Article September 17, 2001 Issue

'Sports are ... so fun!'

Kim Shippey interviews Wesleyan University soccer and lacrosse coach Holly Gutelius.

Kim Shippey with contributions from Holly Gutelius

Sports are ... so fun! " says Holly Gutelius as she climbs out of the Connecticut River after she's misjudged her leap into the sleek boat in which she's learning to scull. "I can't resist trying new sports," she explains, reaching for a towel. "Challenging, freeing, satisfying—what else can I say!"

Holly coaches women's soccer and lacrosse at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. She's been on the staff at Wesleyan for two years, and says she couldn't imagine a better place to pursue her love of sports and her desire to help other young women enjoy them, too.

During three of Holly's four undergraduate years at Princeton University—which has one of the top athletic departments in the country—its lacrosse team made it to the Division One NCAA [National Collegiate Athletic Association] tournament. And one year they played in the Final Four.

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