Shewcraft, Wehner, to be inducted to the MASCAC Hall of Fame
Conference Press Release:
The Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) is pleased to announce the 2025 Hall of Fame Class. The MASCAC created the Hall of Fame to provide the recognition of those individuals who have made a significant contribution to the conference and to help preserve the storied history of the MASCAC and its member institutions.
There are seven categories for nomination: student-athlete from a men's team, student-athlete from a women's team, overall team, coach of a male team, coach of a female team, administrator and legends. The 2025 MASCAC Hall of Fame Class is as follows:
Carlton Steele, Westfield State University- Student-Athlete from a Male Team
Carlton Steele is regarded as one of Westfield State's greatest all around athletes. He was a standout in baseball and soccer for three years, volleyball for two years, and also played varsity basketball for a year.
The talented outfielder was a second team All American and first team All-New England selection in 1975 when he batted .372 with eight home runs and 26 stolen bases.
The two-time all-conference selection was drafted by the Boston Red Sox following his junior year in 1975. He graduated in 1979 following his minor league career that saw him advance to the Double A level.
In the minor leagues, Steele was a New York-Penn League All-Star selection while playing for Elmira in 1975. Elmira won the league championship in 1976 when Steele batted .305 with 45 stolen bases.
He batted .286 with 49 stolen bases at Winter Haven in 1977. In 1978 he hit .246 with 29 steals for Eastern League champion Bristol. Injuries cut short Steele's promising professional career in 1979.
Steele was named the soccer team's most versatile player in 1973 and 1974. He was a member of two NCAA Tournament teams in soccer and one in baseball. In volleyball, he was a captain and All New England performer.
Steele resides in his hometown of Springfield and is a mailroom supervisor for the Springfield Republican. He is a Cub Scout leader and school volunteer. As a naval reserve petty officer, he was the recipient of two naval achievement medals.
Terrence Gibson, Worcester State University- Student-Athlete from a Male Team
Terrence Gibson was a standout student-athlete for Worcester State. As a member of the Worcester State Track & Field team from 2011 to 2015, he was a national champion for hurdles and a four-time All-American for Track. He holds the school records for 60-meter and 110-meter hurdles and was a part of the record holding 4x100 relay team. He was an Open New England Champion, an ECAC Division Ill New England Champion, and a four-time Division Ill New England Champion.
Jen Wehner, MCLA- Student-Athlete from a Female Team
Jen Wehner was a four-year letter winner in both soccer and basketball and hails from Cooperstown, NY. She was an All MASCAC selection all four years on campus and is the only basketball player in school history with 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds.
On the pitch, Wehner was an outstanding goalkeeper under head coach Deb Raber. Wehner and the Trailblazers experienced much success as they qualified for the ECAC Championships on two separate occasions, reaching the semifinal round both times.
Wehner started 56 games in net for MCLA collecting 17 shutouts along the way. Wehner stopped an astounding 495 shots during her career in goal for MCLA. After being injured for most of her freshman season, Wehner took charge as a sophomore. Wehner stopped a career best 202 shots that season helping lead MCLA into the ECAC playoffs.
As a junior, Wehner and her teammates earned the MASCAC Regular Season title. She posted a miniscule 0.59 Goals against Average that season along with her seven shutouts. Wehner also stopped 106 shots that season.
Wehner was a first team All MASCAC selection her final three seasons in soccer. While her soccer numbers are hall of fame worthy alone, her basketball career resonated nationwide. Wehner was a dominant force in the middle for former MCLA head coach Holly McGovern. She ended her brilliant career with 1,606 points, 1,213 rebounds, and 291 blocked shots.
Julie Goodwin, Salem State University- Student-Athlete from a Female Team
Julie Goodwin achieved All American honors twice during her stellar four-year athletic career at Salem State College. A native to Peabody and resident of Beverly, Julie burst onto the collegiate scene her freshman year when she placed fifth in the long jump and earned All American recognition at the 1991 NCAA Track and Field championships help at Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio.
Goodwin was the second athlete in Salem State College history to win an individual NCAA championship when she leaped 18-7 ¼ feet to take top honors at North Central College in Naperville, IL.
She holds the SSC's women's outdoor long jump record of 19-1 ½ feet, which was set at the 1994 ECAC championships.
Goodwin, who captured the 1991 and 1992 New England long jump crowns, was a member of the women's outdoor 400 meter relay team which set the school record of 50.79 seconds in 1991. A four time All New England and three-time ECAC performer, she was a member of the Salem State College 400-meter relay team which won the 1991 New England and Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference (MASCAC) outdoor titles.
She was a three-time MASCAC long jump champion and three-time NCAA championship qualifier. A perennial MASCAC all academic selection and SSC Female President's Cup Award recipient as a senior, Goodwin also played four years of basketball at SSC, serving twice as team captain.
Julie's career nearly ended when she suffered an anterior cruciate ligament tear to her knee early during the basketball season in her junior year. After an intense rehabilitation program, she was back playing less than five weeks later.
Salem State University Men's Basketball 2000- Team
Led by All-American guard and NABC Player of the Year Tishaun Jenkins and future All-American center Edwige Bourgogne-Odney, Salem State earned its highest ranking in school history after reaching the NCAA "Final Four" in 2000. Head coach Brian Meehan, the NABC Division III Northeast Region Coach of the Year, tied the school record for most wins, as Salem State posted a 27-5 record in 1999-2000, earning the Vikings their first and only men's basketball "Final Four" appearance. Ranked as high as No.3 in the nation, Salem State opened the year 19-1, before finishing the regular season 24-4. Salem State then beat Worcester State, 83-69 to claim the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) championship.
The Vikings received a first-round bye in the NCAA Northeast Regional and proceeded to knockoff Amherst, 81-75 before defeating Springfield College, 70-69 in the "Sweet 16", thanks to a game-winning basket by Bourgogne-Odney in the final seconds. Salem State then won by six, (75-69) against Penn State-Behrend in the "Elite Eight" to secure a trip to the "Final Four". Despite losing to Wisconsin Eau-Claire in the national semifinals, the Vikings came back to defeat Franklin & Marshall, 79-75 in the consolation game, finishing the NCAA Tournament in third place.
Malcolm MacPherson, Fitchburg State University- Coach from a Male Team
Malcolm MacPherson led the Fitchburg State Men's Soccer Team to back-to-back appearances in the NCAA Division III Men's Soccer National Championship Tournament in 1988 and 1989 and three ECAC tournament appearances, while holding the Fithcburg State Men's Soccer all-time school record for coaching wins (108) and winning percentage (.717). In 1987, Malcolm was named MASCAC Coach of the Year.
In addition, Malcolm joined the Fitchburg State Ice Hockey coaching staff during the 1989-90 season as an assistant coach before being promoted to associate head coach prior to the 1997-98 season, where he remained on the bench until retiring following the 2016-17 season.
He assisted in 383 of the program's wins, including 27 postseason appearances and six tournament championships.
Malcolm was the men's head soccer coach at Worcester Polytechnic Institute from 1992-2013, earning a record of 198-146-19. He was inducted into WPI's Athletic Hall of Fame in 2017.
Malcolm taught health and physical education for the city of Leominster for 33 years. He has been married to his wife, Sandi, for 47 years and has two children, Christopher and Jennifer as well as six grandchildren.
Malcolm is now retired and enjoys living in Easthampton.
Ron Shewcraft, MCLA- Coach from a Male Team
Ron Shewcraft led the Men's Soccer program for 29 seasons as head coach, while serving as an assistant during his first year in North Adams. He led the program to their first and only final four appearance in 1978, his first year at the helm. Shewcraft amassed a 292-184-46 career record that included 16 postseason appearances. He led his troops to five MASCAC championships during his career.
The 1978 team was inducted into the hall of fame in 2003 for their final four appearance, still the only one in school history in any sport. Back in 2007, MCLA honored his legacy by naming the state-of-the-art turf field after Shewcraft, an event that saw over 100 people come back to campus in his honor. He also served on various committees during his tenure as coach, including the NCAA selection committee.
Ron was an active member of the MCLA faculty in the biology department and served as the Physical Education chair. He currently resides in Pittsfield, Massachusetts with his wife Diane.
Stephen Sheriff, Salem State University- Coach from a Female Team
Sherriff was the first head coach of the college's varsity women's soccer program, where from 1986 through 1993, his teams posted an 89-39-14 record and were selected to five straight NCAA tournaments after winning five Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference titles.
Sherriff, a resident of Peabody, was also named an "Outstanding Soccer Official" by the Eastern Massachusetts Soccer Association and was the recipient of a 25-Year Award given by the New England Intercollegiate Soccer Officials Association.
A former Salem State Soccer player, Sherriff received a master of education degree from Boston State College.
Mickey Curtis, Westfield State University- Administrator
Mickey Curtis served as Westfield State's sports information director, and later as associate athletic director from 1987 to 2014. For 27 years, he tirelessly promoted Westfield State University and its student athletes, garnering acres of newsprint coverage, and numerous awards for its student-athletes.
At Westfield State he promoted the Owls 21-sport varsity athletics program, maintained statistics, data, photographs, record books, and wrote game stories and features about successful student-athletes and teams. As a member of the Collegiate Sports Information Directors of America, Curtis promoted the careers of three nationally recognized Academic All-Americans, a Honda National Track and Field Athlete of the Year and countless all-conference, all-region and All-American athletes. He also pomoted 14 Westfield State student-athletes who were named as the MASCAC Scholar-Athlete of the year.
Curtis helped build the school's inaugural athletic website, pioneered the web streaming video broadcast of athletic events, and worked with a number of students who broadcast games on WSKB, the campus radio station.
Additionally, he managed scheduling of intercollegiate athletics for the Owls' teams, and for 10 years oversaw NCAA Compliance and Eligibility for Westfield State. He served as an event manager at numerous college and high school championships hosted by Westfield State, including the NCAA Division III field hockey national championships in 2004, NCAA Division I field hockey (UMass Amherst), New England track and field championships, and MIAA high school state and regional championships.
He has been a member of the Westfield State Athletic Hall of Fame board of directors since its inception in 1994, and he worked passionately to research candidates and organized the many aspects of the induction ceremony.
Curtis served several years as an advisor and sports editor for the Westfield State school newspaper and worked closely with the yearbook staff. He also served as an internship advisor and mentor to scores of Westfield State students, and helped launch the careers for a number of students who have worked, or continue to work at NCAA institutions or in the media field.
Well regarded among his peers in the sports information field, at various times, Curtis handled additional duties as publicity director for the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference, the Pilgrim Lacrosse League and the New England Football Conference. During his lengthy stint with the football conference, he was the New England representative to the CoSIDA/Hewlett-Packard Division III All-America football team for eight years. Locally, he was a media relations assistant for Basketball Hall of Fame induction events and NBA and college basketball games played in Springfield.
A native of Punxsutawney, Pa., where he was a youth baseball and basketball standout, Curtis graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) with a bachelor's of arts degree in history and a journalism minor. He worked for seven years as sports editor of his hometown daily newspaper, the Punxsutawney Spirit and during weekends he covered Steelers, Penn State and Pitt football games. Observing the press box management at these games piqued his interest in the sports information/public relations field.
Following his newspaper stint, he served for two years as sports information assistant at Edinboro (Pa.) University where he was a media relations contact for the school's NCAA Division I wrestling program, which featured United States Olympic gold medalist and world champion superheavyweight freestyle wrestler Bruce Baumgartner as an assistant coach. He also worked with the Fighting Scots men's cross country team that won the NCAA Division II national title in 1986 and was national runner-up in 1985. In addition, he worked as part-time sports editor at the Edinboro Independent, a weekly newspaper.
He earned a master's degree in educational administration from Westfield State in 1996.
Now retired and residing in Clermont, Fla, with his wife Mary Ellen Kaeding, Curtis continues to stay active with athletics and has volunteered at a variety of events, including: serving as official scorer for the Winter Garden Squeeze of the Florida Collegiate Summer League; the National Training Center in Clermont which hosts athletes of all ages, including serving as a popular training site for United States and international Olympic track and field athletes; Florida Special Olympics; PFX Athletics which hosts the annual college softball Spring Games for hundreds of Universities (where the Westfield State softball team has spent its spring break since 2008); Sommer Sports, a nationally recognized triathlon/race event management company based in Clermont, and other events and road races at the Disney Theme Parks and Disney Wide World of Sports Complex. Curtis also enjoys recreational activities with his granddaughter at the Central Florida Dreamplex, a health and fitness facility providing opportunities for those with special needs.
Bill Bulloch, Salem State University- Legends
Bill Bulloch, who passed away in 2008 after a courageous battle with cancer, was the senior member of the college's athletic department having served as the head athletic trainer for 32 years. Since arriving on campus in 1977, Bill mentored and prepared many student trainers for top athletic training positions all over the United States. An undergraduate of Plymouth State, Bill received his masters degree in athletic training from Indiana University.
Prior to coming to SSC, Bill implemented the athletic training program at Bridgewater State College. In addition to being a certified trainer by the National Athletic Trainer's Association of America, Bill was also a trained Emergency Medical Technician.
An outstanding three-sport high school athlete, Bill was inducted into the Tewksbury High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 2005.
The inductees will be recognized at a formal MASCAC Hall of Fame induction which will be coupled with a MASCAC athletic championship or event at the site in which the individual competed or was housed during the 2025-26 year.