Boston College Athletics
Kelly Doton Inducted into 2024 USA Field Hockey Hall of Fame
January 05, 2024 | Field Hockey
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – USA Field Hockey announced Friday afternoon that Boston College field hockey head coach Kelly Doton will join four other inductees as members of the 2024 Hall of Fame Induction Class. Doton, Patrick Cota, and Katelyn (née Falgowski) Ginolfi join an already impressive list of athletes added to the USA Field Hockey Hall of Fame. Amy (née Hassick) Baxter has been named an Officials inductee while the late Dr. Christine Grant a Contributor inductee.
These inductees will be celebrated on Memorial Day Weekend, alongside the prestigious California Cup in Moorpark, Calif. The Hall of Fame celebration will take place Friday, May 24, 2024 at the Westlake Village Inn and Spa, Westlake Village, Calif. Event tickets and details will be coming in February.
In the lead up to the celebration, a biography on each of these deserving honorees will be featured on USA Field Hockey's website.
Kelly Doton is currently in her ninth year as head field hockey coach and eleventh as a member of the field hockey coaching staff at Boston College. She has posted the program's best winning percentage (min. 50 games) during her time at the helm of the Eagles, guiding the program to unprecedented heights, including a trip to the 2019 NCAA Final Four. Doton has positioned Boston College as one of the top programs in the ACC - the nation's premiere Division I conference for field hockey.
She began her collegiate coaching career at Indiana from 2008-12, elevating to the role of associate head coach. While at Indiana, Doton was instrumental in guiding the Hoosiers to the title game of the Big Ten Tournament en route to the program's second-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament in 2009.
Originally from Greenfield, Mass., Doton was one of the most dominant players in the country during her collegiate career. A 2004 graduate of Wake Forest, Doton led the Demon Deacon to back-to-back NCAA Championships in 2002 and 2003. The 2003 Honda Award winner as the National Player of the Year, Doton was also recognized as the 2002 ACC Player of the Year. One of the best attack corner hitters in the country during her career, Doton was a two-time NFHCA All-American and three-time All-ACC honoree. She was inducted to the Wake Forest Hall of Fame in October 2014.
In addition to her collegiate playing experience, Doton was a member of the U.S. Women's Senior National Team from 2005 to 2010. In 2008, she was a member of the U.S. Olympic squad that competed in the Beijing Games. Doton began her career with Team USA on the 2005 New Zealand Tour and scored her first international goal against Australia later that year. She also appeared in the 2006 World Cup in Spain and the 2007 Pan Am Games in Brazil. She earned 100 caps in her international career.
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