While most athletic figures specialize in the competitive or instructional realms of a chosen sport, Wilhelmina "Billee" McFee's extensive athletic career is highlighted by success at the competitive, coaching and officiating levels of eleven sports. A 1948 graduate of Sargent College, McFee's education came at a time when women were prohibited from competing at the intercollegiate athletics. However, her excellence at the interclass level in a variety of sports eventually gained sufficient recognition to earn selection on the U.S. Field Hockey and Lacrosse teams, as well as the Massachusetts State badminton team.
At the same time, she took an interest in the officiating aspect of the various sports in which she was involved, and soon earned her official's ratings as a USFHA Field Hockey Sectional Official, National Basketball Official and USLTA National Tennis Umpire.
McFee enjoyed similar success in the classroom, and, following her days at Sargent College, would later embark on a successful legal career.
Upon graduation in May of 1948, McFee put her numerous athletic achievements and involvement to practical use by instructing and coaching at several Massachusetts colleges and universities. She taught field hockey, lacrosse, riding and tennis at Mt. Holyoke, Smith, Wellesley and Boston University, while coaching and officiating basketball and field hockey.
Overall, McFee's teaching, coaching and officiating career encompassed 11 sports — badminton, basketball, fencing, field hockey, gold, lacrosse, riding, skiing, softball, swimming, squash, tennis and volleyball — at seven colleges and universities.Â
