Nieve Donegan '19 Recruiting Profile

 I am the fourth child in a family of seven which has taught me many lessons in patience and teamwork.  There are only two parents and five kids so my parents had to move to a zone defense from man-to-man before I was even born.  Sharing becomes a skill learned before you can walk and patience and teamwork become skills necessary for survival.  "Organized chaos" is the norm.  The experiences of large family living have helped to prepare me for my life as a student- athlete.  In addition to patience and teamwork, I learned that everyone does not have the same strengths and weaknesses.  Working together allows us to be more successful as a whole than we would be as individuals.  My family lives by this ideal helping one another to be better people and it works in sports as well.   We all play a role and every person contributes no matter how small the role may seem to others.  As a field hockey player, I am a defender which seems to be my natural inclination in all of my sports.  I am the only person in my family and on my team who gets as excited about preventing a goal as I do over scoring one.  My high school team calls me "the wall" because I take pride in not letting anyone get past me and near our goal. That is my role,  my contribution to the success of our team.  

I plan to play college sports at a competitive academic institution. My coaches would likely describe me as intense and driven and a player who always puts her team first. I am looking to commit to a college for either lacrosse or field hockey by March or April of 2018.  I would fit in best with a school that takes sports seriously, but also has a strong academic tradition. I love hard work and a workout that makes me sweat.  I expect the same from my teammates as I expect of myself.  My ultimate goal is to attend a college that will allow me opportunities to enjoy life while helping me to improve and grow as a field hockey player, student and person.