Christy Morgan (2004) - JMU Athletics Hall of Fame - James Madison University Athletics

Christy Morgan

Induction:
2004

Former James Madison field hockey coach Christy Morgan was inducted into James Madison University’s Sports Hall of Fame on Friday, April 2, 2004.

Morgan led the JMU field hockey team to the 1994 NCAA national championship and to five NCAA tournament appearances (1993-95, 1997, 1999) during her nine seasons as the Dukes’ coach. Her teams reached back-to-back Final Fours (1994, 1995) and won the 1995 CAA title.

Morgan’s teams were unbeaten in CAA regular-season play in 1994 and 1995 and had a 20-game regular-season winning streak against CAA teams from 1994-96. Her overall record from 1991-99 at JMU was 133-66-2.

Morgan was named the NCAA South Region Coach of the Year and CAA Coach of the Year in 1993, and she was an assistant coach with the U.S. Under-21 Team in 1995 and 1996. Her players won All-America honors 14 times, and midfielder Carole Thate was the 1996 winner of the Honda Award for the NCAA's top field hockey player.

Morgan's players were also winners in the classroom, receiving National Academic Squad accolades 25 times.

The Norristown, Pa., native and former Olympian (1988, alternate 1984) is the only person to win the NCAA field hockey championship as a coach and as a player (at Old Dominion in 1982, 1983 and 1984).