[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17768]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         COACH CHARLENE MORETT

  (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to give 
credit to a coach who has just reached the milestone of a 400th career 
win.
  It was almost 2 months ago when the Penn State field hockey team shut 
out Temple University 4-0. They were coached by Charlene Morett, the 
longest tenured coach in the Big Ten and the seventh-longest tenured 
coach at a single school in Division I field hockey. She is in her 24th 
season as head coach of the Penn State field hockey program. This makes 
her only the fourth Division I field hockey coach in NCAA history to 
hit the 400-victory plateau.
  In 2008, Morett led her team to the Big Ten regular season title and 
was named Big Ten Coach of the Year for the fourth time. Five of her 
players have been named Big Ten Athlete of the Year.
  Morett is a graduate of Penn State and an outstanding field hockey 
player in her own right. She is a two-time Olympian, winning a bronze 
medal in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, and she was also an All-
American lacrosse player.
  I congratulate Morett and her team for their accomplishments.

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