Mary Tom Inducted into New Agenda: Northeast Hall of Fame

NEWTON, Mass. (11/8/16) – Head women's volleyball coach Mary Tom has been inducted into the New Agenda: Northeast Hall of Fame. Tom is joined by Emmanuel head coach Denitra Seals as the two Great Northeast Athletic Conference inductees.

The ceremony took place on Sunday, November 5 at the Woodland Golf Club in Auburndale. Tom and Seals were two of 11 inductees that were honored at the event, and enter a pool of 443 total members.

In 1988, the New Agenda: Northeast began its Hall of Fame to honor women who have helped advance the role of women in sports in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

The New Agenda: Northeast was founded in the spring of 1986 by Mary Lydon, President of the Massachusetts Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance; Mary Pratt, Past Vice-President of the Division for Girls' and Women's Sport for the Massachusetts Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance; and Mark Colon, Education Director for the New England Sports Museum. It was based on the National New Agenda, established in 1983 through the efforts and leadership of the National Association for Girls and Women in Sport, an Association of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance, and The Women's Sport Foundation.

Tom has demonstrated exceptional leadership for over 20 years to advance the roles of girls and women in sports. "The Lasell College Athletic Department is proud to have Mary Tom serving as the head coach of our Women's Volleyball program," said Director of Athletics Kristy Walter.  "Mary is passionate about the sport and is committed to making sure that her student-athletes have a good experience at Lasell, both on and off the court."

For more on the New Agenda: Northeast, visit http://www.newagenda-northeast.org/