Kelsey Bing

Kelsey Bing
Bing in April 2024
Personal information
Full name Kelsey McQuilkin Bing
Born (1997-10-01) October 1, 1997 (age 27)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Texas Pride
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2014 United States U18 5 (0)
2014–2017 United States U21 12 (0)
2018–current United States 81 (0)
Medal record
Women's field hockey
Representing  United States
FIH Olympic Qualifiers
Silver medal – second place 2024 Ranchi Team
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2023 Santiago Team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Lima Team
Pan–Am Junior Championship
Silver medal – second place 2016 Tacarigua Team
Pan–Am Youth Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Montevideo Team

Kelsey McQuilkin Bing[1] (born October 1, 1997) is an American field hockey player.[2]

Personal life

Kelsey Bing was born and raised in Houston, Texas. She started playing hockey in middle school.[2]

Bing is a former student-athlete at Stanford University where she studied mechanical engineering.[1] Bing was named to the United States women's national team after a successful junior national team career.[quantify]

Career

Junior National Team

In 2013, Bing was first named to a junior national team. She played for the United States under-18 team at a qualifier for the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China. The team won a bronze medal.[3]

Bing represented the United States Under 21 side at the 2016 Pan-Am Junior Championship, a qualifier for the Junior World Cup. The team qualified for the 2016 Junior World Cup, where Bing was also a member of the squad.[4]

Senior National Team

Bing made her senior international debut in 2018 in a test series against Belgium.[4] Bing has been a regular inclusion in the United States team since her debut. She has played in all five editions of the FIH Pro League (2019-2024). Bing was nominated for the 2023 FIH Hockey Stars Awards Women's Goalkeeper of the Year. This nomination recognized Bing as one of the top five goalkeepers in the world in 2023.[5]

Most recently, Bing competed with the US Women's National Team in the 2023 Panamerican Games in Santiago, Chile, where the team earned a silver medal. Bing and the US Women's National Team qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics at the FIH Olympic Qualifiers in Ranchi, India, with a second-place finish after topping higher ranked New Zealand, India, and Japan. Bing was named "Goalkeeper of the Tournament."[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "1 Kelsey Bing". Stanford Cardinal. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Kelsey Bing". Team USA. Archived from the original on May 8, 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  3. ^ "United States". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  4. ^ a b "BING Kelsey". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Kelsey Bing Profile". United States Olympic Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 14 March 2024.