Alaina McVeigh

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Alaina McVeigh celebrates scoring overtime winner

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Position:
Forward
Height:
5-10
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Landsdale, Pa.

USA Field Hockey: Selected to U21 U.S. National Team for 2025 Junior Pan American Games ... Took part in the 2021 Rise Selection Camp … An alternate for the U.S. Pan Am Indoor team … A member of the U.S. Senior National Indoor Team … USA Junior National Rise Team … Helped lead Team Liberty to a bronze medal at the Young Women’s Championship … A USA Nexus U19 Elite pick … A USA Young Women’s Championship tournament choice in 2021 … A member of the U.S. Junior National Indoor Team … A U16 AAU Junior Olympics seleciton … Junior National Team Camp.

Honors: NFHCA All-America First Team (2023) … NFHCA All-America Second Team (2024) ... 2023 ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Year … NFHCA All-South Region First Team (2023 2024) … All-ACC First Team (2023 , 2024) … ACC Championship All-Tournament Team … ACC Scholar Athlete of the Year (2024) ... NFHCA Division I National Scholar Athlete (2023) … NFHCA National Academic Team (2022, 2023, 2024) ... NFHCA Scholar of Distinction (2022, 2023, 2024) ... ACC Academic Honor Roll (2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25).

2024: Started all 20 games at forward … NFHCA All-America Second Team … NFHCA All-South Region First Team … All-ACC First Team … Led Duke in scoring with 13 goals and two assists for 28 points … Had at least one point in 10 games, scoring a goal in 10 of the 15 games in which Duke registered at least one goal … Posted multiple goals in four outings and finished season with five game-winning goals … Notched both goals in Duke’s 2-0 win over Old Dominion (Sept. 13) … Also had two scores in season opener against William & Mary (Aug. 30) and at ACC foe California (Oct. 4) and in ACC Championship quarterfinal win at Wake Forest (Nov. 5) … Tallied the lone goal in 1-0 win over No. 9 Boston College (Oct. 25) … ACC Scholar Athlete of the Year … NFHCA National Academic Squad … NFHCA Scholar of Distinction … All-ACC Academic Team … ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2023: Started all 23 games at forward … NFHCA All-America First Team … NFHCA All-South Region First Team … ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Year … All-ACC First Team … Led Duke and the ACC with 17 goals and three assists for 37 points … Scored at least one goal in 14 games … Notched four game-winning goals … The 17 goals are tied for 16th in Duke single-season history and were the most by a player since 2017 … Her 37 points are 25th in Blue Devil single-season history … Notched the overtime game winners against No. 9 Liberty (9/10) and at No. 15 Harvard (9/24) … Named the ACC Offensive Player of the Week following her performance against the Flames … Provided the winning assist in ACC Championship semifinal win over Louisville (11/1) … Registered both goals in 2-0 victory over UCONN (10/22).

2022: Missed the season recovering from an injury ... NFHCA National Academic Team ... NFHCA Scholar of Distinction ... ACC Academic Honor Roll.

Before Duke: Tabbed a top 10 player in the Class of 2022 by Max Field Hockey … Named an NFHCA first team All-American … A three-time first team all-state selection … Garnered second team all-state recognition as a freshman … Completed her scholastic career with 173 goals and 74 assists to set the Gwynedd Mercy career record … Racked up 71 goals and 25 assists her senior year to lead Gwynedd Mercy to the District 1 title and the state championship runner-up … Set the school record for goals in a season with 43 as a sophomore … Led the team in scoring all four seasons … A two-time Athletic Association of Catholic Academics All-Star selection … Gwynedd Mercy Team Captain as a junior and senior … Voted the team’s MVP in 2020 and 2021 and the Offensive Player of the Year in 2018 and 2019 … Helped led GMA to a runner-up finish in the Catholic Academies League … NFHCA High School National Academic Squad Scholar of Distinction … Played club for WC Eagles … Helped lead team to U19 National Club Championship title as well as a first-place showing in the Region 5 Championship … WC Eagles also won the gold medal in the U19 National Indoor Tournament … The U16 squad took gold at both the regional and national tournaments in 2018 and 2019 … Also a key member of the U16 squad that took gold at the National Indoor Tournament in Pool C and U19 squad in Pool A … A member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Daughter of Brian and Jessica McVeigh … Has one brother, Colin … Brother is a member of the baseball team at Fairfield University … Mother played lacrosse at East Stroudsburg University.