Lexie Pickering (born 26 June 2001) is an Australian

field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...

player.

Personal life

Lexie Pickering was born and raised in

Sydney Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ...

. She is a scholarship holder at NSWIS.

Career

Domestic league

Hockey Australia Hockey Australia is an organisation that formed from the merger of the Australian Hockey Association and Women's Hockey Australia in 2000. It is the national body responsible for the promotion, development and administration of field hockey in ...

's domestic league, the Liberty Hockey One, Pickering represents the Perth Thundersticks. She formerly represented her home state, as a member of the

NSW Pride NSW Pride is an Australian professional field hockey club based in Sydney. The club was established in 2019, and is one of 7 established to compete in Hockey Australia's new premier domestic competition, Hockey One. The club unifies both men and ...

, however transitioned into the Perth Thundersticks squad when she relocated to

Perth Perth () is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth-most-populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth . The ...

in 2023. She has also played a season in the Dutch Hoofdklasse, relocating to the

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

to represent Klein Zwitserland.

Hockeyroos

In 2024, Pickering was named in the

Hockeyroos The Australia women's national field hockey team (nicknamed the Hockeyroos) are, as of August 2023, ranked second in the world. Having played their first game in 1914, and their first Olympic game in 1984, they are one of Australia's most succes ...

squad for the first time. She will make her debut during season six of the

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International goals

The following is a list of goals scored by Pickering at international level.

References

External links

* 2001 births Living people Australian female field hockey players Female field hockey forwards Sportswomen from New South Wales {{Australia-fieldhockey-bio-stub