Wendy Hawthorne

Wendy Hawthorne  (born 7 June 1960) is a Canadian women's former international footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

With the Canada women's national soccer team she is mutiple times medalist at the CONCACAF Women's Championship. Neil Turnbull wrote about Hawthrne in 1990 as having a "very professional approach to the game" and being "a very positive individual”. 

Hawthorne became four times national champion and was national championships record holder in clean sheets. She became between 1985 and 2004 eleven times champion of British Columbia.

Career
Hawthorne was born in Vancouver where she grew up. She attended the University of British Columbia. She played football with the university and was a member of the UBC soccer camp at the age of 13. Two years later she played her first match with the UBC Thunder Mamas.

At senior level, Hawthrne became four times Canadian national champion between 1991 and 1996 and finished six times in second place. At the end of her career she was the of the Canadian Championship record holder in clean sheets. Of the 39 matches between 1984 and 2004 she had 23 times a clean sheet. She became eleven times champion of British Columbia with four different football teams. Her first time was with Richmond Kornerkicks in 1985 and 1986; later with Surrey Marlins SC (1991, 1992, 1993) with Vancouver UBC Alumni (1996-2000) and also with Surrey United SC in 2004.

Hawthorne became a member of the Canada women's national soccer team and made her debut on 20 April 1990. With the national team she won the silver medal at the 1991 CONCACAF Women's Championship, she finishished third at the 1993 CONCACAF Women's Invitational Tournament and won another silver medal at the 1994 CONCACAF Women's Championship. She was a member of the Canadian team at the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup.

After her career she was awarded the 1997 BC Soccer Award of Merit and 2018 Canadian Transit Leadership Award in Excellence.

Achievements and awards

CONCACAF Women's Championship
 1991 CONCACAF Women's Championship
 1994 CONCACAF Women's Championship

CONCACAF Women's Invitational Tournament
 1993 CONCACAF Women's Invitational Tournament

Canadian national championships (Jubilee Trophy)
Champion (4x): 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1996
Runner-up (6x)
Clean sheet record holder: 23 matches (later broken by Theresa Nuttall)

BC Soccer Award of Merit 1997
Canadian Transit Leadership Award in Excellence 2018

References

Category:1960 births
Category:Living people
Category:Canadian footballers
Category:Female footballers