2005 Athletic Hall of Fame

Sports: Basketball, Cross Country, Track and Field.
While at Bay View she was the MVP in basketball, track and field; cross country and All-State in basketball. In 1968 Kathleen was the first female to swim on the Wanskuk Boys Club swim team. She received her BS degree from URI where she played field hockey and basketball. Kathleen also participated in track and field and was the AAU New England outdoor track and field champion.She received her Master’s Degree in Phys. Ed. from Indiana State University and her Ph.D. from URI in Food Science and Nutrition. Kathleen was the 1978 SuperSports Champion, has been a nationally ranked racketball player and a masters champion in swimming and track and field. Kathy has served as an athletic trainer for the U.S National Figure Skating Championships and the U.S. World Cup Soccer Championships and was on the sports medicine staff for the 1996 Olympic games in Atlanta.

Sports: Basketball, Track and Field
Heidi won 2nd place in the 1974 Rhode Island State Track Meet in girl’s high jump. In 1972 at the Explorer Olympics in Colorado she was member of the gold medal-winning basketball team. In the 1974 Explorer Olympics she was a member of another gold medal basketball team and a silver medal volleyball team.
Heidi is truly a Renaissance woman. In addition to her athletic accomplishments, she was inducted into the National Honor Society, was an accomplished violinist who played with the Rhode Island Youth Philharmonic Orchestra and was also Rhode Island Junior Miss in 1974. Heidi received an early acceptance to the College of the Holy Cross. She was disappointed to discover the college had neither a basketball team nor an orchestra, since she had been playing both since 7th grade. There was enough interest in the freshman class to start a women’s basketball team and Heidi was the first person named to the team. She went on to play varsity basketball for four years at Holy Cross and was team co-captain her senior year.

Sports: Basketball, Cross Country, Track and Field
Janice played varsity basketball for four years at Bay View an was All-State for three of those years.
She participated in track and field for four years and cross country for two years.
Janice graduated from Brown University in 1981 and the Brown Universityu Program in Medicine in 1985.
She is a family physician in Albuquerque, Mew Mexico. Active in political causes, last year she ran for the New Mexico state legislature losing by only 700 votes out of more than 48,000 votes cast.

Dr. Anne Sullivan Hird ‘77

Sports: Cross Country and Track and Field

While at Bay View Anne was the first female inductee in the Providence Journal Honor Roll and held the Rhode Island State Interscholastic record time in the mile from 1977 through 1999.

She went on to receive her BA degree from Brown University, her masters from Simmons College and her Ph.D. from URI. She is an assistant professor in instructional technology at Bridgewater State. In addition to numerous articles, Anne has authored a book, Learning from Cyber-Savvy Students: How Internet-Age Kids Impact Classroom Teaching.

Athletically, Anne was the Ivy League Championship MVP in 1979, a US Olympic qualifier in 1980 in the 10,000 meters and in 1984 in the marathon. She won the Ocean State marathon in 1984 and placed fourth in the Boston marathon the same year. She was inducted into the Brown University Hall of Fame in 1986.

Most importantly, Anne currently is the cross country coach at Bay View!

Jeana DeAngelis ‘80

Sports: Basketball, Track and Field

Jeana was All-Division basketball in 1978, 79 and 80 and All-State basketball in 1979 and 80. She was also a member of the Rhode Island All-Star basketball team that traveled to Ireland and won the international tournament in 1980.

She was an outside shooter who managed to score 986 points…and this was before the three point shot was instituted!

Jeana received her degree in Psychology and Rehab Counseling from Emmanuel College in 1984. While in college she ran cross country and played basketball and softball. In 1984 she received the Emmanuel College Outstanding Athlete Award.

She is currently the Behavior Specialist at Central Falls High School. In addition, Jeana has been the head coach for Rhode Island Speed Skating, 1984 Teacher of the Year at The Groden Center School and is very involved as a coach and coordinator for Special Olympics.

Barbara Fox ‘80

Sports: Basketball, Cross Country, Track and Field

Barbara was 2^nd team All-State track in 1980 with the record in shot out. Also in her senior year she was All-Division in basketball and selected for the Providence Journal Student-Athlete Honor Roll.

Barbara received her B.S. degree in computer science from Brown University.

At Brown she played basketball and was on the indoor and outdoor track teams. She briefly held the university shot put record.

Therese Langlois ‘81

Sports: Basketball, Outdoor Track

In her junior year at Bay View Therese was Class A North All-Division and the team was Division champions. In her senior year she was team captain, Rhode Island All-State, MVP of the New England Catholic High School Girls Invitational Basketball Tournament, the team was tournament champion.

Therese graduated from Colby College with a degree in Administrative Science and Mathematics. She also has an MBA in Finance from Babson College.

Therese had a stellar basketball career as a four year starter at Colby College. In her freshman year she was Main All-State, first team and broke the school record for most rebounds in a game. Her sophomore year she was Academic All-American, first team, Academic All-New England, first team, Kodak All-New England, Maine All-State, team MVP and named to the Division III Coaches Association All-Star Basketball Team.

As a junior Therese was Kodak All-District, NCAA Division III All-American, Maine All-State, New England Division III Player of the Week and the first female junior at Colby to reach the 1,000 point career mark.

As a senior she was Division II Academic All-American, Division I Academic All-American, All-New England, Maine All-State, Team MVP, Team Captain, the second leading scorer in Colby women’s basketball history and had her uniform number retired.

Therese did all this while making the dean’s list for seven semesters, making
Phi Beta Kappa and graduating cum laude.

Lisa Baron Benzer ‘83

Sports: Cross Country, Track and Field

In her freshman and sophomore years at Bay View Lisa was name Cross Country First Team All-State. In track, sophomore year, she was second team All-State and first team All-Division.

As a senior she won 5th place in New England 800 meters, was second team All-State in 800 meters, and second team Eastern Division in 800 meters, 1500 meters, 3000 meters and the 1600 meter relay. In 1983 Lisa was named to the Providence Journal Academic Athlete Honor Roll.

She graduated from Wheaton College with a degree in Art History. While at Wheaton Lisa ran cross country placing in the NCAA Division III championships in 1984. In 1986 she was All-New England; finished second at the Division III Regional Championships at SMU and was named to the All-American Cross Country team.

Lisa had a very successful career in sales before becoming a full-time mom to Libby, age 4, and Madeline, age 3. She still finds time to run marathons, competing in the Ocean State, Boston and Washington DC’s Marine Corps Marathon.

Sister Charlene Tedeschi

Sister Charlene was Athletic Director from 1983 to her untimely death in 1997.  She was a tough, no nonsense person who was also kind and loving; the kind of person who always looked on the bright side. She was a pioneer in Rhode Island high school girls’ sports. 

No job was too big or too small. Sister Charlene was instrumental in establishing the Rhode Island Girls’ Diocese Basketball League and the Junior Varsity State Basketball tournament.  She was also the person who could be found helping at the scorer’s table and selling tickets at the door.

She was honored as Co-Athletic Director of the Year and recognized by the RI High School Girls Basketball Coaches Association and the state Board of Girls Basketball Officials for her service to girls’ sports.

For nearly 30 years Sister Charlene worked to give girls an opportunity to compete in sports. Few people in Rhode Island did more to help make that happen.

The playing fields and scoreboard at Bay View are named in her honor.

Eileen McSoley ‘40

In her first year as the Physical Education teacher at Bay View, Eileen started the basketball team and a swim club. The year was 1947.  Basketball practices were held at Our Lady of Loretto’s gym until the new Mercy Hall was constructed after the 1948 fire. No league existed at the time so the team played any school or CYO parish team that asked for a game. In the early years the Bay View basketball team enjoyed an undefeated season for three consecutive years.

Sister Margaret Murphy, RSM

Sister Margaret taught math and physics at Bay View from 1973 through 1996. Since 1972 she has been at every home basketball game and, until the past year, every away game. She has truly been Bay View’s biggest little basketball cheerleader!