Lewes & Rehoboth Hundred in Sussex County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Carolyn Ivins
Photographed by Pete Skillman, May 21, 2026
1. Carolyn Ivins Marker
Inscription.
Carolyn Ivins was the first field hockey coach at the newly consolidated Cape Henlopen High School, leading the program from 1969 to a 1979 state championship, the first for a downstate team. She began coaching field hockey at Lewes High School in 1962 and quickly set to work molding young women of diverse races, backgrounds and abilities into powerhouses united for the good of the team. Coach Ivins was the Henlopen Conference Coach of the Year for field hockey three straight seasons 1977-78-79. She also coached tennis, basketball and track in her 29-year career as a physical education teacher. A winner of the prestigious Delaware Women's Alliance for Sport and Fitness Pioneer Award, Ivins taught her athletes that success in sports enhances academics and that the final score is never as important as playing the game.
Carolyn Ivins was the first field hockey coach at the newly consolidated Cape Henlopen High School, leading the program from 1969 to a 1979 state championship, the first for a downstate team. She began coaching field hockey at Lewes High School in 1962 and quickly set to work molding young women of diverse races, backgrounds and abilities into powerhouses united for the good of the team. Coach Ivins was the Henlopen Conference Coach of the Year for field hockey three straight seasons 1977-78-79. She also coached tennis, basketball and track in her 29-year career as a physical education teacher. A winner of the prestigious Delaware Women's Alliance for Sport and Fitness Pioneer Award, Ivins taught her athletes that success in sports enhances academics and that the final score is never as important as playing the game.
Erected by Cape Henlopen High School.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Sports • Women.
Location. 38° 45.454′ N, 75° 9.074′ W. Marker is in Lewes, Delaware, in Sussex County. It is in Lewes & Rehoboth Hundred. It can be reached from Kings Highway. Marker is located near the entrance to Legends Stadium on the campus of Cape Henlopen High
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School. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1250 Kings Hwy, Lewes DE 19958, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is on Delawares Beaches. It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic and on the Delmarva Peninsula. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, and the Antebellum South.
Credits. This page was last revised on May 22, 2026. It was originally submitted on May 21, 2026, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware. This page has been viewed 11 times since then. Photos:1, 2. submitted on May 21, 2026, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware.
