Char Morett-Curtiss has been a fixture at Penn State for over 35 years between her time as a coach and as a player.
But, the Olympian and 34th-year coach of the field hockey program almost never made it to Happy Valley.
A 1979 Penn State graduate, Morett-Curtiss was lucky that Penn State was so ahead of the curve in offering women athletic scholarships, one of the few Division I schools to do so at the time.
“When my high school coach came to me and said Penn State wanted to offer me a scholarship to play field hockey and lacrosse, I was really taken back because I didn’t even know women were offered scholarships,” Morett-Curtiss said.