Hall of Athletes
In only its sixth year of competition, and in the eleventh year of coeducation at La Salle, the Explorers garnered another national championship. Coached by Joan Broderick, the women's field hockey team won the Eastern title at Loyola of Baltimore, then swept through Northeastern, Eastern Illinois, Denver, and Southwest Missouri State to win the AIAW [Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women] (Division II) crown. The team finished with a 19-6 record, winning their last 12 games.
The team members were: Joann Weber Frank, '82, Nancy A. Richards, '83, Elizabeth Crawford Gibbs, '82, Carol Weber Shields, '83, Patricia Ann Hopkins, '81, Victoria M. Smith, '83, Mary Kaiser Gillespie, '82, Laura Frieze Swezey, '81, Cindy Ambruoso McCutcheon, '81, Helen Neary Swiski, '83, Kathleen A. McGahey, '82, Mary M. Trautwein, '83, Barbara A. McGugan, '83, Diane Vitagliano,'81, Sheila Smith O'Connell, '81, Kelly A. Walker, '83, Joan Ferrari Rafferty, '84, Elizabeth McCabe Wills, '81.
