Full Name: Marle Anne van Dessel
Birthdate: Oct. 11, 1989
Birthplace: The Hague, Netherlands
Parents: Thierry and Yolande van Dessel
Siblings: Twin sister Flore, as well as sister, Rymme (17)
Major: Mass communications (public relations)

Honors and Awards
● 2009 All-CAA Preseason Team
● 2008 Second Team All-CAA

While With The Rams
● Enjoyed breakout sophomore campaign.
● Led Rams in 2008 with 12 goals and 29 points.
● Scored three game-winning goals for VCU in 2008. Has four game-winners in her career.
● Attempted 59 of VCU’s 137 shots in 2008.
● Provided two goals and one assist during freshman year in 2007.
● Was credited with her first career hat trick, scoring three goals in a win over Penn Sept. 14, 2008.
● Logged two goals and two assists in a victory over Radford Sept. 7, 2008.
● Owns three multi-goal games.

Prior to VCU
● Member of Sint Odulphuslyceum field hockey club.
● Played for MHC HOCO MA1 and MHC Hoco Dames1 in the Netherlands

Getting to Know Marle van Dessel
● Lived in The Hague until 1994, when she moved to Palo Alto, Calif. Lived in Palo Alto until 1995, when she moved to Oisterwijk, Netherlands.
● Her twin sister, Flore, also plays field hockey for the Rams.