Debbie (O’Reilly) Kline was the star player on Westfield’s field hockey team that captured the Massachusetts State Conference title and placed third in the first NCAA Division III national championships, hosted by Westfield State in 1981. She set school records that year for goals (23) and points (54) that still stand today. 

Kline was a three-year member of the Westfield State field hockey team - she did not play her freshman season because of a knee injury - and played softball in 1979 and 1980. She was an all conference field hockey selection in 1982 when she tallied 12 goals. 

She was a Boston Globe All Scholastic in field hockey at Beverly High School, where she also starred in basketball and softball. 

The 1983 Westfield State graduate also has been a successful coach. She has coached softball for the past 15 years at Beverly High School and has received Coach of the Year honors four times. She coached field hockey for 10 years, including seven seasons at Beverly, and was Coach of the Year once. She now officiates high school field hockey games. 

Kline has been a physical education instructor at Beverly High School since 1993. She and her husband, Anthony, reside in Pride’s Crossing, Mass., with their five sons: Lawrence, John, Thoai, Bao, and Anh.