Eastern Connecticut State University

Susan E. Mullaney was a two-time all-region and team MVP selection and two-year team captain for the Warriors under Eastern Hall of Fame coach Floretta Crabtree. The 5-foot-9 inch middle hitter from Billerica, Mass. led the Warriors into post-season competition each season – the team winning the 1988 ECAC tournament championship -- and graduated as the program’s all-time leader in matches played (158), total blocks (257), block solos (143), and attack percentage (.320) and was second in service aces (189). Through 2008, she remains the only player in program history rated among the all-time Top 10 in both service aces and blocks. As the team’s only senior, Mullaney repeated as a first-team All-East Region selection and All-New England honoree after leading Division III with a program-record .459 attack percentage. She recorded a personal season-best 317 kills on 560 attempts with only 60 errors en route to that national statistical championship. Eight times in her career, Mullaney was named to all tournament teams, garnering tournament MVP accolades at Roger Williams University as a senior. With Mullaney, Eastern averaged 32.8 wins per year and posted an overall .757 winning percentage, capturing 131 of 173 matches. In that span, the Warriors won ten in-season tournaments and were ranked nationally eight times, including a program-best third during a record 17-1 start in 1986. Eastern was ranked consistently in both the East Region and New England polls throughout Mullaney’s career, earning the No. 1 New England rating in the final poll of 1987. Through 2008, Mullaney was still represented in the program’s all-time Top 10 in five categories, including third in matches played and block solos and fourth in attack percentage.