Sept. 11, 2015
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By Mike Gilbert, GoPSUsports.com Student Staff Writer UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - After losing so many experienced players, the next era of Nittany Lions are stepping up to continue the program's winning ways. Stephanie Hussey is doing that, whether she wants to admit it or not.
Hussey has always been one of the younger players since her youth playing on various teams in Florida. Her high school, Ronal Reagan High School, did not even have a field hockey program. She had to find other ways to hone her skills.
Between eating empanadas, watching basketball and soccer and sailing, Hussey played for many travel field hockey teams, including the Surf Miami Field Hockey Club and the Miami Field Hockey Flamingos.
Current assistant coach Stuart Smith coached Hussey on one of her teams in Florida. Even more ironically, coach Charlene Morett-Curtiss led the U-19 team Hussey played on, a team she suited up for when she was only seventeen years old.
The National team Hussey played for traveled to her home country, Argentina, where many family members and friends were able to see her play.
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