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Betty Shellenberger served as the head coach for the Chestnut Hill College badminton program from 1950-56, 1960-61, and 1964-77, the field hockey program from 1964-77, and the lacrosse program from 1965-77. Betty’s place in the history of lacrosse and field hockey reaches far beyond the campus of Chestnut Hill College. She is a 2008 inductee to The Eastern Pennsylvania Lacrosse Hall of Fame, a 2005 inductee to The Agnes Irwin School Athletic Hall of Fame, a 1994 inductee to the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame, a 1988 inductee to the USA Field Hockey Hall of Fame, and a 1986 inductee to the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame. Betty served as the President for the United States Women’s Lacrosse Association from 1967-68 after a brilliant playing career with the USA Field Hockey National Team (1939-41, 1946-55, and 1960) and the USA Lacrosse National Team (1940-61); her 21 years on the national field hockey team is the longest in the history of USA Field Hockey. Betty was named a Distinguished Daughter of Pennsylvania in 1987 for her contribution to sports. She also founded the Chestnuts and Hillers Hockey Clubs of the Philadelphia Field Hockey Association, which often carried many of Chestnut Hill College alumni.
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