>> I grew up in a small town in Aldan, Pennsylvania, outside of Philadelphia --
Lansdowne-Aldan High School was the high school,
and it was 7 through 12 in one building, and when I was offered the opportunity to come
to Penn State and get a scholarship to play field hockey and lacrosse, it was very important
to me because I didn't come from a wealthy family.
I came from a very blue-collar family.
So I came here to Penn State and just never looked back.
Just was excited about having the opportunity to put on the blue and white uniform
and try to be the best player that I could be every day at practice,
trying to be the best teammate that I could be.
Starting in 1978, the 1980 Moscow Olympics decided that they were going
to put women's field hockey as one of their sports for the Olympic Games in 1980.
So in 1978 I had the opportunity to train to be an Olympian.
I really couldn't dream of being an Olympian before because field hockey wasn't
in the Olympics, and unfortunately in 1980, April of 1980, President Carter mandated
that we were going to boycott the games in Moscow.
So I was really, really sad.
Very, very devastating and, you know, I had to think, what am I going to do now?
And it took me a nanosecond.
I'm going to train for 1984.
I was young enough.
That's what I am going to do, and from the Olympics I took a head coaching job
at Boston College, and from Boston College I coached hockey and lacrosse.
In 1987 my coach retired.
So I came down here in '87 and have been here ever since.