| abstract | - Casey Eastham (born 19 March 1989) is an Australian Women's Field Hockey player. Casey plays Midfielder and she made her debut for the Australian Women's Hockey Team also known as the Hockeyroos at the Four Nations Tournament in the USA aged 17. Her AHL team is the New South Wales Arrows. Eastham achieved a lot from a very young age, one of which is when she was selected into the Australian Under 21's team to compete in the Junior World Cup in 2005 at the age of 16. At this tournament she was named one of the best players for the Under 21's age group in the world. After making the 2008 Beijing Olympic Team, Eastham was described by Australian coach, Frank Murray, as possibly becoming the best player in the world. Since making her debut, Eastham has been a key member of the Hockeyroos. She scored 4 goals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and at the 2009 Women's Champions Trophy in Sydney Eastham again scored 4 goals making her the 2nd highest goal scorer at the tournament and Australia's highest goal scorer. Eastham was a very important member of the Hockeyroos that competed in the 2009 Champions Trophy in Sydney that won silver against Argentina. In 2009 Eastham was named the International Young Player of the Year and was named in the International All Star Team. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, Eastham was a member of the Australian team that won the Gold medal by defeating New Zealand 4–2 on penalty strokes.
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