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Winnie began her sports career as an outstanding athlete at Laurelton Hall High School. There she participated on the field hockey, basketball, softball and tennis teams. Upon graduation, she continued her education at SCSC where she majored in physical education.\u00a0 It was at SCSC that Winnie had her first experience of being cut from a\u00a0 sports team when she tried out for the volleyball team. They were looking for a middle blocker and Winnie, at 5\u20192\u201d, did not fit the bill for the Owls. Winnie really believed that she could have been successful on that team.\u00a0 Thus, upon graduation from Southern, when the opportunity arose to coach volleyball at Westhill, Winnie took the position. There she coached using her philosophy, formed by her experience at Southern, which was and is \u201cyou can be anything you believe you can be- and don\u2019t let anyone tell you that you can\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

From that start of her 14-year volleyball coaching career at Westhill, her teams qualified for every state tournament and always achieved a minimum of a quarterfinal appearance. During her tenure as coach, her tems accumulated 10 league championships, 2 state titles with 7 appearances in the finals. These accomplishments coming from a team whose tallest player during those years was 5\u20199\u201d.<\/p>\n

Winnie was recognized for her achievements by the Connecticut High School Coaches Association as the Volleyball Coach of the Year in 1977 and the \u00a0New England HS Coaches Assoc. as the Volleyball Coach of the Year in 1984.\u00a0 She was elected as the second woman to serve as president of the CHSCA in 1985. Winnie received the Stamford YWCA You Make a Difference Award for all her work with the children of Stamford.<\/p>\n

Winnie is presently serving as principal of Dolan Middle School in Stamford.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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