Sharon E. Taylor, Director of Athletics
staylor@lhup.edu

          Sharon E. Taylor is serving in her 17^th year as director of athletics at Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania.  She was appointed to the position in 1988 after serving as the interim director in 1987-88.  Taylor is responsible for coordinating and directing LHU’s 18 intercollegiate sports.  The majority of Bald Eagle and Lady Eagle teams compete at the Division II level, with the exception of the Bald Eagle wrestling squad, which competes at the Division I level.  In both 2001 and 2002, the Lock Haven athletics program captured the PSAC's Dixon Trophy, awarded to the most successful all-around athletics program in the 14-member conference.

             The former head women’s field hockey coach at LHU, Taylor earned an impressive 333-96-27 record at the helm of the Lady Eagles from 1973-95, making her the winningest coach in Lock Haven University history.  Only the second field hockey coach in LHU’s first 50 years of the sport, Taylor guided the Haven to six national championships (one AIAW and five NCAA), seven Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference titles and seven additional national championship or semi-final appearances.  In 1995, in her final season as head coach, Taylor led the Lady Eagles to a perfect 21-0 record and her final PSAC and NCAA Division II crowns.  In addition, her 1979 lacrosse team won the first Division II national championship sponsored by the United States Women’s Lacrosse Association.
            Organizationally, Taylor is the current president of the United States Field Hockey Association, serving in that position since January, 2001.  Since 1987, she had been the association's representative to the U.S. Olympic Committee Board of Directors and a member of the Executive Committee of the USFHA.  She is the former president of the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators, has served in the past as president of the Eastern College Athletic Conference, the Eastern Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women, and as vice president for Division III of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women.  Additional administrative experiences include terms as president and vice president of the College Field Hockey Coaches Association, a member of the NCAA Women’s Lacrosse and Field Hockey Committees, a U.S. Delegate to the International Federation of Women’s Hockey Associations and as a consultant to the President’s Commission on Olympic Sport.  She continues to serve on numerous committees in the NCAA and U.S. Olympic Committee.
            Among Taylor’s many contributions to the field of athletics, she is responsible for having conceived and initiated the idea for a collegiate championship in field hockey.  Working first within the USFHA and later in conjunction with the AIAW, she guided the origination and development of the championship, which was the forerunner of today’s NCAA’s Championship.
            Taylor is a graduate of Lock Haven State College and earned her master’s degree at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.  She is an assistant professor in the College of Education and Human Services and has served as an associate athletic director at LHU.
            Taylor has been honored as the National Administrator of the Year by the NACWAA (1988), with Josten’s Female Administrator of the Year Award by the ECAC (1997), the National Association for Girls and Women in Sport Pathfinder Award (1996) and the HERitatge Award of the Pennsylvania State Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (1995).  She was named field hockey “coach of the year” in Division II of the NCAA in 1993, 1994 and 1995, and by the PSAC in 1989, 1992, 1994 and 1995.  In 1991, Taylor was inducted into the Clinton County Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame, In 1988, she received the prestigious Katherine Ley Award, presented by the ECAC, for outstanding contributions to women’s athletics.

         Peter Campbell begins his third full year as an administrative staff member in the Lock Haven Department of Athletics and his second year as the Associate Director of Athletics after one and a half years as the Assistant Athletics Director.  Prior to his administrative position, he was the Lock Haven women's soccer coach from 1999-2000.  
         Campbell first joined the LHU community in July of 1999 after a successful two-year stint at Baldwin-Wallace College as the head men's soccer coach. There he built a 21-14-3 record, including a 12-7-1 ledger in 1998 which set a school record for wins in a season.   

     As the head coach at Lock Haven, Campbell led the Lady Eagles to the program's first ever NCAA Division II national tournament appearance in 1999 and returned again in the 2000 season.  He guided the team to its first-ever Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference title, also in 1999, and defended that title in the 2000 campaign.  Overall, his teams recorded a 31-6-4 mark in his two seasons at the helm.  Twice the PSAC and Northeast Region Coach of the Year, Campbell helped guide three Lady Eagle players to All-America status as well as 10 selections to both the All-Northeast Region and All-PSAC squads.
          His coaching experience extends beyond the collegiate level as well. In addition to coaching at numerous camps and clinics, Campbell spent two years as the head coach of the Ohio North State Olympic Development Program team from 1997-99. 
          Campbell also had a successful playing career in soccer, both on the collegiate level and professionally. In college, he was a four-year starter for the Gannon University Golden Knights from 1987-1990, helping to lead his squad to two NCAA Division II Final Four appearances in 1989 and 1990.   Other playing experience includes stints with the Northern Ireland Youth National Team, as well as a standout professional career, playing for the Larne Football Club in the Irish League and St. Catherine's Roma Club in the Canadian National Soccer League. While Campbell was with St. Catherine's, the squad won the Ontario Cup and the Canadian Cup. 
           Adding to his knowledge and contributions to the sport, Campbell has his USSF "B" License and has also earned his NSCAA National Coaching Certificate.
           In addition to his soccer duties, Campbell understands the value of education, having obtained his law degree from Cleveland Marshall College of Law in 1995.