SPARTANBURG, SC – Wofford College cross country and track and field head coach Andrea Stehman has announced that she will be leaving her post at the conclusion of the 2008 track and field season to take a position in the Wofford College Admission Office.

Stehman is in her third season at the helm of the Wofford cross country programs. She joined the department as head men's and women's cross country coach and assistant track and field coach in April 2005. She assumed the head coaching duties for the track & field team during the summer of 2005.

She coached a pair of Southern Conference champions, Crystal Belcher and the male outdoor field performer of the year Katon Bethay at the league meet in May 2006. The cross country teams have shown continual improvement over the three years as well. Overall, school records have been set in nine events, including men’s 8k cross country, women’s 5k cross country, men’s 400 meter outdoor and women’s indoor and outdoor 5,000 meters.

Academically, both the men’s and women’s cross country teams have had numerous members named to the Southern Conference All-Academic Team and Lauren Bosshardt earned Academic All-District honors. In addition, the squads have been honored by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association as All-Academic Teams.

A 2002 graduate of Butler University, Stehman served the 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons as the assistant coach with the cross country and track and field programs at her alma mater.

Stehman helped the 2004 Butler men's and women's cross country teams qualify for the NCAA Championships, where the men placed fourth. During her tenure, she was instrumental in Butler producing four Horizon League team champions, four individual champions and 16 All-Horizon League selections.

With the track and field programs, Stehman played a part in four NCAA Championship qualifiers, 19 Horizon League individual champions, 45 All-League honorees and a NCAA steeplechase champion (Victoria Mitchell, 2004). Butler track and field set 11 school records under her guidance.

As a student-athlete at Butler, Stehman served as co-captain of the track and field team. After completing her bachelor’s degree in three years, she attended the University of Maryland for her final year of competition as she began work on her graduate degree. She was a co-captain of the 2003 Terrapins' team as Maryland had its highest ACC finish since 1995. Stehman received a Master's of Science in Education degree.

Wofford College will begin a search for her replacement.