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Swarthmore College

Swarthmore College Athletics
 500 College Avenue Swarthmore, PA 19081
Division 3 Pennsylvania Northeast
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Karen Borbee

Karen Emas Borbee began as the women's lacrosse head coach and Professor of Physical Education and Athletics at Swarthmore College in 1993. During her tenure, Borbee has been the head coach of four different sport teams: women’s soccer, basketball, lacrosse and field hockey.


In October 2020, she was named the Interim Director of Athletics.


In 2019, Borbee was named a recipient of the 2019 Tewaaraton Legends Award.


Borbee holds an overall record of 253-195 in 28 seasons as head women’s lacrosse coach, the second most wins among current coaches in the Centennial Conference. During this time she has produced nine All-Americans.


In 1984, Borbee graduated with honors from the University of Delaware, where she had an outstanding lacrosse career. She currently still holds 18 different University of Delaware scoring records dating back to the 1981-1984 seasons. She was a three-time All-American and was a member of the 1981 and 1982 AIAW Division II National Championship teams and the 1983 NCAA Division I National Championship team. Borbee was also named Most Valuable Player at the NCAA tournament in 1983.


For 32 years, Borbee held the NCAA Division I record for most goals in a season (98). She still holds the record for most points in a game (16) and most goals per game in a career (4.65). In addition, she still holds two NCAA Championship records for Most Goals in a Game (7 in 1983) and Most Goals in a Tournament (17 in 1984).


In 2001, Borbee was inducted into the US Lacrosse National Lacrosse Hall of Fame as well as the Pennsylvania Lacrosse Hall of Fame. She followed those honors with the inductions into the inaugural class of the University of Delaware Sports Hall of Fame as well as the Delaware County Sports Hall of Fame. She is a recipient of the Penncrest High School Distinguished Alumni Award and will be inducted into the school's Athletics Ring of Honor in January 2017.


As a member of the USA team from 1981-1984 and 1988-1993, Borbee competed internationally on many occasions, representing the U.S. against Canada, Scotland, Wales, England, and Australia. Borbee was also a member of the 1989 World Cup team who won the World Cup Championship in Perth, Australia.


In addition to her lacrosse success, Borbee has served on a variety of committees including being named the chair of the NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Rules Committee from 2007-2010. She also was a co-founder of the Snell-Shillingford Coaching Symposium (http://www.centennial.org/Symposium/about), an opportunity for undergraduate female student-athletes in the Centennial Conference to explore career and leadership opportunities in athletics.


Prior to coming to Swarthmore College in 1990, Borbee spent six years as a mathematics teacher and coach at Strath Haven High School in Wallingford, Pa. Borbee currently resides in Swarthmore, Pa. with her family.

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Kathy Krannebitter

Kathy Krannebitter was named the associate head coach for women's lacrosse at Swarthmore College in the 2020-21 school year and has been an assistant coach with the program since 2011-12. She retired after a 26-year career, coaching both Division I field hockey and lacrosse (12 years) at West Chester University. A 1982 graduate of West Chester University (WCSC), Krannebitter was a starter on the 1978 national championship field hockey team, and played for the 1982 lacrosse team that finished seventh in the AIAW National Tournament.


Prior to coaching at West Chester, Krannebitter served as an assistant field hockey and softball coach at the University of North Carolina from 1982-85.


In 1985, Krannebitter returned to West Chester, this time to coach field hockey and lacrosse coach from 1985-97. Following the 1997 season, she stepped down from the lacrosse program to concentrate full time on the Division I field hockey program. While coaching lacrosse, she led the program to eight straight Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Championships, and an ECAC Championship (1991). She was the PSAC Coach of the Year twice (1994,1997), and the IWLCA Division II Coach of the Year in 1987.


Her field hockey teams qualified for the NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championships in both 1986 and '87. Her '87 team was ranked as high as No. 2 in the weekly national poll. During the time they were in the A10, the Golden Rams twice captured the Atlantic 10 Regular Season Championship ('97, '98), and qualified for six A10 playoff appearances. In 2006, she captured her 200th career victory.


Krannebitter also had extensive experience with US Field Hockey. She was a member of the Coaching Committee for US Hockey, and chaired it for several years. She coached many years in the US Developmental System, and in 1994 led her team to the gold medal in the United States Sports Festival in St. Louis.


Krannebitter has over 32 years of camp coaching experience. Upon returning to West Chester, she successfully directed both Field Hockey and Lacrosse Camps at the University and beyond.


In 2011, Krannebitter formed Above & Beyond Sports as an avenue to promote sport through camps, clinics, and lessons. ABS is an extension of her desire to bring quality coaching to the young athletes in the area. Her goal is to help instill her love of sport to the aspiring athlete. The ABS Camps are in their seventh year.


Krannebitter has been named to four halls of fame, including Kenwood High School’s Athletic and School Halls of Fame, West Chester University (field hockey and lacrosse national championship teams), and Chester County Sports Hall of Fame.

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