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Hall of Fame

Riley

Mary Beth Riley

  • Class
    1991
  • Induction
    2001
  • Sport(s)
    Women's Track & Field, Cross Country

• In the winter of 1990, she was a member of the record-setting 3,200-meter outdoor relay unit, as well as the record-setting 3,200-meter indoor relay unit
• Set the school's 800-meter indoor record of 2:24.5
• Named to the MAAC All-Academic team for three straight semesters
• She was presented with the first NCAA Woman of the Year award after battling Hodgkin's Disease in 1988
• Graduated in 1991 Summa Cum Laude with degrees in both English and Spanish, and as a member of both the National Jesuit Honor Society and National English Honor Society

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