Upcoming Event: Field Hockey at William & Mary on September 12, 2025 at 4 p.m.
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4 p.m.
Field Hockey
at William & Mary
2024 Field Hockey Roster
Veen, Josephine
Jersey Number 15
Josephine Veen
- Position:
- Defense
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Zeist, The Netherlands
Bio
Honors: All-ACC Academic Team (2023) … ACC Academic Honor Roll (2023).
Career: Started 43 games as a back in two seasons … Registered one assist.
2024: Started all 20 games on defense … A key member of Duke’s defensive penalty corner unit … Instrumental in anchoring Duke to a program-record and nation’s-best 12 shutouts … Helped the Blue Devils finished with a 0.67 goals against average to rank third nationally.
2023: Started all 23 games as a back … Recorded first career point with an assist in win over Longwood (9/8) … Helped the Blue Devils to nine shutouts and a 1.02 goals against average … The 1.02 goals against average was the fourth lowest in Duke single-season history … All-ACC Academic Team … ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Before Duke: Played for the hockey club Schaerweijde … In 2017, Veen helped lead Schaerweijde to the U14 national championship as a central defender … Played in the national league and captured several regional titles throughout her scholastic career … Was invited to play in the first ladies team of the club in her final season … Club plays at the third highest level of the Netherlands … Also selected to the regional team and was chosen as a captain during her time with the club … Has been a part of the Netherlands National Team program, playing for the U12, U14 and U16 squads. She most recently was a part of the pre-selections of the U18 team in December 2021.
Personal: Daugher of Stephan and Suzan Veen … Has one brother … Parents both played field hockey professionally in the Netherlands … Both played in the Olympics in Sydney (2000), Atlanta (1996) and Barcelona (1992) … Father, Stephan, won two Olympic Gold medals, while her mother, Suzan, garnered a pair of Olympic Bronze medals … Brother, Lucas, is a current member of the Dutch U21 National Team and plays in the highest league in the Netherlands.
Career: Started 43 games as a back in two seasons … Registered one assist.
2024: Started all 20 games on defense … A key member of Duke’s defensive penalty corner unit … Instrumental in anchoring Duke to a program-record and nation’s-best 12 shutouts … Helped the Blue Devils finished with a 0.67 goals against average to rank third nationally.
2023: Started all 23 games as a back … Recorded first career point with an assist in win over Longwood (9/8) … Helped the Blue Devils to nine shutouts and a 1.02 goals against average … The 1.02 goals against average was the fourth lowest in Duke single-season history … All-ACC Academic Team … ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Before Duke: Played for the hockey club Schaerweijde … In 2017, Veen helped lead Schaerweijde to the U14 national championship as a central defender … Played in the national league and captured several regional titles throughout her scholastic career … Was invited to play in the first ladies team of the club in her final season … Club plays at the third highest level of the Netherlands … Also selected to the regional team and was chosen as a captain during her time with the club … Has been a part of the Netherlands National Team program, playing for the U12, U14 and U16 squads. She most recently was a part of the pre-selections of the U18 team in December 2021.
Personal: Daugher of Stephan and Suzan Veen … Has one brother … Parents both played field hockey professionally in the Netherlands … Both played in the Olympics in Sydney (2000), Atlanta (1996) and Barcelona (1992) … Father, Stephan, won two Olympic Gold medals, while her mother, Suzan, garnered a pair of Olympic Bronze medals … Brother, Lucas, is a current member of the Dutch U21 National Team and plays in the highest league in the Netherlands.
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