SUNY Cortland Athletics

Jan Hathorn has served as the director of athletics at Washington and Lee University since 2007 and has been a long-time coach and administrator at the school.
 
* A native of Stanley, N.Y., she earned a Bachelor of Science in Education in Physical Education from Cortland in 1982 and a Master of Arts in Physical Education/Teacher Education from The Ohio State University in 1985.
 
* Member of Cortland's women's lacrosse squad from 1980-82 and also played both junior varsity lacrosse and basketball during her first year at the College in 1978-79.
 
* Team captain as a senior for Cortland lacrosse team that finished 12-3 and finished seventh nationally in the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) Division II national tournament. Program also finished 10-5-1, placed eighth nationally and finished third in New York State during her sophomore year and was the state runner-up in her junior season.
 
* Head women's lacrosse coach at Denison University from 1983-87 and head field hockey coach from 1985-87. Her lacrosse teams finished third nationally in the 1984 United States Women's Lacrosse Association (USWLA) tournament and made NCAA tournament appearances three straight years from 1985-87, and her field hockey team qualified for the 1986 NCAA playoffs.
 
* Women's lacrosse head coach at Washington & Lee University from 1987-2007 and women's soccer head coach from 1987-2000. Earned nine Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Women's Lacrosse Coach of the Year honors and led program to nine league titles and eight NCAA tournament berths.
 
* Named Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) South Region Coach of the Year in 2001 and 2003, and coached in the IWLCA North/South Senior All-Star Game three times.
 
* Chair of physical education, athletics and recreation, and the director of athletics at Washington and Lee University since 2007 after serving as director of physical education and assistant director of athletics from 2002-07. She is just the seventh athletics director in school history.
 
* In her first 10 years as director of athletics at Washington and Lee, the Generals have won more than 60 percent of their contests and 73 conference championships, and they have earned the Dan Wooldridge Champions Cup as the ODAC’s top overall athletic program every year.
 
* Inducted into Marcus Whitman High School Athletics Hall of Fame in 2011.
 
* Involved in numerous church and community service activities, including serving as a volunteer for Habitat for Humanity.

UPDATE: Hathorn was inducted into the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Association (IWLCA) Hall of Fame in 2022 and the Denison University Varsity D Hall of Fame in 2024.