Kate Barber



Kate ("Tiki") Barber (born November 22, 1976 in West Chester, Pennsylvania) is a field hockey forward and midfield player from the United States, who made her international senior debut for the Women's National Team in 1998 by scoring two goals in a 3-3 draw with New Zealand. The former student of Unionville High School and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hillwas a member of the team, that won the silver medal at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada.

She was the captain of the American field hockey team which competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics. It was the first Olympics for which the United States had qualified since the 1996 Summer Olympics.

She was once interviewed on the   NBC  Today Show  by   American football  player,   Tiki Barber, where it was revealed that she received her nickname "Tiki" because of   his  nickname. They were contemporary athletes in the   Atlantic Coast Conference<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">. Since he was a headlining football player at the <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">  University of Virginia<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">at the time of her success at the University of North Carolina, her teammates began calling her "Tiki" as well. The nickname persisted into her international career. .

International Senior Tournaments

 * 1998 – World Cup, Utrecht, The Netherlands (8th)
 * 1999 – Pan American Games, Winnipeg, Canada (2nd)
 * 2000 – Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Milton Keynes, England (6th)
 * 2001 – Pan American Cup, Kingston, Jamaica (2nd)
 * 2002 – Champions Challenge, Johannesburg, South Africa (5th)
 * 2002 – USA vs India WC Qualifying Series, Cannock, England (1st)
 * 2002 – World Cup, Perth, Australia (9th)
 * 2003 – Champions Challenge, Catania, Italy (5th)
 * 2003 – Pan American Games, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (2nd)
 * 2004 – Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Auckland, New Zealand (6th)
 * 2004 – Pan American Cup, Bridgetown, Barbados (2nd)
 * 2005 – Champions Challenge, Virginia Beach, United States (5th)
 * 2006 – World Cup Qualifier, Rome, Italy (4th)
 * 2006 – World Cup, Madrid, Spain (6th)
 * 2007 – Pan American Games, Rio de Janeiro (2nd)
 * 2008 – 2008 Summer Olympics, Beijing, China (8th)