Smith College Athletics

Delano was a prominent figure in the history of collegiate and international women's field hockey and lacrosse. An All-American in both sports at Northeastern University where she was one of the original six inductees into the university's Hall of Fame, Delano was a captain and outstanding player on both the United States National Field Hockey and Lacrosse teams. She was the captain o the U.S. Touring Field Hockey team that traveled to England, Scotland, and the Netherlands in 1948 and was also the captain of the U.S. Touring Volleyball Team to Great Britain in 1951. A 1935 Northeastern graduate, she is the past vice-president of the United States Field Hockey Association and the United States Women's Lacrosse Association. Beginning in 1953, she brought her talent and expertise in sport to the women of Smith College as a physical education instructor. During her tenure, she taught classes in field hockey, basketball, lacrosse, squash, tennis, body mechanics, and fundamentals of exercise. She represented Smith abroad as an exchange teacher at Lady Mabel College in England and served as President of the Smith Faculty Club as well as the advisor for the student body's Athletics Association. From 1969-1980 Delano coached lacrosse and served as the Director of Physical Education and Director of Athletics at Bryn Mawr College.