Ayeisha McFerran (born 10 January 1996) is an Ireland women's field hockey international. She was a member of the Ireland team that played in the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup final. She was also named Goalkeeper of the Tournament. McFerran was also a member of the Pegasus team that won the 2014–15 Women's Irish Hockey League. Between 2015 and 2017 she was named three times as an NFHCA All-American while playing for Louisville Cardinals.

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Ayeisha McFerran

Personal information
Born	(1996-01-10) 10 January 1996 (age 28) [1][2] County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Kampong
Youth career
2008–2014	Larne Grammar School
Senior career
Years	Team
20xx–2014	Randalstown
2014–2015	Pegasus
2015–2019	Louisville Cardinals
2019–	Kampong
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–	Ireland	73	(0)
Medal record World Cup 2018 London

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McFerran is originally from Larne. She is the daughter of George and Sandra McFerran. She has three siblings, Tamara, Reece and Shea. Her mother died when McFerran was 15. She was educated at Larne Grammar School and at the University of Louisville. In addition to playing field hockey, in her youth McFerran was an Irish dancer and played the flute.^{[3][2][4][5][6][7][8][9]}

McFerran made her senior debut for Ireland against Spain on 11 January 2014, the day after her 18th birthday.^{[7][8][9][11][12]} In March 2015 McFerran was a member of the Ireland team that won a 2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League Round 2 tournament hosted in Dublin, defeating Canada in the final after a penalty shoot-out. McFerran, regarded as a shoot-out specialist, replaced Emma Gray specifically for the shoot-out and subsequently saved three penalties.^{[8][9][17][21][22]} She was also a member of the Ireland team that won the 2015 Women's EuroHockey Championship II, defeating the Czech Republic 5–0 in the final.^[23] In January 2017 she was also a member of the Ireland team that won a 2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League Round 2 tournament in Kuala Lumpur, defeating Malaysia 3–0 in the final.^[24]

McFerran represented Ireland at the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup and was a prominent member of the team that won the silver medal.^{[6][25][26][27][28][29]} She featured in all of Ireland's games throughout the tournament, including the pool games against the United States,^[30] India,^[31] and England,^[32] the quarter-final against India,^[33] the semi-final against Spain ^[34] and the final against the Netherlands.^[35] Both the quarter-final against India ^[36][37][38] and the semi-final against Spain ^[39] were decided by penalty shoot-out and McFerran was instrumental in Ireland reaching the final. She saved three penalties against India and four against Spain. On the way to the final she conceded just three goals in five matches and she was subsequently named Goalkeeper of the Tournament.^{[40][41][42][43][44][45][46]}

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Tournaments	Place
2014 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I[47]	2nd
2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League[48][49]	15th
→ 2015 Dublin Tournament[21][22]	1st
2015 Women's EuroHockey Championship II[23]	1st
2016 Hawke's Bay Cup[50][51]	5th
2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League[24]	13th
→ 2017 Kuala Lumpur Tournament[24]	1st
2017 Women's Four Nations Cup[52]	2nd
2018 Women's Hockey World Cup[32][34][53]
2018–19 Women's FIH Series Finals[54][55]	2nd
2019 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship[56][57]	5th

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Ireland

• Women's Hockey World Cup
  • Runners Up: 2018
• Women's FIH Hockey World League
  • Winners: 2015 Dublin, 2017 Kuala Lumpur
• Women's EuroHockey Championship II
  • Winners: 2015
• Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I
  • Runners Up: 2014
• Women's FIH Hockey Series
  • Runners Up: 2019 Banbridge
• Women's Four Nations Cup
  • Runners Up: 2017

Pegasus

• Women's Irish Hockey League
  • Winners: 2014–15

Individual

• NFHCA All-American
  • Winner: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
• Goalkeeper of the Tournament
  • Winner: 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup