Hometown: Sinking Spring, PA Position: Goalkeeper
Stick: OBO Robo Straight A's
Goalkeeping Equipment: OBO Hi-Rebound
College: American University Schedule
Instagram: @bryn.underwood
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY HIGHLIGHTS
2023
Preseason Goalkeeper of the year (2nd year in a row)
NFHCA DI Watch List
Patriot league Goalkeeper of the week 9/4, 9/30
Patriot league regular season champions
NFHCA DI Defensive Player of the Week Honorable mention 11/1
All-Patriot League 2nd team
Patriot League Scholar- Athlete of the Year
Academic All-Patriot League FH Team
Patriot League Tournament Champions
2023 Patriot League All-Tournament Team
2023 patriot league leader in Goals Against Avg and Shutouts per game
Mid-Atlantic Region Second Team
Played in and started all 19 games
Ended the season with 90 saves
Played in a career high 1,213 minutes
2022
Team Captain
Patriot League Preseason All-League Team
Patriot League Preseason Goalkeeper of the Year
Patriot League Goalkeeper of the Week 8/29/22
Patriot League Goalkeeper of the Week 9/12/22
NFHCA Watch List
Patriot League Goalkeeper of the Week 9/19/22
Patriot League Goalkeeper of the Week 9/26/22
Patriot League Regular Season Champions
Patriot League Goalkeeper of the Year (2nd year in a row)
All-Patriot League First Team
Patriot League Academic All-League Team
Mid-Atlantic All Regional First Team
NFHCA D1 Scholar of Distinction Honoree
NFHCA D1 National Academic Squad
2021
Patriot League Rookie of the Year (Fall)
NFHCA National Academic Squad & Scholar of Distinction
NFHCA All-Region Second Team
Patriot League Goalkeeper of the Year (Spring)
BEFORE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
2019 MAX Field Hockey All-American Second Team
2019 MAX Field Hockey All-Region First Team
2019 NFHCA Regional All-American First Team
2019 PIAA AAA State Champions
2018-19 All-State First Team
2018 MAX Field Hockey All-Region Second Team
MAX Field Hockey #5 National Ranking
MAX Field Hockey #2 Pennsylvania Ranking
PERSONAL HIGHLIGHTS
I was 6 when I started field hockey, but I was in 4th grade when I started goalkeeping. My mom started the local youth league, and my twin sister, Reagan, and I joined as the minimum age requirement.
Jackie Briggs - she coached me for my first year of Futures while she was still on the National Team. She also grew up in Berks County where I'm from, so I look at her journey as a standard of what I can accomplish, whether in field hockey or somewhere else.
Salmon with asparagus and red potatoes, seasoned with plenty of salt.
Rise by Katy Perry
Agile, Dynamic, Loud
I have a very unorthodox whistle. I can do it while smiling.
Spiderman: Into The Spiderverse
I would like to meet someone from Marvel. Maybe The Ancient One from Doctor Strange? She is incredibly smart, and learning magic from her sounds like a cool opportunity.
I had a lot of childhood aspirations; preschool teacher, astronaut, WNBA player. I'm still holding out on my late growth spurt for the WNBA, ha!
I am an avid musician and singer. I've trained vocally for a couple of years, and I play five different instruments (piano, guitar, ukulele, French horn, and viola).
I am by no means a chef, but I make a pretty great cheese omelet. Definitely one of my go-to's in the kitchen.
It's actually a bible verse. Philippians 3:14, I press towards the goal to win the prize for which God has called me. I use the verse to remind myself that there is a higher purpose for me in life than the struggle I face. When I find myself down, I remind myself to "press on".
I don't travel very much unless it's for field hockey, but I've been to Universal Studios in Orlando once, and I'd love to go again. I'm a big Harry Potter fan, and I love the themed parks there.
PIE. I will fight for pie to my grave. Pumpkin pie, apple pie, and shoo fly pie are top tier, but my favorite is a chocolate chip pie that my grandmother used to make.
NO!
I would enjoy both, but I like the busy atmosphere of a beach, so I would have to choose a beach house.
Winning the state championship my senior year. My high school team had our season ended two years in a row by the same team, and we lost the district championship to them a week or so prior. Finally overcoming that obstacle with Reagan and a group of seniors I had played sports with my whole life was a dream come true.