Karen Emas Borbee



Karen Emas Borbee (born 1962) is college women's lacrosse coach and former college and international player. In 2001 she was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame as a player. She led the University of Delaware to three straight national titles and is currently the head coach at Swarthmore College.

Borbee graduated from Penncrest High School in 1980. While there she won all-star honors three times in her high school career and led her team to the Central League and state championships in 1979.

A member of the United States Women's Lacrosse Team from 1981-1984 and 1988-1993, Borbee has competed internationally on many occasions, representing the U.S. against Canada, Scotland, Wales, England, and Australia. She was also a member of the 1989 World Cup team which won the World Championship in Perth, Australia.

In 1984, Borbee graduated with honors from the University of Delaware, where she had an outstanding lacrosse career. In 1997, she was inducted into the inaugural class of the University of Delaware Hall of Fame. She was a three-time All-American and was a member of the 1981 and 1982 AIAW Division II national championship teams and the 1983 NCAA national championship team. She served as team captain during her senior year and was also named Most Valuable Player at the NCAA tournament. In 2001, Borbee was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame and the Pennsylvania Lacrosse Hall of Fame.

In 2006 she was named to the NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse 25th Anniversary Team.

After spending six years as a mathematics teacher and coach at Strath Haven High School in Wallingford, PA, Borbee joined the faculty at Swarthmore College in 1990. In addition to coaching lacrosse, she is the Athletic Department's Senior Woman Administrator and a professor of physical education. Since becoming the head lacrosse coach at Swarthmore in 1993, Borbee totes an overall record of 153-112.