Karen Shelton attended West Chester State College where she led them to three NCAA hockey (field) titles. Shelton made the US Olympic team in both 1980 and 1984, winning a bronze medal in 1984. In 1981 she was named field hockey coach at the University of North Carolina (UNC), and through 2015, coached there for 35 years. Shelton was named National Coach of the Year five times (1994-96, 2007, 2009), and led UNC to six NCAA championships (1989, 1995-97, 2007, 2009) and nine runner-up finishes. She was named ACC Coach of the Year eight times (1986-89, 1994, 2000, 2004, 2007).
Shelton is a member of the National Field Hockey Coaches Association Hall of Fame (inducted in 2008), the US Field Hockey Association Hall of Fame (inducted as a player in 1989), and the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame (inducted in 2010). She married Willie Scroggs, who was a long-time lacrosse coach and then assistant athletic director at UNC.
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