ROBIN CASH

Athlete, North Penn HS, 1968

3 Yr Letter Winner: Field Hockey, Basketball, Softball
Coached Field Hockey Team at West Chester University to National Championship 1977
Coached Yale University to Ivy League Co-Championships,1980
Player and Coach: US Field Hockey and Lacrosse Teams
Inducted into Ursinus College & USFH Halls of Fame

Inducted 2005

North Penn High School, 1968

At North Penn H.S., Robin was a three year letter winner in field hockey, basketball, and softball; she was team captain in both field hockey and basketball.  In 1965, the field hockey team finished in a five-way tie for Bux-Mont champs. In 1966 her team won the Bux-Mont championship and Robin was named Suburban Sports Club Outstanding Performer in Field Hockey.  In 1967, Robin was named MVP on that Bux-Mont championship team.   Basketball: Bux-Mont Champs in 1967; Robin was named Evening and Sunday Bulletin Scholar Athlete, 1967; WNAR Outstanding Senior Girl Athlete, 1968; she played for the Pennsburg Shamrocks (East Coast Girls Softball League): Pennsylvania State Champions, 1966-1968; she was named East Coast Girls Softball League All-Star Outfield, 1968.   Robin was captain of Ambler Olympic Track Club.   Robin graduated from Ursinus College in  1972 where: she was a four year letter winner in field hockey, basketball, softball, and lacrosse;  she was selected to Philadelphia All-College Field Hockey (4 years, captain in 1967; Selected to Philadelphia All-College Lacrosse (3 years, captain in 1967 and 1968).  She was named to Philadelphia Sectional Field Hockey Team (1968-1979); Named to Philadelphia District Lacrosse Team (1968-1977); Member of U.S. Field Hockey Team (1977-1979) and Vice Captain (1974-1978); Member of U.S. Lacrosse Team (1970-1977).  Coaching and Teaching experience: Shady Grove Jr. H.S. (1972-1974) as a teacher of both boys' and girls' P.E., and Coached girls' field hockey, basketball, and lacrosse; West Chester State College (1974-1980):  P.E. Instructor and Coach of Field Hockey: EAIAW Region 1B Champs 1977, 1978;  AIAW National Champs 1977-1978;  Lacrosse, Coach of the Month, Sportswoman Magazine, January 1978. Yale University (1980-1984): Field Hockey and Lacrosse Coach; Ivy League field hockey co-champs, 1980; NCAA regional field hockey qualifier, 1980; NCAA regional lacrosse qualifier, 1984.   Among her other honors:  Vice President of Teams and Olympic Development of the USFHA, 1981-1984; Coach in the U.S. Field Hockey Olympic Development Program, 1979-1984; President of the Philadelphia Field Hockey Association, 1979; District Representative of the Philadelphia Women’s Lacrosse Association, 1976-1979; U.S. Field Hockey team manager to Seoul, Korea, 1987; Holland/Russia, 1989; Created Butte Loaded Ladies Slow Pitch Softball Team (only all-women’s team in a co-ed league).  Robin was inducted into the Ursinus College Hall of Fame and the U.S. Field Hockey Hall of Fame.  Kenyon College Head Lacrosse Coach - 1997-2002; Kenyon College Head Field Hockey and Lacrosse Coach - 2002-2005; North Coast Athletic Conference Field Hockey Coach of the Year – 2004; Great Lakes Association Field Hockey Coach of the Year - 2004