Arcadia University Athletics

	Mary Conklin Mary Conklin spent most of her professional career as a teacher and coach, which included 11 years at Arcadia, where she introduced women’s lacrosse. During the 1940s and 1950s, she coached both field hockey and lacrosse. Her record is outstanding, and she produced many All-Americans in lacrosse, including Jane Oswald '52, who was elected to the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1994. When the Olympics introduced women’s track and field in Amsterdam in 1928, Conklin ran on the United States 400-meter relay team and won a silver medal. It was her senior year at DePauw University. She also is a member of the DePauw Athletic Hall of Fame and the Pennsylvania Lacrosse Hall of Fame. She was one of the founders of the Long Island Field Hockey Association and for seven years played on the U.S. Women’s Lacrosse Team. She spent most of her professional career as a teacher and coach. She retired from full-time teaching in 1974 and went on to volunteer at a physical education program for youngsters in her hometown of Stoddard, N.H. At Arcadia, Conklin was a very dedicated coach, and alumnae respected her and considered her one of the best parts of their college experience. Also, according to many of our alumnae she had a significant affect on the women, athletics and the history of this institution. Betty King Manual accepted the award on behalf of Mary Conklin.
	Miki Waldman DeBaise ’66 Miki DeBaise played field hockey, basketball and lacrosse all four years. She was selected an "All College" First Team in field hockey for two years. She was captain of the field hockey team. She also was named to the U.S. Lacrosse Team and the U.S. Reserve Field Hockey Team and was a member of the U.S. Lacrosse World Touring Team and the Great Britain-Ireland Touring Team. She became a United States Tennis Association professional following graduation and was the winner of the over 40 National Team Championships Doubles in 1990.
	Bette Landman, President Emerita As President for 18 years, Bette Landman put our university on the national map in athletics. She was Chair of the Presidents Committee and a leader of the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference, of which Arcadia was a charter member. She became active in the NCAA as early as 1995, chaired numerous committees, and was selected to be on the Presidents Council of the NCAA in 2000. She served as Chair of Division III in 2002-03.
	Betty King Manuel ’53 Betty Manuel played field hockey, basketball and lacrosse all four years and was Captain of both the basketball and lacrosse teams. Under her leadership and athletic abilities, the field hockey and lacrosse teams remained undefeated all four years. She was a member of the U.S. Lacrosse Team and the U.S. Touring Team, which was undefeated as well. She became a coach for the women’s lacrosse team and was well-respected by her players.
	Maureen O’Connell Martin ’91 Maureen Martin was a three-sport athlete, playing basketball, soccer and softball all four years. In basketball and soccer, she was Captain and All-Conference as Most Valuable Player. Her coaches placed her at the very top of their lists as the most outstanding athlete on their teams. She scored more than 1,000 career points in basketball.
	Dorothy Moffett ’46 Dorothy Moffett was an early pioneer in the field of athletics and was one of the most outstanding female athletes of the 1940s. She played field hockey and basketball for four years and tennis for two years. After graduating, she played on the U.S. Lacrosse Team from 1947-54. She played on the U.S. Field Hockey Touring Team in 1948 in England and Holland, in 1950 in South Africa, and in 1953 in England. For 10 years, she played field hockey in Great Britain.
	Jane Oswald ’52 Jane Oswald is an outstanding example of the multi-sport greats. She played field hockey and women’s basketball all four years and lacrosse for three years. She was selected to the U.S. Lacrosse Team and played in Great Britain and Ireland. She was elected to the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1994.
	Martyn E. Palmer ’86, ’96M Marty Palmer is one of the best men's basketball athletes in the history of athletics at Beaver College and Arcadia University, scoring 1,932 points over his four years. He was a Conference All Star in Basketball for all four years and earned the title of Most Valuable Male Athlete in 1986. He was a regional basketball all star and regional tennis champion. Between playing sports, he also was the sports editor of the college paper and assisted with the basketball program after he graduated.
	Matthew D. Wentzel ’97 Matt Wentzel played soccer, tennis and golf and was Captain and Most Valuable Player of the Conference in all three sports. He played tennis and golf in the same season and was Conference Champion in both sports. He went on to become a golf pro and was the head pro at several prestigious courses in New Jersey and Maryland.

National Championship Rifle Teams 1948, 1950, 1951 In 1939, the National Rifle Team regularly competed in the National Women's Intercollegiate Championships. In matches from 1939 through 1951, the Arcadia team finished among the top three teams. In 1948, with Coach Linford Schober, the team won its first National Championship. Margaret Mitchell also won the overall college championship. The team was so good that the U.S. Marine Corps squad challenged the college women to a match. Much to the Marines' chagrin, they lost by a score of 979 to 973. In 1950 and again in 1951, the team repeated its stellar performance, winning the National Women’s Intercollegiate Championship. Top scorer Nancy Mitchell '50 and Marilyn Johnson '52, both of whom obtained a score of 496 out of a possible 500, led the 1950 team to victory. The top scorer in the 1951 Nationals was Virginia Fulmer ’51, with 498 points out of a possible 500. The team shot 2,474 out of a possible 2,500 points. 1948 Rifle Team Nancy Mitchell Anderson ’50 Joy Freas Coleman ’50? Lucille Kraske Connell '48 Barbara Klein Fraser ’50? JoAnn Lissfelt Nassutti ’52 Marilyn Johnson Reilley ’51 Mary Bunjevac Timmerman ’50 1950 Rifle Team Ellen Rich Allen ’52 Marilyn Cook Bulkley ’50 Annette Lauer Collins ’51 Juanita (Nita) Phillips Davis ’54 Barbara Jones Earle ’52 Beverly Gifford Gottschalk ’53 Virginia Fulmer Haist ’51 Marjorie Hicks ’51 Dorothy Johnston Hoppe ’51 Edith Roberts Jameson ’51 Elizabeth Flanagan Jones ’50 (dec.) Marjorie Updegrove Kaskey ’52 Ann Little ’53 Jo Ann Lissfelt Nassutti ’52 Eleanor Irwin Owens ’53 Marilyn Johnson Reilley ’51 Louise Bucher Sharp ’51 Helene Fox Tobias ’51 Suzanne Divine Williams ’52 1951 Rifle Team Joan Christopher Aliotta ’55 Elaine (Pat) Whiteman Doolittle ’53 Beverly Rappaport Goldberg ’53 Beverly Gifford Gottschalk ’53 Ruth Weber High ’54 Marjorie Updegrove Kaskey ’52 Ann Little ’53 Joan Whelihan Lundborg ’53 Beverly Darling McLean ’54 Jo Ann Lissfelt Nassutti ’52 Matilda Vincent Nicholson ’53 (dec.) Faith Nightingale ’53 Nancy Norman ’53 Rosemary Steunenberg-Laporte ’53 Pamela Gross Wilder ’53