Westfield State Athletics

The Owls of Westfield State College are the pre-season pick to win the 2009-10 Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball championship in a vote of the league’s coaches.

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Six former Westfield State standouts, including Owl women's basketball head coach Andrea Bertini, will be inducted into the college’s Athletics Hall of Fame during the 2009 Alumni Weekend.

The 14th annual inductions will be held Friday evening, Oct. 23, in Scanlon Banquet Hall on the Westfield campus. Once inducted there will be 99 distinguished Owls in the hall.

Greg Gauvin (‘96) is the all-time leading scorer in Westfield State basketball history; Bertini (’96) earned national acclaim for her 3-point shooting and led the women’s basketball team to four straight postseason appearances; Tom Maher (’92) and Linda (Phillips) O’Brien (’92) were both standouts in cross country and track and field; Carlos Canino (’88) was a football all-conference defensive back and punt returner; and Bob Pepka was an All-New England volleyball player.

For ticket information, contact 413-572-5433.

For additional information on each inductee, click on the Hall of Fame link under Athletic Dept. on the main page.

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Westfield State College senior basketball standout Andrea Wasuk (Lenox, Mass.) has been selected the Massachusetts State College Athletics Conference’s Howard C. Smith Female Scholar-Athlete of the year. 

The prestigious award is presented annually to male and female senior student-athletes who have excelled both academically and athletically while a student of a Massachusetts state college. The award is named in honor of Howard C. Smith, a former state college trustee who was largely responsible for the formation of the Massachusetts State College Athletics Conference (MASCAC) and the acceptance of intercollegiate athletics as an integral part of the state college system. 

To be considered for the award, a student-athlete must have achieved a least a 3.2 cumulative grade point average and be in his or her last year of athletic eligibility. 


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The Westfield State athletics department presented special outstanding contributor awards to two standout student-athletes at the college's varsity sports spring banquet.

The two seniors who contributed greatly to their teams’ success were Andrea Wasuk (basketball) and Chelsea Sylvia (softball).

Wasuk was the 2009 MASCAC Player of the year as she led her team to the conference regular season and tournament championships, along with a berth in the NCAA Tournament. Her team also posted a 22-5 record in 2009, for her sport’s best winning percentage in school history.

Wasuk was an All American honorable mention selection and first-team All New England selection. In addition, she was a three-time all-conference selection and received her team’s most valuable player award the past three years.

Wasuk finished her collegiate basketball career with 1,373 points, which ranks her third on the college’s all-time scoring list.

Sylvia helped her team reach new heights during the past three years when it posted three straight 20-win seasons and won its first MASCAC regular season championship in 24 years.

Her team won 66 games during the past three seasons and she was the winning pitcher in 41 games. She set school career records for career victories, lowest earned run average and, most impressively, for strikeouts. In 371 innings pitched, she struck out 475 batters.

Syllvia was the MASCAC Player of the Year in 2008 and 2009 and the conference Rookie of the Year in 2007, along with being a three-time all-conference first team selection.

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Andrea Wasuk (basketball) and Phil Gingras (cross country/track) were
named the Westfield State 2009 female and male scholar-athletes of the 
year for having the highest cumulative grade point averages of the Westfield
senior student-athletes. Making the presentation at the college's varsity
sports banquet is Dr. Diana Schwartz, left, Westfield State's NCAA faculty
athletics representative.

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The three senior members of Westfield State's highly successful women's
basketball team received special senior awards at the college's sports
banquet. From left to right are: head coach Andrea Bertini, Andrea Wasuk,
Lauren Sylvain, and Katie Sylvain.

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Andrea Wasuk, left, and Lauren Sylvain received special achievement
awards at the Westfield State varsity sports banquet. Wasuk received 
the team's outstanding contributor award for the third straight year, and 
Sylvain was named the team's most improved player.

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