Bert Bolduc Class of 1961 Basketball

Bert Bolduc was a three year starter for the Worcester State College basketball team.  After transferring to Chandler Street from Holy Cross in 1957 to earn a teaching degree and beginning his academic career anew as a freshman, he starred for the Lancers his freshman, junior and season years as he had to sit out his sophomore year after using a year of eligibility playing for the Holy Cross freshman team.  Bert was a team captain his senior season and he averaged 14 points per game over the three year span scoring a total of 830 points in 59 games.  During his tenure at Worcester State, the program posted records of 11-5, 16-6 and 16-5 for a total of 43-16 while playing the majority of their games on the road due to the construction of the gym building and the conversion of the old gymnasium into offices.  As a freshman, he averaged 12.5 points per game scoring 270 on the season.  Bert’s junior year was the first under new head coach Fran Dyson and also the first in the newly built gym building which opened in January of 1960.  As a junior, Bert averaged 16 points per game scoring over 20 points seven times; including a single game career high of 32 points.  Bert captained the team his senior season he averaged 14 points per game. Before Worcester State and Holy Cross, Bert played with the legendary Jack Foley at Assumption Prep where he captained the 1955-56 team to the New England Catholic Championship.  Bert graduated from Worcester State in 1961 and worked at Forest Grove and Harrington Way Junior High Schools before spending his last 24 years teaching in Worcester at Doherty High School.  Retiring in 1999 after 38 total years in the Worcester Public Schools, Bert moved onto St. John’s where he worked through 2007.  It is with great pleasure that we induct Bert Bolduc into the Worcester State College Athletic Hall of Fame. 

Renee Marcotte Class of 1999 Basketball
Renee Marcotte was a four year starter and two time captain for the Worcester State Lancer women’s basketball team from 1995 through 1999.  She was a 1^st team Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference player both her junior and senior seasons and a 2nd team choice after her sophomore campaign.  As a freshman, she was the Worcester State co-freshman female athlete of the year and came full circle winning co-senior female athlete of the year after her senior season.  Her freshman year she scored 280 points averaging 10.8 points and 7 rebounds per game.  As a sophomore, she scored 10.4 points per game and 7 rebounds.  Her junior season, she averaged a double-double with 11.38 points per game and 11.19 rebounds per contest while also leading the team in steals.  And as a senior, Renee once again notched a double-double for the season with 13.5 points and 10.4 rebounds per game.  For her career she scored 1,187 points and hauled in 914 rebounds.  An outstanding offensive player, Renee averaged double digits in scoring all four years for the Lancers.  Her junior year she was 17^th in the country in rebounding averaging 11.38 boards per contest.  As a senior she was selected to play in the New England Women’s Basketball Association All-Star Classic game.  Renee was an excellent student who was named to the MASCAC Academic All-Conference team as well as the Worcester State College Student-Athlete honor roll.  Renee was a health science major and is now a registered nurse at UMass-Memorial.  It is with great pleasure that we induct Renee Marcotte into the Worcester State College Athletic Hall of Fame. 

Anthony Price Class of 1998 Basketball
Anthony Price was an outstanding basketball player for the Worcester State College men’s basketball program in the late 1980’s.  Tony is the 11th all-time leading scorer in Worcester State men’s basketball history, scoring 1,347 points over his three-year career from 1986 to 1990. A two-year captain and all-conference selection, he is also the all-time leading shot blocker in Lancer history with 149 career blocks.  Tony was selected as the team MVP three times.  He led the conference in rebounding his junior year and was second in scoring his senior season.  Off the court, Tony was an active member of the Worcester State community as he was a member of Third World Alliance, Upward Bound and led a petition on campus to have Black Studies courses reinstated at the College.  In February of 2007, Tony was honored by the Massachusetts State Lottery and Boston College with their “The Heights Award” which “recognizes Outstanding Individuals for their contributions to women’s athletics”.  Tony has volunteered with and started numerous youth activities in his native Boston throughout the years including becoming the director of youth and recreation at the Lena Park Community Development Corporation where he started the first women’s basketball program.  Tony is currently an assistant athletic director and women’s basketball coach at Simmons College in Boston where he is the school’s all-time winningest coach and was named the Great Northeast Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in 2003 after a stellar 16-9 season.  Tony and his wife Paula are the proud parents of five children.  It is with great pleasure that we induct Anthony Price into the Worcester State College Athletic Hall of Fame. 

Ed Titus Class of 1951  Contributor
Ed is a Worcester State College Lancer through and through.  He is considered to be one of the early pioneers in athletics on Chandler Street as he was a member of the early Worcester State baseball teams in the late 1940’s.  Not only did Ed receive his undergraduate degree from Worcester State but he is a “Double-Lancer” as he also holds a masters degree from the college in education.  But where his mark was really made at Worcester State was as a coach and contributor to the athletics department.  Ed coached the tennis teams (men’s and women’s) for over 25 years from 1978 through 2003.  Ed took over coaching duties at Worcester State from fellow Athletic Hall of Famer Margaret “Peg” Nugent.  Ed was a well-liked and respected member of the community as he led the Lancer tennis program through many years when tennis facilities or lack thereof, was a major hurdle.  Professionally, Ed was a teacher in Worcester Public Schools for 38 years.  He was a former member of the Worcester Tennis Club and taught tennis in Worcester’s adult education programs.  It is with great pleasure that we induct Ed Titus into the Worcester State College Athletic Hall of Fame. 

Eric Swedberg Class of 2002 – Baseball
Eric Swedberg is one of the finest baseball players in the history of the Worcester State College baseball program.  He was a three time All-American in 2000, 2001 and 2002.  He was also the Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference Player of the Year for those same seasons.  During Eric’s time with the Lancers, the Lancer nine made the postseason four times in all including three ECAC tournament appearances and the Lancers’ first NCAA tournament appearance since the 1983 season.  Worcester State compiled an 111-46 record with Eric behind the plate at his customary catcher’s spot.  Eric ranks as the all-time career bating average leader for Worcester State with a career average of .458 more than 20 points ahead of second place.  He is the only player in Worcester State history to lead the team in batting for three years.  In 2000, he batted .500 which ranks third all-time, in 2001 he batted .462; ninth all-time and in 2002 he posted a .442 mark which is 16^th best in Worcester State history.  Eric led the nation in slugging percentage in 2000 with a mark of 1.068.  Among the other Worcester State records that Eric holds are career: hits, singles in a season with 43, hits in a season with 72, career triples with 13, career homeruns with 46, single season homeruns with 16, single season and career RBI with 70 and 208, respectively.  A tremendous leader he was also named captain of the team both his junior and senior seasons.  The ECAC named him the New England Player of the Year after the 2000 season as he won the MASCASC Triple Crown.  In 2001, he was the New England Baseball Writer’s Player of the Year.  After Eric’s senior season, he was bestowed with the MASCAC’s highest honor, winning the Howard C. Smith Award as well as being name the Worcester State co-Senior Male Athlete of the Year.  After his Worcester State career he is the only one noted in the Worcester State record books to have played in the prestigious Cape Cod Baseball league serving as a catcher and outfielder on the Bourne Braves.  Eric was also an outstanding student as he was twice selected to the Academic All-American District I team and earned national second team honors his senior year.  Eric is now a school teacher and varsity baseball coach at Auburn High School.  It is with great pleasure that we induct Eric Swedberg into the Worcester State College Athletic Hall of Fame.