She's "one of the best athletes ever at WPI," says Sue Chapman
about one of her prize pupils.
Christine Clancy, as she was known in the early '80s, played a
little basketball at WPI, but it was in field hockey and softball
that she left her marks. She was a four-year letterwinner in those
two outdoor sports.
Christine's WPI athletic career got off to a blazing start when
she was named Female Freshman Athlete of the Year in 1981. And it
just got better. As a senior, she captained both teams, and was
named Team MVP in field hockey. She was the leading scorer on the
1985 field hockey team, which finished 13-7 and went on to compete
in the AIAW Nationals at Sweet Briar, Va.
"Christine was a link who controlled every aspect of play on
that squad," former head coach Chapman says. "We couldn't have
advanced as far as we did without her." As a senior Christine was
an All-New England and All-Region performer.
In her years on the squad (1981-83, 1985), her teams finished
with an outstanding record of 64-25-3 for a splendid .712 winning
percentage. In all four seasons, her teams reached postseason play,
including a 6th-place national finish in the AIAWs in 1981. WPI
reached the ECAC finals in 1983.
In softball, as a freshman, she batted .280 and played
centerfield for a team that finished 10-7. She led the team in
hitting as a sophomore with a batting average of .339. As a junior,
she hit her high-water mark with a phenomenal .435. By the time she
was a senior, she'd led her team with 18 RBIs in 18 games.
Christine was more than just an athlete at WPI. She was an RA in
Stoddard and Riley residence halls; she was a Big Sister volunteer;
she was a member of Delta Phi Epsilon sorority. In the fall of
1985, the first year WPI's Co-op Program was offered, she worked
for GTE Sylvania in Needham.
After receiving her B.S. in electrical engineering in January
1986, she went to work for Procter & Gamble, where she rose to
positions of prominence. She transferred several times in her
P&G life, from Quincy, Mass., to Cincinnati, to Guangzhou,
China, to Bangkok, to Sacramento, where she now lives.
Today, Christine runs her own company, McNary Properties, where
she purchases and manages multiresidential income properties.
For all her impressive credentials, it is an honor to induct
Christine A. Clancy McNary into the WPI Athletic Hall of Fame.
