Millersville

For 33 years, Barb Waltman dedicated her life to the student-athletes at Millersville University. The longest-tenured head coach in the history of Division II women's lacrosse, Waltman is one of only three Millersville coaches to lead a team to a national championship. She retired with more wins than any other coach in Division II history and ranked 15th on the all-time wins list regardless of division.
 
A three-time Brine/IWLCA Division II Coach of the Year and the PSAC Coach of the Year in 1989 and 1991, Waltman's teams won three PSAC Championships and finished as the conference runner-up five times from 1982-2001. The Marauders won three consecutive PSAC titles from 1988-1990. Her 1997 club won the ECAC Tournament and her 1992 team finished as the tournament runner-up.
 
Waltman's crowning achievement, however, came in 1982 when her team went 10-4-1 and rolled through Denison, Franklin & Marshall and Lynchburg for the AIAW Division II Championship. It was the first Millersville women's team to win a national championship.
 
Six of Waltman's lacrosse players are members of the Millersville University Athletics Hall of Fame, as is the 1982 team, which was inducted as a group in 2010. She coached 81 of her lacrosse players to All-PSAC recognition and 36 more were named All-America.
 
Waltman's impact did not stop on the lacrosse field. She served as an assistant women's basketball coach from 1975-1995, winning three PSAC East titles and a pair of PSAC Championships. She was the assistant volleyball coach from 1992-2000, helping the program to seven PSAC East titles and a PSAC Championship. Waltman also served as the head coach of the women's tennis program from 1985-91.
 
As a student-athlete at Millersville, Waltman played basketball and lacrosse. She was the recipient of the Elwood J. Finley Award, which is given to the top senior athlete. Even after her retirement in 2011, Waltman has remained an integral part of the Millersville Athletics community, serving as a volunteer on game days and behind the scenes, assisting with operations.