Anna Maria College Athletics Announces 2024 Hall of Fame Inductees
Paxton, Mass.—The Anna Maria College Hall of Fame Committee is pleased to announce the inductees for the 8th Hall of Fame class. This year's group of outstanding individuals include: Kylie (Dalbec) Perdomo ’16, Tina (Oliveri) Seabury ’07, and the 1996 Men’s Basketball Team. The 2024 Hall of Fame Inductees will officially be inducted into the Anna Maria College Hall of Fame on Saturday, March 23, 2024.
Kylie Dalbec ’16 was a four-year field hockey player with an amazing and record shattering career. She is currently the career leader in goals (68), assists (48) and points (184). In addition, she holds school records in assists in a season (18) and is second all-time in goals in a season (21) and points in a season (53). Dalbec appeared in 84 games adding 24 game-winning goals to her impressive statistics. She led the AMCATS to 55 wins, two New England Collegiate Conference Championships (NECC) in 2012 and 2013, and the 2014 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Tournament runner-up. In addition, she led the team to three ECAC appearances (2012, 2014, 2015) and an appearance in the 2023 NCAA tournament. The NCAA tournament appearance was the first in school history for field hockey. Dalbec earned 2012 NECC Rookie of the Year honors and NECC All-Conference First Team Honors, 2013 NECC Player of the Year Honors and NECC All-Conference Second Teams, 2014 GNAC Player of the Year Honors and 2014 GNAC All-Conference First Team Honors in 2014 and 2025. In addition, she was named to the 2014 Longstreth/National Field Hockey Coaches' Association Division III All-New England East Region First Team, 2015 Longstreth/National Field Hockey Coaches' Association Division III All-New England East Region Second Team and earned 2014 GNAC Women of The Year honors. Dalbec was a standout in the classroom and was a four-time National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Division III National Academic Squad recipient. She was named to the 2013 NECC All-Academic Team and received GNAC All-Academic Honors as a junior and senior.
Dalbec also played one year for the women’s lacrosse team, recording 21 goals and three assists.
Dalbec is originally from Portland, Maine and attended Portland High School.
Tina Oliveri ’07 was a four-year standout on the women’s basketball team and had an outstanding career while at Anna Maria. She is tenth all-time in points scored with 1,030 points and 25th all-time in rebounds (404).She also is first all-time with 223 career three-point fields goals made (222), second all-time in career three-point field goal percentage (36.5%), and third all-time in three-point field goals in a season (74). Oliveri started in 90 of 93 games played during her career.
Oliveri was also a four-year member of the softball team and played field hockey during her senior year. During her four years on the softball team, she missed only two games, starting in 133 out of 133 career games for the AMCATS while accumulating 103 hits, 46 runs, 18 doubles, and 40 RBIs. In her senior year she batted .318 and had a career high 10 doubles.
Oliveri is originally from Worcester, MA and attended Burncoat High School.
The 1996 Men’s Basketball team finished the 1995-1996 season 25-5 and made it to the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16. The AMCATS were the first team in school history to play in the NCAA tournament as well as host an NCAA Tournament game. The AMCATS finished the season with a 15-1 record in the Commonwealth Coast Conference and won the regular season championship. The AMCATS won the tournament championship by defeating Wentworth 94-63 on their home court. The AMCATS hosted Babson College in the first round of the NCAA tournament in front of a capacity crowd and defeated the Beavers 111-90 avenging an early season loss. The AMCATS advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament and traveled to Salem State, the number one seed in the New England sectional, defeating the Vikings 74-67. The second round victory against Salem State avenged another early season loss, to continue the Cinderella tournament run. The historical season ended in the Sweet 16 in New Jersey after a 95-88 loss to host Richard Stockton State. The AMCATS averaged 89.4 points per game and 9.3 three-point field goals per game during the magical season. The 25 wins in a season marks the most wins in school history.
The AMCATS were coached by head coach Paul Phillips and assisted by Mike Burlas, David Shea ‘93 and Jay Curran ’87. Members of the 1995-1996 team were Tom Keane ’96, Tim O’Brien ’96, Jeff Padula ’96, Anthony Carter ’97, Jon O’Brien ’97, Jeff Paulhus ’97, Steve Daniewicz ’98, Michael Dowd ’98, Jon Economo ’98, John Patraitis ’98, Mark Sweeney ’98.
The 2024 Anna Maria College Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony and reception will take place on Saturday, March 23, 2024, at 4:30 p.m. in the Information Commons in Foundress Hall on the campus of Anna Maria College. Tickets can be purchased at: https://goamcats.com/alumni/HOFTickets.
For more information or questions please contact athletics@annamaria.edu.
