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Kayla Bashore-Smedley (born February 20, 1983, in
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defender and midfielder. Now living in Bloomington, Indiana , she was a student of the
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, where she played for the Hoosiers, and was the first player from that university to make the US National Field Hockey team. She represented the USA at the
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Background

Bashore-Smedley grew up in a small town in
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, and found her sporting love initially while playing soccer, rather than field hockey. After picking up her first field hockey stick as a high school student, she was recruited by that school's field hockey coach, and soon excelled at her new sport. A graduate of Hamburg Area High School, she went on to study at Indiana University, and played for that institution's team for four years. Still a senior there when she was asked to join the United States National Field Hockey Team, she went through rigorous training with her teammates at their training facility in
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. When her team qualified for the
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in
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, Bashore-Smedley participated, and was supported by her family, who also made the trip overseas. Although her team did not win any medals that year, they did beat their biggest rival (Argentina) during the
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in
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. Following more than 100 international appearances, Bashore-Smedley then retired in 2013.U.S. National Team Midfielder Kayla Bashore Smedley retires from field hockey.
Colorado Springs, Colorado: USA Field Hockey, March 22, 2013.


International senior competitions

* 2006 – World Cup Qualifier, Rome (4th) * 2006 –
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, Madrid (6th) * 2007 –
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, Rio de Janeiro (2nd) * 2008 –
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(8th)


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bashore Smedley, Kayla 1983 births American female field hockey players Field hockey players at the 2007 Pan American Games Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Indiana Hoosiers field hockey players Living people Olympic field hockey players for the United States Sportspeople from Berks County, Pennsylvania Sportspeople from Daegu Field hockey players at the 2011 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in field hockey Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games 21st-century American sportswomen