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Field Hockey Announces 2023 Signing Class
7/7/2023 12:00:00 PM | Field Hockey
Lions welcome Bloom, Consoli, Gonzalez Lobo, Kim, and Reilly to the program
NEW YORK — Columbia field hockey coach Katie DeSandis officially announced Mckenzie Bloom, Kate Consoli, Delfina Gonzalez Lobo, Madison Kim, and Emma Reilly as the program's 2023 recruiting class. All five players will enroll at Columbia as first-years.
"It is with great anticipation and excitement that we welcome these five student-athletes into our Columbia Field Hockey family," DeSandis said. "Our newest additions bring talent, discipline, and commitment to a core group of returners ready to incorporate them into the standards of our program. With an incoming group that embodies our values and is eager to learn and reach new heights, I have no doubt that they will make an immediate impact as we drive each other and this program forward."
Bloom, Consoli, Gonzalez Lobo, Kim, and Reilly join 10 returning letterwinners to the 2023 Columbia field hockey team.
2023 Field Hockey Signees
#19 Mckenzie Bloom
Forward | 5-6 | West Hartford, Conn. | Westminster School
HIGH SCHOOL: A June 2023 graduate of Westminster School in Simsbury, Connecticut… 2023 RCC Champions… 2022 RCC Champions (Highest scorer)... 2022 NCC Silver medalists (Highest scorer)... Max Field Hockey: 2021 and 2022 High School Players to Watch List… 2021 and 2022 High School All-Region Second Team… Westminster School: 2022 All-NEPSAC… 2022 WNEPSFHA All-Star Selection… 2022 Westminster MVP… 2022 NEPSAC Class A Quarterfinalists… 2022 scoring leader (24 goals, 12 assists)... 2021 WNEPSFHA All-Star Selection… 2021 All-NEPSAC… 2021 Westminster MVP… 2021 Founder's League Champions and NEPSAC Class A Quarterfinalists… 2021 scoring leader (18 goals, 8 assists)... 2020 Season canceled… 2019 scoring leader (18 goals, 7 assists)... 2019 Founder's League All-Star Award… 2019 WNEPSFHA Champions… 2019 NEPSAC Class A Semi-Finalists… 2019 Founder's League Champions… 2021 College Connection Under Armour Select team… High Honor Roll throughout high school.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Marybeth and Ryan Bloom… Has a twin sister Dylan Bloom who will be playing field hockey at Amherst College as a 2027 graduate… Cousin Ryan Nardi played lacrosse at Bowdoin College as a 2017 graduate.
#16 Kate Consoli
Defense | 5-2 | Houston, Texas | The Kinkaid School
HIGH SCHOOL: A June 2023 graduate of The Kinkaid School in Houston, Texas… Four-year three-sport athlete in field hockey, soccer, and lacrosse… Received 11 varsity letters… Was field hockey captain in 2022… All-South Zone selection for Field Hockey in 2021 and 2022… Levy Garrett Award winner in 2023 which is given to a multi-sport athlete who exhibits the highest standards of character and integrity and demonstrates the ability to inspire and lead their teammates over the course of their time in Upper School… Finished the 2022 season with Kinkaid field hockey ranked No. 6 in the nation for private schools… Texas Pride named No. 1 club in the nation in 2023… High Honor Roll throughout high school… Inducted into the Spanish Honors Society.
PERSONAL: Has an older brother and younger sister.
#11 Delfina Gonzalez Lobo
Midfield | 5-3 | Greenwich, Conn. | Sacred Heart Greenwich
HIGH SCHOOL: A June 2023 graduate of Sacred Heart Greenwich in Greenwich, Connecticut… 2019 All-NEPSAC Class A Honorable Mention… 2019 MAX FH Top 100 Players of the Class of 2023.. 2021 Preseason Player to Watch… 2021 High School National Invitational Additional Top Performer… 2021 All-Northeast Region First Team… 2021 Northeast Region Players to Watch… 2021 MAX FH Top 50 players of the Class of 2023… 2021 FAA All-League Award… 2021 All-NEPSAC Class A First Team… 2021 WNEPSFHA All-Star… 2021 Sacred Heart Varsity A Honor Heart Hustle Award… 2022 Most Valuable Player Award… 2022 FAA All-League First Team Award… 2022 Class A All-NEPSAC Award… 2022 WNEPSFHA All-Star… 2022 High School National Invitational Top Performer… 2022 Southern New England All-Region… 2022 NFHCA High School National Academic Squad… 2022 All-Region First Team selection… 2019 Greenwich Magazine Award… Academic Year Honor Roll 2019-22… Graduated with High Honors.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Facundo Gonzalez Lobo and Adelia Perrone… Has two brothers Benjamin and Felix Gonzalez Lobo… Originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
#2 Madison Kim
Midfield/Forward | 5-4 | Bellaire, Texas | St. John's School
HIGH SCHOOL: A June 2023 graduate of St. John's School in Houston, Texas… Four-year field hockey varsity letter winner… Team captain and MVP senior year... Two-Time Southwest Preparatory Conference Champion (2019 & 2022) and Runner-Up (2021)... All South-Zone (2021) and All-SPC (2022) Honors... NFHCA High School All-West Region First Team (2022), MAX Field Hockey All-West/Mid-West Region First Team (2022)... MAX Field Hockey Class of 2023 Watch List (Top 150 Players)... Two-Time medalist at the U19 Nexus Championship (2021 & 2022)... Selected to compete at the U21 Nexus Championship (2023)... Competed with Texas Pride Field Hockey Club… NFHCA High School National Academic Squad (2021 & 2022).
PERSONAL: Born November 20, 2004... Daughter of Richard and Irene Kim... Has one younger sibling, Nathan, and a dog named Maui... 2nd Degree Black Belt Rank… Cousin, Sydney Kim, plays lacrosse at Tufts University.
#3 Emma Reilly
Midfield | 5-6 | Andover, Mass. | Andover
HIGH SCHOOL: A June 2023 graduate of Andover High School in Andover, Massachusetts… Was a two-time Max Field Hockey Third Team All-American… Was a National Field Hockey Coaches Association Third Team All-American… Was a Two-time Max Field Hockey New England Region Player of the Year… Was a two-time Max Field Hockey Massachusetts State Player of the Year… Was a two-time Massachusetts State Champion (2020 & 2021)... Was a two-time Boston Globe Division 1 Player of the Year… Was a two-time Boston Globe All-Scholastic selection… Was a three-time Boston Herald All-Scholastic selection… Was a two-time team captain… Was a two-time Merrimack Valley Conference Player of the Year…. Received excellence recognition in AP Environmental Science, Pre-Calculus, English, Statistics, and Digital Photography…
OTHER INFO: Played at NorthEast Elite Field Hockey for 11 years… Attended the National Club Championship with NorthEast Elite from 2016-23… Placed 2nd in the country in 2019.
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"It is with great anticipation and excitement that we welcome these five student-athletes into our Columbia Field Hockey family," DeSandis said. "Our newest additions bring talent, discipline, and commitment to a core group of returners ready to incorporate them into the standards of our program. With an incoming group that embodies our values and is eager to learn and reach new heights, I have no doubt that they will make an immediate impact as we drive each other and this program forward."
Bloom, Consoli, Gonzalez Lobo, Kim, and Reilly join 10 returning letterwinners to the 2023 Columbia field hockey team.
2023 Field Hockey Signees
#19 Mckenzie Bloom
Forward | 5-6 | West Hartford, Conn. | Westminster School
HIGH SCHOOL: A June 2023 graduate of Westminster School in Simsbury, Connecticut… 2023 RCC Champions… 2022 RCC Champions (Highest scorer)... 2022 NCC Silver medalists (Highest scorer)... Max Field Hockey: 2021 and 2022 High School Players to Watch List… 2021 and 2022 High School All-Region Second Team… Westminster School: 2022 All-NEPSAC… 2022 WNEPSFHA All-Star Selection… 2022 Westminster MVP… 2022 NEPSAC Class A Quarterfinalists… 2022 scoring leader (24 goals, 12 assists)... 2021 WNEPSFHA All-Star Selection… 2021 All-NEPSAC… 2021 Westminster MVP… 2021 Founder's League Champions and NEPSAC Class A Quarterfinalists… 2021 scoring leader (18 goals, 8 assists)... 2020 Season canceled… 2019 scoring leader (18 goals, 7 assists)... 2019 Founder's League All-Star Award… 2019 WNEPSFHA Champions… 2019 NEPSAC Class A Semi-Finalists… 2019 Founder's League Champions… 2021 College Connection Under Armour Select team… High Honor Roll throughout high school.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Marybeth and Ryan Bloom… Has a twin sister Dylan Bloom who will be playing field hockey at Amherst College as a 2027 graduate… Cousin Ryan Nardi played lacrosse at Bowdoin College as a 2017 graduate.
#16 Kate Consoli
Defense | 5-2 | Houston, Texas | The Kinkaid School
HIGH SCHOOL: A June 2023 graduate of The Kinkaid School in Houston, Texas… Four-year three-sport athlete in field hockey, soccer, and lacrosse… Received 11 varsity letters… Was field hockey captain in 2022… All-South Zone selection for Field Hockey in 2021 and 2022… Levy Garrett Award winner in 2023 which is given to a multi-sport athlete who exhibits the highest standards of character and integrity and demonstrates the ability to inspire and lead their teammates over the course of their time in Upper School… Finished the 2022 season with Kinkaid field hockey ranked No. 6 in the nation for private schools… Texas Pride named No. 1 club in the nation in 2023… High Honor Roll throughout high school… Inducted into the Spanish Honors Society.
PERSONAL: Has an older brother and younger sister.
#11 Delfina Gonzalez Lobo
Midfield | 5-3 | Greenwich, Conn. | Sacred Heart Greenwich
HIGH SCHOOL: A June 2023 graduate of Sacred Heart Greenwich in Greenwich, Connecticut… 2019 All-NEPSAC Class A Honorable Mention… 2019 MAX FH Top 100 Players of the Class of 2023.. 2021 Preseason Player to Watch… 2021 High School National Invitational Additional Top Performer… 2021 All-Northeast Region First Team… 2021 Northeast Region Players to Watch… 2021 MAX FH Top 50 players of the Class of 2023… 2021 FAA All-League Award… 2021 All-NEPSAC Class A First Team… 2021 WNEPSFHA All-Star… 2021 Sacred Heart Varsity A Honor Heart Hustle Award… 2022 Most Valuable Player Award… 2022 FAA All-League First Team Award… 2022 Class A All-NEPSAC Award… 2022 WNEPSFHA All-Star… 2022 High School National Invitational Top Performer… 2022 Southern New England All-Region… 2022 NFHCA High School National Academic Squad… 2022 All-Region First Team selection… 2019 Greenwich Magazine Award… Academic Year Honor Roll 2019-22… Graduated with High Honors.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Facundo Gonzalez Lobo and Adelia Perrone… Has two brothers Benjamin and Felix Gonzalez Lobo… Originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
#2 Madison Kim
Midfield/Forward | 5-4 | Bellaire, Texas | St. John's School
HIGH SCHOOL: A June 2023 graduate of St. John's School in Houston, Texas… Four-year field hockey varsity letter winner… Team captain and MVP senior year... Two-Time Southwest Preparatory Conference Champion (2019 & 2022) and Runner-Up (2021)... All South-Zone (2021) and All-SPC (2022) Honors... NFHCA High School All-West Region First Team (2022), MAX Field Hockey All-West/Mid-West Region First Team (2022)... MAX Field Hockey Class of 2023 Watch List (Top 150 Players)... Two-Time medalist at the U19 Nexus Championship (2021 & 2022)... Selected to compete at the U21 Nexus Championship (2023)... Competed with Texas Pride Field Hockey Club… NFHCA High School National Academic Squad (2021 & 2022).
PERSONAL: Born November 20, 2004... Daughter of Richard and Irene Kim... Has one younger sibling, Nathan, and a dog named Maui... 2nd Degree Black Belt Rank… Cousin, Sydney Kim, plays lacrosse at Tufts University.
#3 Emma Reilly
Midfield | 5-6 | Andover, Mass. | Andover
HIGH SCHOOL: A June 2023 graduate of Andover High School in Andover, Massachusetts… Was a two-time Max Field Hockey Third Team All-American… Was a National Field Hockey Coaches Association Third Team All-American… Was a Two-time Max Field Hockey New England Region Player of the Year… Was a two-time Max Field Hockey Massachusetts State Player of the Year… Was a two-time Massachusetts State Champion (2020 & 2021)... Was a two-time Boston Globe Division 1 Player of the Year… Was a two-time Boston Globe All-Scholastic selection… Was a three-time Boston Herald All-Scholastic selection… Was a two-time team captain… Was a two-time Merrimack Valley Conference Player of the Year…. Received excellence recognition in AP Environmental Science, Pre-Calculus, English, Statistics, and Digital Photography…
OTHER INFO: Played at NorthEast Elite Field Hockey for 11 years… Attended the National Club Championship with NorthEast Elite from 2016-23… Placed 2nd in the country in 2019.
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For the latest on Columbia field hockey, follow @CULionsFH on social media and GoColumbiaLions.com for more updates.
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