Wakefield Hall of Fame

Renee Najarian

As a Wakefield Varsity softball player, Renee Najarian broke the Middlesex League win record with 53 wins, complied an ERA of .86 and was a 4 year Middlesex League All-Star. In 1982, Wakefield won the Eastern Mass Division 1 State Championship. In 1983, Wakefield was the #1 seeded team in Division I North and captured the Eastern Mass Division I state championship again over opponent Oliver Ames High School. (See photo below.) Her basketball abilities were just as impressive achieving a four year Middlesex League All-Star status, League MVP as a junior and senior, and Globe All-Scholastic her sophomore, junior and senior years.

Renee was heavily recruited for college basketball but turned down numerous offers to accept a scholarship from the University of South Carolina who was a national power in women’s basketball in the early 1980’s. In the 1984-85 season she was selected Freshman All-American by the Women’s Basketball News. In spite of this success, and for various reasons, Renee decided to transfer her sophomore year to the University of Connecticut which was not among that era’s top contenders in women’s basketball. Unfortunately she had to abide by NCAA rules for transfers and did not begin to play until the 1986 season. She quickly made an impact averaging 17.1 points and 10.1 rebounds per game. Over the two years she was at U Conn she earned All Big East 1^st Team 1986-87 and 1987-88, Kodak All-District 1 Team 1986-87 and voted Outstanding Senior Athlete at University of Connecticut 1987-88.

Ms. Najarian is presently Assistant Athletic Director and Physical Education/Health Teacher at the Edwin O. Smith High School in Storrs, Connecticut which borders the University of Connecticut campus in Mansfield. Updated 7/08

Rene Najarian’s University of Connecticut Basketball Statistics

	Years	Games	Points	Average
SCORING AVERAGE	1986-88	31	558	18.0
	Years	Games	Rebounds	Average
REBOUNDING AVERAGE	1986-88	31	321	10.4
	Years	Games	FGM-FGA	Percentage
FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE	1986-88	31	201-357	.560

Picture below from the Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department Calendar at The Beebe Library Website.

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