Abbey Woolley
Abbey Woolley

Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Ocean City

High School:
Ocean City, N.J.

Height:
5-6

Position:
Forward

Majoring in communication studies • A member of the U.S. Under-21 National Team, of which she serves as captain • Involved in the ACT student-athlete mentoring program • Coaches youth field hockey

2000: As a junior, started all 24 games at forward • Scored eight goals, fourth on the team, and added five assists for a total of 21 points • Had three-point games (one goal and one assist) against Michigan on Sept. 3 and Wake Forest on Oct. 10 • Against Wake, she scored UNC's third goal of the game then assisted on Kristen McCann's game-winner in overtime of the 4-3 victory in Winston-Salem, N.C. • Named to the ACC Honor Roll for the 2001-01 school year

1999: As a sophomore, led the team in assists with 11, despite playing in just 13 games • Suffered a head injury (a fracture to the temporal bone of her skull) when hit in the left temple by a ball during the Oct. 12 game against Wake Forest and was sidelined for the season's remaining nine games • Scored four goals for a total of 19 points • Had four three-point games, against Michigan, Duke (Aug. 29), Massachusetts and Radford • Traveled to Argentina with the U.S. Under-20 team in February of `99 • Also played for the team at the Four Nations Tournament in New Jersey in June and in Canada in July

1998: As a true freshman, played in 19 games and started nine • Scored a goal in the Sept 30 game at Duke • Totaled four assists, one each against Virginia (Sept. 20), Duke (Sept. 26), Richmond and Radford

National/International: Represented the U.S. as part of the Under-21 Team at the Junior World Cup in Argentina last May • Scored two goals, including the game-winner, in the team's 3-2 win over Spain • Toured Germany with the Under-21 team in March • Played for the championship-winning Southern Charm in the United Airlines summer league in 2000 and `01 • Helped the Under-21 team to a second-place finish at the Junior Pan Am Games in Barbados in April, 2000 • Joined the U.S. National Team for a tour of the Netherlands in May, 2000 • Also played in the USFHA summer league in 1998 and `99

At Ocean City High School in Ocean City, N.J.: Member of the state championship team as a senior • Served as a tri-captain and scored three goals in the title game • Leading scorer in South Jersey • Earned All-America, all-state and all-region honors as a senior • All-South Jersey junior and senior years and All-Cape Atlantic League in her sophomore, junior and senior years • Cape May County champion in the 100 hurdles, 400 hurdles and long jump as a senior • Placed fourth in the state in the long jump

Personal: Born Aug. 14, 1980, in Somers Point, N.J. • Daughter of Barbara Woolley and Edwin and Ellen Woolley • Has one brother, Matthew (23) • Her father played football at the University of Michigan

More on Woolley: Favorite pastime is sitting on the beach • Favorite pregame meal is bagels • First tried field hockey in middle school, but as a child attended high school games with her father, who was assistant principal of her high school • Picked jersey No. 4 because it was worn by UNC All-American Joy Driscoll • Favorite sport to play besides field hockey is tennis with Meredith Keller • Considering a career in public relations

YearGP-GSGoalsAssistsPoints
199819-9146
199913-1341119
200024-248521
Career56-46132046