As player Wescott attended
Moorestown High School in
Moorestown, New Jersey, where she played basketball, field hockey, and lacrosse. Having initially wanted to focus on basketball, she instead decided to stop playing that sport and compete in the others. Named to the All-South Jersey lacrosse team, she was noted as an "aggressive player" and one of the squad's "quickest goalies". She then went to the
University of Maryland, where she played for the
Maryland Terrapins women's lacrosse and field hockey teams for four seasons. In lacrosse, she was the team's starting
goaltender as the Terrapins played in three
Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) tournaments, making the national final in 1978.
As coach After her playing career, Wescott began her career as a coach, with assistant positions at
Drew School, Maryland, and
Penn State. In 1993, Wescott became coach of the lacrosse team at Delaware. In 2000, the team appeared in the
NCAA Tournament. In the summer and winter, Wescott traveled overseas to perform her duties for the squad. Wescott left the program after the 2004 season, having led Delaware to 104 wins. She was the program's coach for six seasons, In 2019, Wescott accepted an assistant position with the
California Golden Bears. ==Affiliations and memberships==