Since 1988, Sally Scatton has directed one of the premier field hockey programs in the nation. The Herons have captured three NCAA Division III National Championships (1992, 1997, 2000) and one ECAC Mid-Atlantic Championship (1999) in 18 postseason appearances.

William Smith has reached the NCAA Regional Final 13 times in her 18 seasons. The Herons have won at least 12 games every year under Scatton’s watchful eye, and they’ve never suffered a losing season.

In Liberty League play, the Herons have won seven of the 11 crowns contested since the League was founded in 1995. An outstanding mentor, Scatton has overseen the development of eight Liberty League Players of the Year. A five-time Liberty League Coach of the Year, she earned the NFHCA Regional and National Coach of the Year honors in 1992, 1997, and 2000, and garnered her fourth regional award in 2004.

William Smith’s most recent national championship came courtesy of a record setting run. Scatton’s charges lost their season opener on the road, but responded with a single season record 20 consecutive victories, including a perfect 7-0 mark in the Liberty League. With the Herons, Scatton has posted an impressive 295-79-3 (.786) record.

An active member of the NCAA’s committee structure, Scatton is the chair of the Division III Field Hockey Committee.

An accomplished coach of not only field hockey, but lacrosse, basketball, and swimming as well, Scatton has guided teams at Cornell University, Wells College, and Gorham High School in Maine.

A 1975 magna cum laude graduate of Ithaca College, she played four years of field hockey and lacrosse and three years of basketball, earning the school’s Senior Woman Athlete of the Year award. In the fall of 1997 Scatton was inducted into the Ithaca College Sports Hall of Fame. She earned a master’s degree in education from Cortland in 1981.

Scatton has two sons, Brandon H’02 and Nathaniel H’06.

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