WORCESTER, Mass. – Assumption University women's basketball head coach Kerry Phayre was inducted into the New Agenda Northeast Hall of Fame last weekend.

Phayre, who is entering her 29^th season on the bench of the Greyhounds, was inducted into the organization's Hall of Fame on Sunday, Nov. 2. Since taking over the program in 1996, Phayre has posted a 476-329 (.591) record over her career at Assumption and is the University's winningest coach across all sports. 
 
Phayre has guided the Hounds to ten NCAA Appearances, including three-straight (2022-25), two Northeast 10 Conference Regular Season titles, and won the 2022-23 NCAA Division II East Regional Championship. 

History
The New Agenda- Northeast was founded in the spring of 1986 by Mary Lydon, President of the Massachusetts Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance. Mary Pratt, Past Vice-President of the Division for Girls' and Women's Sport for the Massachusetts Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance, Mark Colon, Education Director for the New England Sports Museum. It was based on the National New Agenda, established in 1983 through the efforts and leadership of the National Association for Girls and Women in Sport, an Association of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance, and the Women's Sport Foundation.

The NAGWS granted permission for the use of the name "New Agenda," and the New Agenda-Northeast developed plans to hold a New Agenda-Northeast Conference at the Park Plaza Hotel in Boston on December 6-7, 1987.

In 1988, New Agenda-Northeast established its Hall of Fame to honor women who have contributed to advancing the role of women in sports in the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

New Agenda- Northeast and the Committee on Girls' Sports sponsored and co-sponsored the National Girl and Woman in Sports Day since 1998, to celebrate all female athletes.  Starting in 2024, the responsibilities for the MA Celebrations were fully transferred to the MIAA. 

Commitment
The New Agenda-Northeast has provided leadership for girls and women in sports since 1986. The program, directions, emphases, and goals continue to address the changing needs of girls and women in sport.
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