Tracey Short, who also serves as the athletic department's senior women's administrator, finished her 15th season as the head coach of the Wesley College field hockey program in 2009. Under the direction of Coach Short, the Wolverines have won at least 11 games in 14 straight seasons.
A three-time conference coach of the year, her student-athletes have garnered 54 all-conference honors and one player of the year award.
Coach Short, whose teams have won 84 percent of their conference games in her 15 seasons, led the 2009 squad to a dozen wins, a trip to the CAC Semifinals and a bid to the ECAC Mid Atlantic Championships.
In 2008, her team tallied a record of 11-7 after the 2007 squad went 12-5, including a 4-2 mark in the team's first season of Capital Athletic Conference play. That squad also advanced to the semifinals of the CAC tournament. The 2007 and 2008 teams produced a total of six All-CAC players and one conference scoring leader.
Prior to joining the CAC, Coach Short led Wesley to the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference (PAC) Playoffs for eight consecutive years, including three PAC Championships.
Tracey began her collegiate coaching career at Wesley College in 1995 and quickly rebuilt a program that had finished a combined 0-22-2 in the two seasons before her arrival. Coach Short currently holds an overall record of 183-87 and an astonishing conference mark of 95-16. Wesley has won PAC titles in 2001, 2003 and 2004, while earning NCAA regional berths in each of those seasons. The 2003 and 2004 teams both finished with perfect records in conference play. She was also named the PAC Coach of the Year four times and has a regional coach of the year award as well.
Tracey is the middle of three daughters born and raised in Vienna, Maryland to Bonnie and John Short. From age 10 she has been involved in athletics - playing on the boy's soccer and little league baseball teams. Entering high school, North Dorchester, Tracey participated in three sports - field hockey, basketball and softball - along with numerous other activities.
After high school Short continued her athletic and academic career at Salisbury State College - renamed Salisbury State University and now Salisbury University. Academically, Tracey majored in Physical Education, receiving a Bachelor of Science in PE, Certified to Teach K-12. Most recently, she received her Master of Education from Wesley College in May of 2002.
Athletically, Short participated in field hockey and softball. During her collegiate career in softball she was a captain (sophomore year) and the team participated in three post-season tournaments. The field hockey team made the NCAA tournament in each of her four seasons. She was a member of the undefeated (21-0) National Championship team as a sophomore. The team lost eight starters to graduation and their head coach and still returned to the Final Four, finishing third after a triple overtime loss to William Smith. Her senior year they once again finished third in the Nation. Tracey received many field hockey honors at Salisbury including all-region twice and was an All-American her senior year. As a junior she received the Coaches Award and as a senior was voted team MVP. In 2001, Short was inducted into the Salisbury University Athletic Hall of Fame.
Following graduation, Tracey spent two years as an assistant with the Salisbury field hockey team, and the women's lacrosse for one season. In 1991 she served as head softball coach at Snow Hill High School, before returning to North Dorchester in 1992 to help guide the softball team back to playoffs for the first time since 1985.
Prior to joining the Wesley College coaching staff, Short taught PE for grade 1-11 at Worcester Country Day School in Berlin, Maryland. While there she coached three sports: field hockey, basketball and women's lacrosse.
She has been involved with three NCAA committees - Regional Ranking Committees for Field Hockey and Softball, and Chair of the All-American Committee for Field Hockey. She has also chaired the ECAC selection committee, responsible for selecting the teams to participate in the ECAC Mid-Atlantic Championship.
Year |
Overall |
Pct. |
Conf. |
Pct. |
Honors |
| 1995 | 7-7 | .500 | -- | ||
| 1996 | 2-17 | .105 | -- | ||
| 1997 | 17-3 | .850 | -- | Regional Coach of the Year | |
| *1998 | 19-4 | .783 | 11-0 | 1.000 | PAC Playoffs, ECAC Tournament PAC Coach of the Year |
| 1999 | 17-5 | .773 | 11-0 | 1.000 | PAC Playoffs, ECAC Tournament PAC Coach of the Year |
| 2000 | 13-5 | .722 | 10-1 | .909 | PAC Playoffs, ECAC Tournament Co-Champions SSU Tournament |
| 2001 | 16-5 | .762 | 10-1 | .909 | PAC Champions, NCAA Regionals, Salisbury
Sunfest Runner-up, Wesley Classic Runner-up |
| 2002 | 12-9 | .571 | 8-3 | .727 | PAC Semifinals |
| 2003 | 16-4 | .800 | 11-0 | 1.000 | PAC Champions, NCAA Regionals, PAC Coach of the Year |
| 2004 | 17-4 | .810 | 11-0 | 1.000 | PAC Champions, NCAA Regionals, PAC Coach of the Year |
| 2005 | 11-6 | .647 | 9-2 | .818 | PAC Playoffs |
| 2006 | 13-9 | .591 | 8-3 | .727 | PAC Semifinals |
| ^2007 | 12-5 | .706 | 4-2 | .667 | CAC Semifinals |
| 2008 | 11-7 | .611 | 2-4 | .333 | CAC Playoffs |
| 2009 | 12-10 | .545 | 3-3 | .500 | CAC Semifinals, ECAC Mid Atlantic |
| TOTAL | 195-100 | .661 | 98-19 | .838 | 3 Conference Championships 3 NCAA Appearances |
*Joined Pennsylvania Athletic Conference
^Joined Capital Athletic Conference
Danielle Vincent is in her first year as an assistant coach with the Wolverines after finishing her career as one of Wesley's all-time leading scorers.
As a senior, Vincent was named All-South Region and All-Capital
Athletic Conference after ranking in the top 10 in the CAC in
goals, assists, and points. The midfielder from Camden,
Delaware finished her career wtih 33 career goals and eight
assists for 74 points. Vincent rates fourth all-time at
Wesley in goals scored and fifth in points. She was a
three-time all-conference selection.
Jade Martin is in her first year on the Wesley College coaching staff after finishing her career as a two-sport student-athlete for the Wolverines.
A dean's list student, Martin was a member of both the field hockey and women's lacrosse programs at Wesley. Martin tallied eight goals and two assists for the field hockey team. On the lacrosse field, she ranks as the Wolverines all-time leader points leader.
Martin, who graduated in May 2009 with a bachelor's degree in
business administration/marketing, will be pursuing a master's of
business administration while also serving as a graduate assistant
in the Peter Biefield Weight Room.
