Hannah Pearce is a young field hockey player who has taken her local talents to the USA and became the first South African to captain the women’s team at Harvard University.
Massachusetts, USA (06 October 2021) – Hannah Pearce is flying our flag high as the first South African captain of Harvard University’s distinguished hockey team.
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and among the most prestigious in the world.
According to Harvard’s daily newspaper, “Consecutive weekends of back-to-back wins bumped Harvard field hockey to No. 12 in the United States of America. Exciting victories over Columbia and Bucknell, and then against the University of Pennsylvania and University of New Hampshire the following weekend brought the team’s overall win-loss tally to 9-1, marking an incredible start to the season.”
MatchKit – a South African platform that helps athletes manage their digital brands – explained to Good Things Guy that according to their research, Hannah is actually the first South African to captain the respected University’s hockey team, and she continues to build her credentials and establish her case to make it back into the national team as she looks ahead to Paris Olympic 2024 qualification.
“Our team has a very strong bond and a very good team environment. It’s been really fun to get back to playing after such a long break, [and] it’s been great to be back with [everyone] and be playing hockey again.”
Watch her interview below:
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