Kutztown University Athletics

Wesner won her 300th career game at KU with a 3-2 overtime win at Mercyhurst on September 20th, 2008. In her 33 years with KU, Wesner has compiled a record of 344-257-15 (.571).

She has been named the PSAC Coach of the Year five times.

In 2010, KU won 12 games and secured a winning record for the fourth consecutive season.  A major win for the Golden Bears was a 4-3 overtime victory over C.W. Post at home on Oct. 30.  Four players were selected to All-PSAC teams and two were selected to All-American teams. 

The 2009 squad lost in the quarterfinals of the PSAC playoffs to Shippensburg by a score of 2-0. The highlight of the season came with a 2-1 win over then ranked No. 1 Bloomsburg on September 12th. Wesner has led the Golden Bears to three-straight PSAC trips to the playoffs and five of the past six years.

In 2007, her team became the first KU woman's program to receive a No. 1 NCAA ranking during the regular season.

During the 2004 and 2005 seasons, Wesner''s teams combined for 29 wins and back-to-back trips to the PSAC playoffs. In 2005, the Golden Bears were ranked as high as third among NCAA Division II teams and second in the South Region. In 2004, KU ranked as high as fourth in Division II and third in the region. Wesner, the 2004 PSAC Coach of the Year, recorded her 250th career win vs. Shippensburg in 2004.

From 2000-03, the Golden Bears won 32 games. During the 1999 season, Wesner recorded her 200th career victory, an overtime decision over Mercyhurst, with the winning goal scored by her daughter, Sarah. In 1998, Wesner's team reached the PSAC playoffs.

In 1997, the Golden Bears reached the pinnacle of success, advancing to the NCAA Division II Championship game for the first time in school history. For her effort, Wesner was named NFHCA Division II Coach of the Year, as well as NFHCA South Region, PSAC and Kutztown University Women's Coach of the Year.

Wesner was named PSAC Coach of the Year after her 1988 squad recorded a school-record 18 wins and finished fifth in the national tournament. She has captured three PAIAW conference crowns, while coaching one national player of the year, 40 national All-Americans, eight all-regional selections, 19 PAIAW all-stars, and 56 All-PSAC honorees.

Her team has earned the NFHCA Team Academic Award each of the past five seasons, finishing in the top five in Division II in team GPA each year.

Wesner has taken her team on international tours to Great Britain, Holland and Australia to compete against some of the best teams those countries have to offer.

Wesner served as head women's lacrosse coach at KU from 1984-90. She was the director of equal opportunity in sports from 1985-1987 and has served as the department's compliance officer. Prior to KU, Wesner taught health and physical education and coached field hockey in the Twin Valley School District. Her 1975 squad won the Berks County title.

Wesner serves on several field hockey committees, including that of the PSAC, NFHCA and the NCAA national selection committee. She has served as the president of the Lehigh Valley Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women.

Wesner received a bachelor's degree in health and physical education from West Chester in 1971. Wesner and her husband, Doug, reside in Exeter Township. Their son, Joshua, passed away in April 2000 after a courageous battle with Hodgkin's Disease. Their daughter, Sarah, was a member of the field hockey team from 1997-2000, and was a team captain in 2000. She graduated with a degree in social work and a minor in anthropology from KU in 2002. Sarah returned to KU in 2007 as the head women's lacrosse coach, after serving as head field hockey coach and assistant lacrosse coach at Gwynedd-Mercy College.