Feb. 4, 2011
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.; - After 29 years of dedicated service to Penn State University, Associate Athletic Director and Senior Woman Administrator Sue Delaney-Scheetz will retire from her post on March 31, 2011.
"It has been an honor to work for Penn State University for nearly 29 years, first as an assistant coach for field hockey and lacrosse while lecturing in the Department of Kinesiology, then as the head women's lacrosse coach and finally as an administrator," said Delaney-Scheetz. "I have coached, worked alongside and met so many wonderful people during my time here. Being part of the Nittany Lion family has been a truly unforgettable experience that I will treasure forever."
Delaney-Scheetz won two national championships as head coach of the Nittany Lions' women's lacrosse team. During her time as an administrator, Penn State women's teams have won four NCAA championships, 46 regular season Big Ten championships, and 11 conference tournament titles. Penn State also won three combined national titles in fencing during her time as SWA.
Since the fall of 2008, six Penn State's women's teams have won a combined 12 Big Ten titles. In addition to tremendous athletic success, Penn State's women's programs earned a combined 3.26 grade point average in 2008-09.
"We are very appreciative and grateful to Sue Delaney-Scheetz for her many significant contributions to Penn State Athletics and the University," said Tim Curley, Director of Athletics. "Sue has been a wonderful ambassador for Penn State throughout her tenure as a very successful teacher, coach and administrator. She has made many friends across the nation for the University and the department serving as a trusted member of Penn State, Big Ten and NCAA committees. Sue has great passion for Penn State and our student-athletes and we will miss her perspective, experience and keen sense of humor. We wish Sue all the best for a healthy and fulfilling retirement."
Delaney-Scheetz joined the Penn State staff as an assistant field hockey and lacrosse coach in 1982. She became the head lacrosse coach in 1986, spending four years in that position. She led Penn State to two national championships (1987 and 1989), accumulating a superb 67-9 record while also earning two National Coach of the Year awards.
She was promoted to Assistant Athletic Director in 1989 and became Associate Athletic Director and Senior Woman Administrator in 2002.
Delaney-Scheetz has served on numerous committees nationally as well as at the conference and University levels. Most recently, Delaney-Scheetz represented the Big Ten and Penn State as a member of the NCAA Championships Cabinet from 2005 to the summer of 2010. She also twice served as a member of the NCAA Women's Lacrosse Committee, first from 1987-93 and again from 1999-2003 as the committee's chair. She assisted with the U.S. National Lacrosse team, accompanying the team to the 1986 World Cup and to England and Scotland in 1987.
At the Big Ten level, Delaney-Scheetz served on the conference's Program and Budget Committee, Joint Group, Administrators Council, Legislative Review Committee, Sport Management Committee, and Sport Management Executive Committee at various times throughout her administrative tenure.
Delaney-Scheetz was also on the Faculty Senate Athletic Committee and the Women's Commission Sub-Committee for Athletics. She is an active member of both NACDA (National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics) and NACWAA (National Association of Collegiate Woman Athletics Administrators).
After notable achievements at all levels in the lacrosse community, Delaney-Scheetz was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2000, and is also a member of the U.S. Lacrosse Pennsylvania Chapter Hall of Fame. An alumna of West Chester State University, she lettered in lacrosse, basketball, field hockey and softball. In her senior year, she was a member of the basketball team that won the first National Invitational Basketball Championship for women. Delaney-Scheetz was inducted into the school's Hall of Fame in 1990. In 1998, she became a member of Delaware County's (Pa.) Hall of Fame for her accomplishments as a lacrosse coach, and in 2005 was elected to her home state of Delaware's Sports Museum Hall of Fame.
Before coming to Penn State, Delaney-Scheetz was a health and physical education teacher and coach in the Rose Tree Media School District from 1969-82. A successful lacrosse coach at Penncrest High School, she followed many of her outstanding high school's players to the Penn State campus.
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