andre Sequin (San Francisco, Calif.), Trevor Shattuck (Baltimore, Md.), Sudhir Subbaiah (Issaquah, Wash.), Joost Vlek (Seattle, Wash.)

Sidharth Bansal (Chapel Hill, N.C.), Reinirus (Rino) Bouwman (Ventura, Calif.), Neil (Colin) Campbell (Medfield, Wash.), Juan Heredia (Sunny Isles Beach, Fla.), Stanley Iyadurai (Chester Springs, Pa.), Ranjeet Khalsa (Union City, Calif.), Harry Labana (Mountain View, Calif.), Sau Lee (Saint Johns, Fla..), Salim Malik (Aldie, Va.), Angus Miller (Bedminster, N.J.), Marian Mueller (Barrington, R.I.), Barry Payne (Newton, Mass.), Chip Rogers (Oxford, Ohio), Jagpreet Sandhu (Walnut, Calif.), Sumarjit Singh (Gilbert, Ariz.), Parminder (Tony) Singh Mangat (Glendale, Ariz.), Stuart Stammers (Los Gatos, Calif.), Konix Varahoor (Windsor, Calif.), Euan (Vernon) Vassou (Arlington, Va.), Walter Velasquez (Gaithersburg, Md.), Jesus Villar (Miami, Fla.)

Prashant Aji (San Jose, Calif.), Malik Akhtar (Reistertown, Md.), Rodrigo Alegria (Weston, Fla.), Suresh Anand (Irvine, Calif.), Hector Blasco (Latino, Fla.), Kevin Bramble (York, Pa.), Paul Brown (Fredericksburg, Va.), Yadvindra Dhami (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Erik Enters (Harleysville, Pa.), Malcolm Finnamore (Maplewood, N.J.), Rajinder Goraya (Kent, Wash.), Matthew Hanson (Virginia Beach, Va.), Riaz Khan (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Damien Lanyon (Encinitas, Calif.), Matthew Licciardello (Fredericksburg, Va.), Hugo Mazzalupi (Wayne, Pa.), Pradeep Menon (Cumming, Ga.), Michael Merkx (Moorestown, N.J.), Manuel Morales (Miami, Fla.), Mohammad Nadeem (Lorton, Va.), Greg Pereira (Fulton, Md.), Amol Rakkar (Phoenix, Ariz.), Ranjit Singh (Ashburg, Va.), Steven Wagner (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Amir Akhtar (New Castle, Okla.), Manmohan Brar (Phoenix, Ariz.), Abid Chowdhry (Downey, Calif.), Joost Douwes (Stanwood, Wash.), Thomas Khoo (Bethesda, Md.), Brijinder (Bob) Khosla (Phoenix, Ariz.), Amrit Deep Kohli (Bethesda, Md.), William Larkins (Manchester, N.H.), Namdev Mann (Goodyear, Ariz.), Mahesh Saraswat (Northridge, Calif.), Arif Siddiqui (Richmond, Texas), Ian Wagge (Scarborough, Maine)

Onkar Bhowra (Phoenix, Ariz.), Louis Bobrow (Austin, Texas), Preetinder Brar (Charlotte, N.C.), Lance Eichert (Conshocken, Pa.), Chamkaur Gill (Placenta, Calif.), Alberto (Rene) Granat (Midlothian, Va.), Waljeet Hundal (Chandler, Ariz.), Manzar Iqbal (Nashville, Tenn.), Peter Jones (Stamford, Conn.), Amir Khan (Monroe Township, N.J.), Todd Koch (Quakertown, Pa.), Raghbir (Viri) Mangat (Gold River, Calif.), Joseph (Darryl) Michael (Delmar, N.Y.), Derek Pappas (Wayne, Pa.), Sankar Ramani (Fremont, Calif.), Alva Serrette (Lagrange, Ga.), Paramjit Singh (Sobrante, Calif.), Jasvinderbir Virk (Coral Springs, Fla.), Larry Zappone (Colorado Springs, Colo.)

Jannelle Benner (Lititz, Pa.), Katie Braun (Mars, Pa.), Cathy Callahan (West Hartford, Conn.), Marina Cartelli (Pawtucket, R.I.), Jackie Connard (Dublin, Pa.), Savannah Devarney (Aptos, Calif.), Marisa Frank (Somerville, Mass.), Angela Giordano (Portland, Maine), Katie Grant (Malvern, Pa.), Lindsey Heppner (Fredericksburg, Va.), Doni Homenick (Pearl River, N.Y.), Ashley Johnston (Royersford, Pa.), Amy Krompinger (Newtown, Conn.), Heidi Lewis (Kensington, Md.), Lisa Lohre (San Francisco, Calif.), Olivia Lopes (Bridgewater, N.J.), Mandy Mowry (Souderton, Pa.), Gabrielle Nolt (Lancaster, Pa.), Rhiannon Nolt (Haddon Township, N.J.), Lisa Patrick (Seattle, Wash.), Mallory Pollard (Wells, Maine), Amanda Rhinier (Manheim, Pa.), Tiffany Saunders (Elizabeth City, N.C.), Molly Shoemaker (Perkiomenville, Pa.), Elisabeth Stelling (Los Angeles, Calif.), Ashley Swanson (Collegeville, Pa.), Christina Walker (Moyock, N.C.)

Rebecca Beatty (Basking Ridge, N.J.), Mariana Bell (Norwell, Mass.), Samantha Biddle (Eldersburg, Md.), Brenna Colosi (Lancaster, Pa.), Colleen Connors (Moorestown, N.J.), Haley Dervinis (Philadelphia, Pa.), Mariana Fernandez Serra (Key Biscayne, Fla.), Heather Fitzpatrick (New York City, N.Y.), Amy Gendron (Winter Park, Fla.), Patricia Gillern (Medford, N.J.), Stephanie Hatlem (Hill Afb, Utah), Leah Hobbs (Los Angeles, Calif.), Jennifer Judy (Newark, Del.), Heather Kenney (Rockville, Md.), Nicole Ketterer (El Cerrito, Calif.), Heather Long (Pottstown, Pa.), Jenny Lounsbury (Houston, Texas), Susan Mitchell (Penn Valley, Pa.), Julie Murphy (Amherst, N.Y.), Lacey Pustizzi (Burlington, Mass.), Jennifer Romano (London, United Kingdom), Ana Salmeron (Weston, Fla.), Lauren Talbot Sertich (West Walpole, Mass.), Whin Sylla (Bryn Athyn, Pa.), Tessa Taylor (Needham, Mass.), Jamie Tierney (Fredericksburg, Va.), Patricia Zini (Wrentham, Mass.)

Jennifer Bisset (Oceanside, Calif.), Megan Callahan (Baltimore, Md.), Lynn Carahaly (Chandler, Ariz.), Magdalena Castro (Key Biscayne, Fla.), Amanda Court (Davidsonville, Md.), Ruth Golley (Fountain Hills, Ariz.), Evelyn Hernandez (Weston, Fla.), Elzeth Hetzler (Bandera, Texas), Kelly Mackinnon (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Maria Marti Garro (Weston, Fla.), Lucia Molina (Key Biscayne, Fla.), Maria Ochoa (Weston, Fla.), Alison Pottage (Oreland, Pa.), Staci Smith (Liberty, Maine), Marije Toth (Erie, Colo.), Mary van de Kerkhof (Newark, Del.), Kelly Williamson (Oley, Pa.), Elizabeth Wood (Phoenix, Ariz.), Anne Ziniti (Cumberland, R.I.)

Clara Ambrose (Westport, Conn.), Jen Anderson (Owings Mills, Md.), Tina Bachman (Telford, Pa.), Jennifer Bandura (Boiling Springs, Pa.), Sandra Binder (Los Angeles, Calif.), Meg Dudek (Ashburn, Va.), Susan Elliott (Fountainville, Pa.), Melissa Emery (Big Sky, Mont.), Kari Johns (Norwalk, Conn.), Margaret Kelly (Madison, N.H.), Florencia Manero (Key Biscayne, Fla.), Cathy Marston (Turner, Maine), Beth Montagano (Jenkintown, Pa.), Jimena Moses (Riva, Md.), Silvina Puccia (Woodland Hills, Calif.), Lisa Samson (Newton, Mass.), Pamela Stuper (St. Petersburg, Fla.), Nikki Walton (West Chester, Pa.), Patti Webb (Monkton, Md.)

Toni Arner (Quakertown, Pa.), Gabriela Cappanera (Doral, Fla.), Christine Couteau (Skillman, N.J.), Beth Denmead (Netcong, N.J.), Annie Fetter (Rutledge, Pa.), Kathy Frick (Doylestown, Pa.), Laura Funes (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), Carol Gulija (Flemington, N.J.), Elizabeth Hitchens (Philadelphia, Pa.), Maria Keesling (Downingtown, Pa.), Moira Leavitt (Davidsonville, Md.), Nonna Mamedova (Fairfield, N.J.), Laura Mena (Miami, Fla.), Mercedes Miodownik (Weston, Fla.), Lilia Nunez (Midlothian, Va.), Kelly Setser (Louisville, Ky.), Denise Sheehan (Taylors, S.C.), Sharon Siegel (Cape Eliz, Maine), Alison Smith (Highland Park, Ill.), Nori Smith (Suwanee, Ga.), Marina Winn (Chandler, Ariz.), Leslie Woodworth (Great Meadows, N.J.)

Diane Angstadt (Middletown, Pa.), Laura Barton (Salida, Colo.), Claudia Casavecchia (Philadelphia, Pa.), Karen Chambers (Hopatcong, N.J.), Karen Croteau (Harpswell, Maine), Jane Cygan (Quakertown, Pa.), Deb De Lucca (Clifton, N.J.), Michelle Finegan (Doylestown, Pa.), Trish Gitt (Lumberton, N.J.), Lucy Godfrey (Churchville, Md.), Cathy Jackson Horgan (Wilmington, Del.), Jeanne McLaughlin (Quakertown, Pa.), Wendy Morris (Felton, Pa.), Georganne Nattress (Norwalk, Conn.), Linda Polonsky (Hadley, Mass.), Kathleen Smith (Perkasie, Pa.), Lisa Snyder (Orlando, Fla.), Jennifer Stevens (Port Chester, N.Y.), Stella Volpe (Blacksburg, Va.), Barb Wachowiak (Hamburg, N.Y.), Cynthia Wetmore (Ithaca, N.Y.), Debra Wile (The Villages, Fla.), Josie Worthington (Owings Mills, Md.)

Deb Atkins (Quarryville, Pa.), Laura Darling (Moorestown, N.J.), Loretta DiPietro (New Haven, Conn.), Barbara Doran (Old Saybrook, Conn.), Dixie Erdman (Hummelstown, Pa.), Elizabeth Fukushima (Plainfield, Vt.), Sandra Galea-Martinez (Lakeside, Calif.), Alexandra Inglis (Silver Spring, Md.), Anne Keating (New York, N.Y.), Linda Kreiser (Middletown, Pa.), Pam Lester (Skillman, N.J.), Lorraine Lewis (Bethesda, Md.), Susan Mota (Flemington, N.J.), Joanne Petkus (Auburn, Maine), Janet Powers (Rehoboth Beach, Del.), Patricia Rudy (Mill Hall, Pa.), Pamela Sherry (Collegeville, Pa.)

The first all squad training weekends will be held in July at two different locations to accommodate most athletes: 

• July 8-9 in Phoenix, Ariz. (Phoenix Scorpions Field Hockey Club) 
• July 15-16 in Philadelphia, Pa. (Drexel University) 

 If you have any questions regarding the U.S. Men’s and Women’s Masters Training Squads or training weekends, visit the U.S. Masters website.