Brian Allain '80

An outstanding hockey player for the Lancers from 1975 to 1979, Brian Allain '80 scored 79 points during his career while playing as a defenseman. He scored 19 goals and had 60 assists. He was selected as an Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) All Star three times. His team won the ECAC Hockey title in 1976-77 and was runner-up in 1975-76.

Mr. Allain enters his sixth season as an assistant hockey coach at Worcester State College this season. He was one of the founders of the John Coughlin Scholarship Award and a member of the committee which founded the current hockey alumni program.

He is a social worker for the Massachusetts Department of Social Services.

 Rachel (Bishop) Economos '92  

Known as the most outstanding softball pitcher in the history of Worcester State College, Rachel (Bishop) Economos '92, finished with a 57-20 school record, including 20 shutouts and four no-hitters. Her career earned run average was 0.99 for 513 innings pitched.

At the time of her graduation she held two National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III records with 552 career strikeouts and the most strikeouts in a single game with 18. She was selected the Massachusetts State College (MASCAC) Player of the Year in 1992 and was selected an All New England first team All Star twice. In 1992 she was fourth in the country with a 0.69 earned run average and second in the nation with an average of 9.5 strikeouts per game. In 1990, she pitched three complete games in one day to lead her team to the ECAC North Championship.

 Rachel Economos runs a highly successful softball pitching clinic for youngsters at Worcester State College.

 Jeanne Forget-Bombara '72

One of the pioneers of the Women's Sports program at Worcester State College, Jeanne Forget-Bombara '72 was multitalented. She played four sports, field hockey, volleyball, basketball and softball. She was a captain of the basketball team for three years and a captain of the softball team for two seasons and had a .364 career batting average and scored 334 career points in basketball. She was the team's most valuable player in 1969 in basketball.

 She was named Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities and was vice president of both the Athletic Recreation Association and the Women's Athletic Association and a voting member of the Athletic Council at Worcester State College.

 She has coached basketball at Millbury and Nipmuck Regional High Schools and is currently the coach of the junior high team at Our Lady of the Valley School in Uxbridge. Jeanne Forget-Bombara is currently employed as a guidance counselor/teacher at Our Lady of the Valley School in Uxbridge.

 Paul Gaffney' 89

A remarkable athletic champion, Paul Gaffney '80 was a four year member of the indoor and outdoor track teams at Worcester State College. He was the captain of the teams his senior year and was named an All American in track four times during his career.

 He competed in the NCAA Nationals three times in the indoor 35 pound weight throw and three times in the outdoor hammer throw. He finished second in the nation in the 35 pound weight throw in 1987 and fifth in the nation in the hammer throw in 1988. He was the indoor New England and ECAC Champion in 1987 and was the outdoor New England champion in the hammer in 1988. He also was the Massachusetts State College Champion in the hammer in 1988.

He currently holds the Worcester State College record for the 35 pound weight throw at 55 feet 2 inches and holds the school record for the hammer with a throw of 186 feet, 3 inches.

 Paul is employed as a police officer for the city of Worcester.

 James McCullough, '79

A three year key player of the highly successful ice hockey team, James McCullough '79 served as the team's captain in his senior year. He was a member of the Lancer hockey teams which reached the ECAC semi-finals in 1974-75, runners-up in 1975-76, and ECAC Champions in 1976-77.

 He was named the ECAC Player of the Year in 1977. He is currently the college's seventh leading all time scorer with 57 goals and 68 assists for 125 career points.

 He has coached hockey at Blackstone-Milville and Oxford Highs and the Worcester Youth Hockey League. He is still playing in the Auburn Adult Hockey League.

 James McCullough is the owner of the Southbridge Spectacle Shop and vice president of Meineke Discount Muffler Shop in Worcester. He is a member of the Massachusetts Association of Registered Dispensing Opticians (MAEDO) and is a licensed optician.

 Oscar Larsson

The first athletic trainer at Worcester State College, Oscar Larsson worked from 1973 until his retirement in 1989. He established the College's first weight training facilities. In the Spring of 1990, the College honored him by naming the training facility the Oscar Larsson Fitness Center.

 He attended the Norwich School of Physical Therapy and Springfield College. He was the health director at the Worcester YMCA for 25 years and also served as the trainer for the Norton Company semipro baseball teams. He also worked as the trainer at Worcester Junior College.

 He also is a US Army veteran from World War II and achieved the rank of Staff Sergeant. Over the years, Oscar Larsson has worked as an athletic trainer on a part-time basis at some of the Worcester State athletic contests.