Karen Shelton


Karen Christina Shelton is a former field hockey player from the United States, who was a member of the national team that won the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. She attended West Chester State and was a member of three field hockey NCAA championship winning teams. She had previously qualified for the 1980 Olympic team but did not compete due to the Olympic Committee's boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia. As consolation, she was one of 461 athletes to receive a Congressional Gold Medal many years later.

College

While at West Chester State, Shelton won the Honda Award as the nation's best field hockey player three consecutive years, 1976–77, 1977–78, and 1978–79.

Coach

She has been the head coach for the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill since 1981 and since then has led the Tar Heels to eight NCAA Championships and eight NCAA runner-up finals.

Highlights

as of the end of the 2010 regular season*