Wendy Hawthorne

Sergeant Wendy Hawthorne... she was 13 years old when she attended the UBC soccer camp (with instructor Brian Budd); she was 15 years old when she first played organised soccer for the UBC Thunder Mamas... in 2018, earned the Canadian Transit Leadership Award in Excellence...

honoured by the Soccer Hall of Fame of British Columbia... she was part of the first Canadian team to play at the FIFA Women’s World Cup (Sweden 1995), recognised as a Canada Soccer Team of Distinction... she was part of the Canadian team that won the 1998 Concacaf Championship, recognised as a Canada Soccer Team of Distinction...

represented Canada at the FIFA Women’s World Cup Sweden 1995... won three Concacaf medals with Canada (1991 silver, 1993 bronze, 1994 silver)... career 15 international “A” appearances across 11 years from 1988 to 1998 with Canada Soccer's Women's National Team…

a four-time Canada Soccer National Championships winner (Jubilee Trophy in 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1996) and six-time runner up... an 11-time British Columbia provincial championship winner with four different teams (Richmond Kornerkicks 1985 and 1986, Surrey Marlins SC 1991 to 1993, Vancouver UBC Alumni 1996 to 2000, and Surrey United SC 2004)... she retired as Canada Soccer’s National Championships all-time leader in clean sheets (she posted 23 clean sheets in 39 matches from 1985 to 2004), a record later surpassed by Theresa Nuttall...

after her playing career, attended the Final Match at the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015 in Vancouver...

wrote Neil Turnbull in 1990, “Wendy Hawthorne has a very professional approach to the game; she is a very positive individual”...