Massachusetts Women in Athletics Distinguished Service Award Winners

(formerly known as the “Unsung Heroine” Award)

2007 (MWADSA)

Sharon Dupre, Blackstone-Millville Regional High School
Karen Grezesik, Ralph C. Mahar Regional High School
Gladys Perez-Byrd, Madison Park Technical/Vocational High School

2006 (MWADSA)

Donna Brickley, Notre Dame Academy (Hingham)
Amy Heath, Newburyport High School
Karen McCarthy, Avon Middle/High School
Brenda Sullivan, Maynard High School

2005 (MWADSA)

Elizabeth Knight, Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School
Elaine Wasylow, Bristol-Plymouth Regional Vocational Technical High School
Nancy Williams, Chelmsford High School
Lisa Zappala, Academy of Notre Dame (Tyngsboro)

2004 (MWADSA)

Virginia Slagle, Lynnfield High School
Susan Moss, Whitman-Hanson Regional High School
Kathy Brosnahan, Douglas High School
Angelina Chilaka, Harwich High School

2003 (Unsung Heroine)

Mary Kelleher
Nancy Martens, Official
Mary Ellen Hasenfuss, Medway High School
Chris Brown, Wayland High School

2002 (Unsung Heroine)

Marge Bohan, Dedham High School
Barbara Damon, Danvers High School
Katharina Decas, Sharon High School
Nancy Mowry, Bishop Feehan High School
Yvonne Van Goor, Triton Regional High School

2001 (Unsung Heroine)

Beth Ahern, Plymouth
Lorraine Benoit, Peabody
Patricia I. Brown, Winthrop
Dorothy Houston, Williamstown
Verna Mulready, Weymouth
Carol Ryan, Worcester
Janet Cassidy Wood, Wilmington

2000 (Unsung Heroine)

Sandy Curt, Lexington
Nancy Healy, Weston
Rose Naples, Nauset
Margaret O’Leary, Beverly
Joan Pacheco, Rockland
Cynthia Tozzi, Hingham

1999 (Unsung Heroine)

Mary Anne Clougher, Dedham
Midge Durgin, Hingham
Sandy Lezon, Salem
Pat McGee, Winthrop
Ruth M. “Penny” Pension, Lynn
Lisa Reynolds, Wakefield
Joan Rosazza, Winchester

1998 (Unsung Heroine)

Susan Leddy, Raynham
Laurie Hill, Mansfield
Kathleen McSweeney, Agawam

1997 (Unsung Heroine)

Judy Corwin, Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School
Janice Dolan, Winchester HS
Cynthia Cuthbertson, Apponequet Regional High School
Marilyn Fitzgerald, Andover
Diane Jackson, Mansfield High School
Sally Johnson, Gardner
Jody McManus, Shepherd Hill Regional High School
Karen Olander, Osterville
Cheryl Palm, Minnechaug Regional High School