DURHAM –Incoming Blue Devil field hockey players Paige Bitting, Alaina McVeigh and Abby Spear have been selected as nominees for the USA Today Field Hockey National Player of the Year the organization announced Wednesday. Duke's trio is among the 24 high school field hockey players nominated for the award.
The USA Today High School Sports Awards annually honors the high school national player of the year in 28 different sports. These nominees will be honored, and each winner announced, July 31 during an on-demand broadcast, which this year will feature top high school athletes in 29 boys and girls sports awards categories as well as special honors like Team of the Year, Special Olympics Athlete of the Year, Rising Star and Play of the Year.