Word: maasdorp
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...member of the Zimbabwe Under-18 team since the tender age of 15, Maasdorp also led her high school, Chisipite Senior, to a championship at the Top 15 Schools of Southern Africa Tournament. She is currently on the Zimbabwe national squad— a considerable feat in a country where field hockey is the most popular women’s sport...
...accomplishments, Maasdorp landed on her left arm rather than the right foot at the beginning of her field hockey career. The day before her very first game, she broke her arm by slipping while swinging on the crossbar of a hockey goalcage...
...addition, both parents played field hockey during college, ensuring early starts to their children’s careers. Her brother, Harvard senior Paul Maasdorp was himself a member of the U-18 Zimbabwe National Team...
Family visits to see her brother prepared Maasdorp for her transition to Harvard, but the move left more than her family and friends behind...
...Things don’t always work [at home],” Maasdorp said. “It’s definitely a Third World country. We have power cuts for hours and people are lighting candles and saying, ‘OK, we’ll play cards.’ Harvard life stops when the Internet stops...