Varsity Club Hall of Fame Induction Class of 1995, Kelly Dyer
Jack Grinold, Director Office of Sports Infonnation Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 (617) 373-2691, (617) 373-3152 (fax) FOR RELEASE: Sunday, August 27th, 1995 DYER ENTERS NORTHEASTERN HALL OF FAME When it was less fashionable, Acton's Kelly Dyer labored at the sport of women's ice hockey; when it was not at all fashionable, she excelled at the sport of men's ice hockey; once she had conquered both worlds, she was in a league by herself. On Friday night, September 29th, Northeastern University gets a chance to model one of its exemplary student athletes during official Hall of Fame ceremonies at Matthews Arena, where Dyer was 47-6-2 as a collegiate goalie. Dyer will join five other Northeastern Hall of Famers, including the late great Reggie Lewis. A member of the Class of 1990, she graduated with an official degree in Business Administration and a minor in hockey. Having carved niches at every amateur hockey level, she now plays the sport for a living with the West Palm Beach entry in Florida's Sunshine League. She has played in front of a handful of relatives and well wishers, and 10,000 fans in the 1990 World Games in Ottawa, Ontario. Depending on whatever was the better challenge at the time, she has played a men's sport and a women's sport. However, her bottom line is genderless. Dyer, you see, is a hockey player. "I went stir crazy not working two jobs having come from Northeastern," said Dyer, who just this past summer parlayed creative and athletic passions as the Director of Marketing and starting goaltender for the Orlando Rollergators of the International Roller Hockey League.
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