Hall of Fame
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| Sport: Multiple |
| Year Graduated: 1948 |
| Year Inducted: 1993 |
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 United State'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, a National Basketball Official, and a
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 eleven sports -- badminton, basketball, fencing,
field hockey, gold, lacrosse, riding, skiing, softball, swimming,
squash, tennis, and volleyball -- at seven colleges and universities.
