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ANN MARIE MC INERNEY '89

Basketball, Softball

One of the most prolific scorers and rebounders in women's basketball history at the College ANN MC INERNEY left as the career scoring leader with 1,406 points (currently fourth) and second-leading rebounder with 1,076 (currently fourth). She was also Northeast-10 Conference Player-of-the-Year in 1989 and the first Greyhound to be named a first-team all-conference player. As a softball standout, she was the starting catcher on the College's first conference championship team.

The former Burncoat High (Worcester, MA) standout worked hard to make herself a better and then dominant player. After averaging just under four points as a first-year player, she averaged 13.3, 15.3 and finally 20.2 points-per-game over the next three years, while becoming the dominant rebounder in the Northeast 10 Conference . . . averaging 11.0, 13.3 and 11.8 rebounds respectively. She played for both Coaches Rita Castagna (1985-87) and Sue Lauder (1987-89).

Her two top games included 32 points, 14 rebounds versus Adelphi University (12/27/87) and 30 points, 11 rebounds versus Saint Michael's College (12/3/89). Currently she is among the career leaders in rebounds (1,076), field goals made (551), field goal accuracy (.511), free throws made (303) and games played (105). She is one of five players to score at least 500 points in a single season (566 in 1988-89) and owns two of the top (372 in 1987-88) and (329 in 1988-89) rebounding seasons.

She was awarded the William Cating Memorial Award in 1986 presented annually to the student-athlete deemed 'most coachable.' And, was named the basketball team Most Valuable Player and winner of the prestigious Andrew Laska Award as the female Athlete-of-the-Year in both 1987 and 1989.

A softball career .308 hitter with 128 hits, she played for Coaches Brian Kelly (1986, 87), Kim Hoffman (1988), and Brent Vigness (1989). Those teams posted a combined 85-56 record winning the Northeast-10 regular-season championship in 1989. She was named all-conference twice.

Her coaching career has included stops at Nichols College (head basketball coach), Merrimack College (assistant basketball and softball coach), Bentley College (assistant basketball coach), Merrimack College (head coach), the University of Maine (head coach) and Harvard University (associate coach). She became the first Northeast-10 Conference personality to be named its Player-of-the-Year (1989) and Coach-of-the-Year (2005), while coaching at Merrimack College.


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