My First Match Holding a Whistle: Mary Driscoll

When Mary Driscoll received the call for the possibility of umpiring her first international tournament, she practically dropped the phone and had a 2-year-old on her hip but luckily didn’t drop her. As it happened, an umpire from South America became unavailable for the 2012 Junior Pan American Championships schedule about six weeks away in Guadalajara, Mexico. Therefore, USA Field Hockey was asked if they could supply an up and coming umpire who would be available. On the call, Driscoll was both excited and nervous knowing this was going to be a huge decision in her life.