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50 YEARS—Taking Nothing for Granted: Karen Shelton’s Success

UNC Associate Athletic Communications Director, Retired

Even after nine NCAA titles, 23 Atlantic Coast Conference championships, 12 straight final four appearances and four decades at the helm of Carolina's celebrated field hockey program, head coach Karen Shelton does not take any of her program's success for granted.

Indeed, as Carolina celebrates 50 years of women's athletics, she knows her work is far from done.

"It's phenomenal to look at where our UNC women's programs – not just field hockey, but all of our Tar Heel teams – have come from and where they are now, in terms of the level of success we've had and the graduates who have gone on to do amazing things," Shelton said.