Oct. 2, 2008

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Women's lacrosse head coach Kelly Amonte Hiller is one of the seven 2008 inductees into the University of Maryland Athletics Hall of Fame. Amonte Hiller joins Keith Booth, Kim Chorosiewski, David Diehl, Brian Dougherty, Darryl Hill and Thomas V. "Mike" Miller as the 2008 class.

Amonte Hiller graduated in 1996 and played women's lacrosse and soccer while at Maryland. She was a four-time lacrosse All-American, two-time national champion and 1996 ACC Female Athlete of the Year and Player of the Year. She ranked second all-time in collegiate assists and was named to the ACC's 50th Anniversary women's lacrosse team. Additionally, Amonte-Hiller was a 2nd team All-American in soccer. She went on to become a member of the U.S. World Cup team.

Amonte Hiller became the head coach of the Northwestern women's lacrosse team in 2000, bringing the program back to varsity status after operating for nearly 20 years as a club sport. Since then, she has compiled an impressive 111-24 record (.822) and has led the Wildcats to four-straight NCAA national championships. As good as she has been in the regular season, Amonte Hiller has been even better in the postseason, compiling a 17-1 record (.944) in the NCAA tournament as the `Cats have won their last 16 tournament games. She has also guided NU to five-straight American Lacrosse Conference championships and has been named the IWLCA National Coach of the Year twice (2005 and 2008).

The induction will take place at the University of Maryland Inn and Conference Center on Friday, Oct. 24.