Stephanie Kershaw

Stephanie Anna Kershaw (born 19 April 1995) is an Australian field hockey player.

Personal life Kershaw was born in Townsville, Queensland. She plays hockey for her home state in the Australian Hockey League, as part of the Queensland Scorchers team.

Career Senior national team Kershaw made her senior international debut in a test series against Korea in September 2015. Following her debut in September, Kershaw was part of the Australian team that won the 2015 Oceania Cup in October.

In 2018, Kershaw was named in the Hockeyroos team to compete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. The team finished second, winning a silver medal after losing to New Zealand 4–1 in the final. Kershaw was also a member of the Australian team at the 2018 World Cup, where the team finished in fourth place.

Again in 2018, Kershaw also represented Australia at the Sompo Cup in Japan, and the Champions Trophy in China.

Kershaw qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. She was part of the Hockeyroos Olympics squad. The Hockeyroos lost 1–0 to India in the quarterfinals and therefore were not in medal contention.

International goals GoalDateLocationOpponentScoreResultCompetition 1 6 September 2015 Perth Hockey Stadium, Perth, Australia 3–0 5–1 Test Match 2 22 October 2015 TET MultiSports Centre, Stratford, New Zealand 4–0 25–0 2015 Oceania Cup 3 12 November 2017 State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne, Australia 5–0 5–0 2017 Int. Festival of Hockey 4 23 May 2018 Central Otago Sports Club, Cromwell, New Zealand 3–0 3–0 2018 Tri-Nations Tournament 5 13 September 2018 Ritsumeikan University, Osaka, Japan 1–0 3–1 2018 SOMPO Cup 6 3–1 7 1 February 2020 Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney, Australia 1–1 2–1 2020–21 FIH Pro League 8 28 May 2021 Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand 1–2 2–2 2021 Trans–Tasman Series 9 1 June 2021 1–0 3–1 10 26 July 2021 Oi Hockey Stadium, Tokyo, Japan 5–0 6–0 2020 Summer Olympics 11 17 July 2022 Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa, Terrassa, Spain 1–1 2–1 2022 FIH World Cup 12 2–1 13 30 July 2022 University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England 4–0 8–0 XXII Commonwealth Games 14 31 July 2022 3–0 5–0