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Rylee Dennis

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Position
5'3''
Height
Freshman
Class
Chester Springs,Pa.
Hometown
Downingtown East High
High School
@ryleedenniss
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BACKGROUND

  • 2023 and 2024 MAX Field Hockey Top 50 player
  • Member of the 2025 USA Junior National Team and Junior Indoor National Team
  • Member of the Nexus Olympic Pathway since 2018
  • Competed at the 2023 U16 Four Nations Tournament in Valkenswaard, Netherlands
  • Played on the U16 Nexus Championship Cortina gold medal team, leading the team in both goals and assists
  • Played two seasons of varsity field hockey at Downingtown East, leading the team in points each season, amassing 38 goals and 39 assists in those two seasons

Personal

  • Parents are Rob and Lori Dennis
  • Has an older brother, Brady, and a younger brother, Reid
  • Her great-grandfather, Simon Francis Pauxtis, played for the Cincinnati Reds in 1909, and then went onto a long career coaching college football at Penn, Dickinson and Pennsylvania Military College