Rochester Institute of Technology Athletics

With determination, freshman Sheila Stevenson created interest in women’s hockey at RIT. The Canton, N.Y. native did the leg work, talked to the right people, and on March 5, 1976, her dream became a reality when RIT played its first women’s hockey contest. That initial season RIT was a club team and played two games against Cortland and St. Lawrence. Sheila played in 32 games over four seasons, recording one goal and three assists for four points. She was a four-year captain and finalist for RIT Woman Athlete of the Year as a senior. While at RIT, Stevenson worked as a student assistant in the sports information office, served as a resident advisor and was a member of Student Government and the Student Activities Board. She has been cited by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) with the Kodak Good Person Award and was the recipient of the ECAC Irving T. Marsh Service Award. She served as president of the ECAC Sports Information Directors Association and is presently on the CoSIDA Awards Committee. Sheila is the sports information director at Rowan University in Glassboro, N.J.