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Jersey Number 18
Tess Keppel
- Position:
- Defender
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Maryvale Preparatory School
- Hometown:
- Baltimore, Md.
- Prev School:
- Richmond
2023: Was voted the team’s Defensive Player of the Year … Started every game … Earned her first point as a Spartan with an assist in the 3-1 season-opening victory at Boston (8/25) … Recorded a defensive save in a loss to Northwestern.
2022 (at Richmond): Served as Team Captain ... Started all 18 games on defensive line for Spiders ... Led the Spiders and Atlantic 10 with five defensive saves, which also ranks fifth nationally ... Tallied a career-high two goals this season, along with four assists, for a career-high eight points ... Scored Richmond’s first goal of the season at JMU (8/26), putting in the rebound off a corner play high over the goalie ... Tallied a season-high three points with one goal, converting a penalty stroke, and one assist in the Spiders victory over Towson (9/4) ... Also tallied assists against Old Dominion (9/11) and Davidson (9/18) ... Posted two of her five defensive saves in the Spiders 3-4 loss at Wake Forest (9/16), while tallying defensive saves in against William & Mary (9/2), La Salle (10/7) and Bucknell (10/16) ... Twice collected A-10 Defensive Player of the Week honors ... Atlantic 10 Second-Team All-Conference ... Atlantic 10 All-Academic ... CSC Academic All-District honoree.
2021 (at Richmond): Served as Team Captain ... Made 16 starts on defense for the Spiders ... Tallied six assists for six points, adding helpers in goals against Rutgers, American, Saint Louis, La Salle, Old Dominion and William & Mary ... Assisted on Lindsey Frank's goal against No. 15 Rutgers (8/28), sending a pass up the middle of the field for Frank's score that tied the game in the first quarter ... NFHCA National Academic Squad honoree.
Spring 2021 (at Richmond): Started in all seven games on defense ... Played all but three minutes for a total 437 total minutes on the field ... Assisted on the Spiders only goal against VCU (4/3) ... Collected a defensive save against VCU (4/3) ... Atlantic 10 All-Tournament Team honoree ... ZAG Field Hockey/NFHCA National Academic Squad honoree.
2019 (at Richmond): Played in all 21 games on defense, making 14 starts ... Made first appearance as a Spider in the season opener at #2 Maryland (8/30) ... Scored first career goal -- the overtime game-winner -- in a 3-2 win over Bucknell (9/8) ... Made first career start in shootout win vs. VCU (9/20) ... Earned A-10 All-Tournament Team honors after an outstanding performance in the defensive line in the Spiders' two games.
High School: Four-year varsity starter at Maryvale Preparatory School ... Played club field hockey for Freedom HKY (2014-19) ... Named to MAX Field Hockey watch list as a sophomore, junior and senior ... AAU Junior Olympics selection as a junior ... Three-time National Futures Championship Selection ... Also played two years of varsity badminton at Maryvale Prep ... NFHCA Academic All-American ... Member of the National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta Math Honor Society ... Maryvale Prep valedictorian.
Personal: Daughter of Bob and Kristy Keppel ... Has two sisters, Maddie and Amelia ... Maddie played field hockey at Ithaca College from 2015-19 ... Aspires to become a neonatal nurse practitioner ... Lifelong Education major at MSU.
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