Past Inductees

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CLASS OF 2007

Emily Halkett Bourgeois ‘90
Emily Halkett Bourgeois was a four-year member of the field hockey program from 1986-1989.

Halkett Bourgeois, who served as team captain in both her junior and senior years, is inducted as the program's all-time leading scorer with 51 goals and 120 points.

She is also the only player in team-history to score 50 or more goals and register 100 career points.

During her senior season in 1989, Halkett Bourgeois led the Blazers to a program-record 15-4-1 mark that included the school's first-ever Massachusetts Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (MAIAW) state championship.

Angel Esposito Chaffee ‘95
Angel Esposito Chaffee was a two-sport athlete during her years at Elms College from 1991-1995.

Esposito Chaffee was a four-year member of the women's basketball program and three-year player for the women's soccer team.

In 89 career basketball games, Esposito Chaffee recorded 1,516 points and is inducted as one of just six players to score 1,000 or more points in program-history.

In her junior year, Esposito Chaffee set a single-season program record with 472 points. Against Fitchburg State on January 20, 1994, she scored a single-game record 39 points, and against Mount St. Mary's, hauled in a school-record 27 rebounds.

During her soccer playing career, Esposito Chaffee split time as both a field player and goalkeeper to help lead the Blazers to 22 wins from 1991-1993.

Esposito Chaffee was a two-year captain of the women's basketball team in both her junior and senior years. As a senior, she was named to the 1994-1995 MAIAW All-Star Team.

CLASS OF 2006

Nancy Gleason '89
Nancy Gleason was a four-year member of both the basketball and softball teams during her career at Elms College from 1985-1989. She helped lead the basketball team to its first-ever MAIAW Tournament berth in 1988 and finished as the program's fourth all-time leading scorer with 1,268 points.

As a four-year starting infielder with the softball program, Gleason was a two-time team-leader in batting with a .510 average in 1987 and a .500 average in 1988. She currently ranks second all-time with a career .471 batting average and is among the top 10 all-time in triples.

Kristin Hughes '91
Kristin Hughes was a four-year member of both the basketball and lacrosse programs from 1987-1991 and served as captain of both teams during her junior and senior year. She was the recipient of the Monsignor Timothy J. Leary Award as a senior in 1991.

During her four years, Hughes helped lead the basketball program to a 58-31 record, including a program-record 16-8 mark during her senior year in 1990-1991.
As a defense wing in lacrosse, Hughes led the program to a 29-21 record from 1988-1991.

After graduating from Elms College in 1991, Hughes went on to work as a two-year assistant coach of both the Smith College women's lacrosse and Amherst College women's basketball teams before embarking on an 11-year career as head women's basketball coach at Case Western University in Cleveland, Ohio.

During her 11 years at Case Western, she became the winningest coach in program history with 120 victories, guiding the Spartans to a 20-7 record and its first bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament in 2001-02. In 1995-1996, Hughes became the first Case Western women's basketball coach to be named North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Coach of the Year after leading the Spartans to their first winning season in 12 years.

Hughes left Case Western to become head women's basketball coach at Division I Colgate University in 2004 and led the Red Raiders to a runner-up finish in the Patriot League Tournament in her first season at the helm.

Linda Kieras Kenny '96
Linda Kieras Kenny was a three-year member of the soccer, basketball and softball teams from 1992-1996.

During her freshman season on the soccer field, Kieras Kenny registered 24 points, which still ranks among the top 20 all-time in the program's 20-year history.

In softball, Kieras Kenny won the 1994 NCAA Division III batting title in 1994 with a .576 average that included two home runs, six doubles, four triples, 27 RBI and 15 stolen bases.
She still ranks among the top five all-time in program-history in both home runs and triples and is the program's all-time leader with a career .498 batting average.

Bishop Emeritus Joseph Maguire
Bishop Emeritus Joseph Maguire has been a fixture at countless Elms College athletics events for more than two decades and was voted in unanimously by the Athletics Hall of Fame selection committee.

Elms College's main athletics facility, the Maguire Center, was named after Bishop Emeritus Maguire upon its completion in 1994 as a testament to his support of the College's athletics programs and its student athletes.

Bishop Emeritus Maguire was a three-sport athlete at the former St. Columkille High School and excelled as both an ice hockey defenseman and baseball shortstop for Division I Boston College during the late 1930's-early 1940's.

Bishop Emeritus Maguire led Boston College's hockey team to a 34-13-1 record in three seasons and was inducted into the Boston College Athletics Hall of Fame in 1984.

CLASS OF 2002

1989 Field Hockey Team
The 1989 Elms College Field Hockey Team brought home the 1989 state title by winning the Massachusetts Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (MAIAW) Tournament. It was the eighth year that varsity field hockey had been in existence at Elms College.

In the championship game, Elms played Nichols College, and the game was close. Senior Emily Halkett, who finished her career at Elms as the all-time leading scorer with 51 career goals and 28 assists for a total of 131 points, scored off a penalty stroke to help the Blazers win 2-1.

Head coach Karen Fitzgerald and assistant coaches Lynn Wilke and Ellie Moreau led Elms to victory. The members of the championship team are Maria Renault, Laura Shepard, Kate Pichie, Christi Collins, Karyn Richter, Kelly Maloney, Jo-Ann Allaire, Chris Sadowski, Kathy Boehle, Erin Walsh, Julie Podbelski, Tricia Kelly, Cheryl Staruski, Tanya St, Germaine, Maureen McEvady, Tracy Imbruno, Amy Rezendes, Deana Nadeau, Emily Halkett, Valda Pyles, Bonnie Dowd, Katie Gustasfson, Charlene Bibinski, Collen Anuszewski, Jen Brown, and Ellen Miller (manager).

CLASS OF 2001

Guerdline K. Curran '57
Guerdline K. Curran received her B.S. from Elms College in 1957. She taught physical education at Elms from 1950 to 1960. Her instruction included archery, ping-pong, bowling, and basketball.

Her classes also incorporated recess games to aid those going into the education field. In 1983, she was a founding member of the Alumni Athletic Association. Through her efforts, and those of the Alumni Athletic Association, Elms College has expanded their athletic program including enlarging fields and purchasing practice gear and equipment.

Ms. Curran taught in a time when women's athletics were not encouraged and opportunities for women to participate were minimal. Her students, however, thrived under her leadership and overwhelming enthusiasm for physical well-being.

Dr. Susan E. Langlois
Dr. Susan E. Langlois served as the first Director of Athletics at Elms College and was the impetus for the rapid growth of athletics at Elms College. In 1980, she established a physical education core curriculum and instituted the women's basketball program, adding field hockey the following year and equestrian, soccer, and softball in 1986.

Sensing the strong affinity Elms College student-athletes had for their teams, Dr. Langlois began the Alumni Athletic Association in 1983, which has reached over 1400 members today.

In 1990 behind the efforts of Dr. Langlois the college implemented a coaching minor, and by 1993, athletics and physical education at Elms College had become such an integral part of the students' college experience that the Maguire Center was conceived with Dr. Langlois serving as chairperson of the Building Committee.

In 1994, Dr. Langlois developed the Elms College Summer Sports Camps which hosts approximately 250 children each year and continues to serve as a vital outreach program to the surrounding community.

Patricia M. McGrath '74
Patricia M. McGrath graduated cum laude from Elms College with a B.A. in sociology with a minor in Spanish and elementary education. From 1977 to the present, she has been an Affiliated Board Official (ABO) for women's basketball for Hampshire and Franklin counties and an International Association Approved Board Official (IAABO) for Hampshire Franklin District Boys' Board #28.

From 1991 to 1993, she served as vice president of the ABO and as president from 1993 to 1996. In 2001, she was honored by Smith College for National Girls and Women in Sports Day.

She has served on the Elms College Alumni Association Board of Directors since 1982.
Ms. McGrath strives to be a positive role model to young adults by showing a mutual respect to players and coaches for their dedication and hard work toward the game, both on and off the basketball court.