As a senior: Appeared in and started 13 gamesfor the Bulldogs in 2014, missing four games in the middle ofseason due to injury … Led the team with 22 points,including a team high 10 goals en route to her second-straightAll-MAAC First Team selection … Scored a season high twogoals against Saint Louis on Sept. 14 and Quinnipiac on Oct. 19… Put home the game-winning goal against UMass Lowell onSept. 12 … Recorded assists at Colgate (Aug. 29)and vs. UMass Lowell (Sept. 12) … Also led the team with 73shots on the season, firing a season-high 14 against Quinnipiac onOct. 19 … Closes her Bryant career as the program leader incareer points (103), goals (46), and game-winning goals (10).
As a junior: Appeared in all 18 games earning17 starts in another impressive season for the New Zealand native… Led Bryant with a career-best 31 points on 12 goals and acareer-high seven assists … Posted back-to-back hat tricksvs. Colgate on Sept. 1 and at Brown on Sept. 6 … Registeredfive game-winning goals on the year … Posted a season-hightwo assists at Saint Louis on September 20 … Recorded 92shots over the course of the season, including a career-high 15shots at Siena on Oct. 11 … Named MAAC Player of the Week onSept. 9 … Picked up her third-career postseason honor withan All-MAAC First Team selection.
As a sophomore: Followed up one ofthe most impressive freshman season's in Bryant field hockeyhistory with another strong season in 2012, appearing in 19 gameswhile earning 18 starts for the Black and Gold … Marked asthe Bulldogs' top offensive threat, Bird finished the 2012 seasonwith 21 points, including a team-high 10 goals … Put up animpressive program-record four goals against Dartmouth on Sept. 19,earning her NEC Co-Player of the Week ... Tallied a pair ofmarkers, including the game-winning goal in the season-opener atColgate on Aug. 25 ... Also put away the game-winner at Holy Crosson Oct. 9 … Registered her lone assist of the seasonvs. Robert Morris on Oct. 12 … Put together a run of atleastone point in four consecutive games (Oct. 7 - Oct. 14) ... Earned aSecond-Team All-NEC selection for the second-straight year.
As a freshman:Enjoyed one of the finest rookie campaigns in program history,culminating in her being named the Northeast Conference Rookie ofthe Year ... Scored four goals in her first three career games, andscored in 10 of Bryant's 16 games this season ... Finishedher freshman campaign with 14 goals and one assist for ateam-leading 29 points ... Named to the All-NEC Second Team... Ranked among the conference's leaders in just about everymajor offensive scoring category, including first in totalshots (89) and shots per game (4.94); tied for seventh in points(29); eighth in points per game (1.61); and tied for fifth in goals(14) and goals per game (0.78) ... At one point, was ranked as highas sixth in the country in goals per game ... Scored two goals in agame on four separate occasions ... Ranked second on the squad withtwo game-winning goals, and converted two of the team's threepenalty stroke attempts ... Scored both the game-tying goal and thegame-winning marker in overtime at Robert Morris on Oct. 14 ...Made her Bulldog debut against Delaware on Aug. 26, scoring once inthat game ... Found the back of the net twice against Maine in theteam's next game on Sept. 4 ... Tallied another pair of goalsagainst Colgate (9/24) and La Salle (10/1) ... Dished only assistof the season against Pacific on Sept. 12 ... Attempted aseason-high 12 shots against Sacred Heart on Oct. 21.
Before Bryant: A2010 graduate of Hillcrest High School in Hamilton, New Zealand,Bird was a four-year starter at forward… Currently in hersecond season as a member of the U18 A Waikato RegionalRepresentative Team competing against other rep teams throughoutthe nation… Led team in scoring in 2010… Member ofthe U16 team in 2008 and 2009, where she led the team in scoring asa captain… Member of the 2006 U15 Waikato Regional Rep Team(top scorer)… Two-year member of U13 squad in 2004 and 2005,leading the team in scoring both seasons… At Hillcrest HighSchool, Bird was named to 2010 MVP of the Marie Fry Tournament,earning her team a promotion to the New Zealand Top 16 FederationCup… Won the 2009 Chica Gilmer Trophy… In 2007,earned the Kneebone Trophy as Most Improved Player… Also astandout tennis player in New Zealand… Two-time WaikatoSenior Doubles Champion (2008 and 2010) and 2009 Waikato OpenDoubles Champ… 2009 New Zealand U18 DoublesRunner-Up… Two-time Hillcrest High School Champion (2009,2010)… Won the New Zealand U16 Doubles Championship as wellas both the Auckland and Waikato U16 Singles titles in 2008…2008 Waikato Junior Doubles Champion… Won the 2007 CottonBowl (Dallas) and King Daddy (Houston) U14 Championship and wasnamed the Waikato Junior Champion… Two-year member of theU14 New Zealand National Team, where she led the squad to twobronze-medal finishes… An all-around stellar athlete whoalso excelled on the race track… 2006-08 Cross CountryChampion… 2006 Hillcrest High School Junior DuathlonChampion… Participates in triathlons and duathlonsthroughout New Zealand.
Personal: Thedaughter of Jennifer and Raymond Bird, Rosie Georgia Bird was bornJanuary 16, 1993… Has four sisters, Lara, Libby, Molly andLucy, who plays tennis at Bryant for coach Barbara Cilli, and onebrother, Cameron.
Career GameHighs
Points: 8, at Dartmouth (Sept. 19,2012)
Goals: 4, 8, at Dartmouth (Sept. 19,2012)
Assists: 2, at Saint Louis (Sept. 20, 2013)
Shots: 15, at Siena (Oct. 11, 2013)
