by Chip Rogers
Winning a region title in field hockey is a great accomplish- ment as a team, and winning the first one for your school just adds to the bond the team has already established. Doing it in dramatic fashion never hurts, as the Green Dragons of Maggie Walker Governor’s School did in November 2010. on a short corner late in overtime, junior Katy May took a pass from classmate Siobhan Rigby and sent the brightly-colored orange ball into the goal for what appeared to be the game-winner just before the horn sounded. When the umpires signaled the goal, the Maggie Walker sideline erupted as the team and their fans celebrated the first region title in school history.
“What I love about hockey is the team aspect and the community that is generated from it,” said Rigby, who was credited with the game-wining assist. “I have made so many friends from field hockey. My teammates are great; we support each other and we have a great time together on and off the field. I’m so appreciative that they are often the ones that will request that we use a brightly-colored orange ball when we have games. We are known as the ‘bright orange ball team’.
An athlete who simply loves the sport and team aspect, Rigby finds “exercise, skill, and projects much more enjoyable with other people and I am sure my opinions and feelings have been shaped by the people with whom I have interacted.” That interaction takes place both on the field and in the classroom. She plans on trying out for Maggie Walker’s “We
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the People . . . “ team in the fall. This competition is designed to help students “develop an understanding of our constitutional democracy, the skills necessary to participate as a responsible citizen, and the willingness to use democratic principles for making decisions.” Student teams research topics in six different units and compete in simulated congressional hearings, pleading their cases in front of experts.
“I’m very interested in political science,” commented Rigby. “To be able to work with a group and present a case to lawyers and doctors will be great preparation for the future.”
The future is bright for the junior. She is interested in continuing her hockey in college where she can pursue a career in medicine and political science, forming a foundation in which she can help citizens in other countries with rights and basic medical needs.
one of those needs is water, and the New orleans native has already found a way to combine her leadership skills in the international arena. Rigby helped organize a movie night at the historic Byrd Theatre in Richmond, in which they showed “Running the Sahara,” a documentary dedicated to the awareness of the need for clean water in Africa. The group raised funds to establish a clean water well in Mali for citizens in desperate need of such.
Leadership is a natural fit for Rigby, a bubbly teenager who
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