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Terry Febrey

  • Class
    1982
  • Induction
    2019
  • Sport(s)
    Women's Soccer
Terry Febrey earned two women's soccer All-America honors and was the 1981-82 Broderick Award winner as the nation's top player. She helped Cortland win the first-ever women's soccer collegiate national title in 1980.
 
* A native of Union Hill, she earned a bachelor's degree in education from Cortland in 1982, a master's degree in education from Ithaca College in 1989, and a CAS in educational administration from SUNY Brockport in 2002.
 
* Three-year starting sweeper back for the women's soccer team after transferring from Indiana University, where she played varsity basketball for two seasons and club soccer for one year.
 
* Two-time team captain and National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) first team All-American in 1980 and 1981, and the first-ever recipient of the Broderick Award for women's soccer during the 1981-82 school year as the women's soccer National Player of the Year. Finished as runner-up for the Broderick Cup, which is given to the best female athlete each year among all Broderick Award winners.
 
* Helped Cortland finish 15-3 and win the first-ever women's soccer collegiate national title in 1980. Named the National Soccer Tournament Most Valuable Defensive Player and earned all-tournament honors as Cortland defeated Colorado State (3-0), Harvard (3-0) and UCLA (5-1) for the national crown. The Red Dragons also were Eastern Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (EAIAW) champs after a 5-2 win over Connecticut in the title game. Cortland allowed only 16 goals in 18 games during the season.
 
* Three-time all-region selection, including the 1979 season in which Cortland finished 12-1-1 and shared the inaugural EAIAW title after tying Harvard in the title game, and the 1989 season in which the Red Dragons were 13-3-1 and won the first-ever New York State AIAW championship. Named to the NYSAIAW all-tournament team.
 
* Won Whitney T. Corey Award for the 1981-82 school year as Cortland's female student-athlete with the highest overall grade point average (3.925).
 
* Member of the U.S. Select Women's Soccer Team that competed in Europe in the summer of 1982 and an assistant coach at Cortland in the fall of 1982.
 
* Taught physical education and health, and coached numerous sports, at Wayne Central Schools, her alma mater, from 1985-98. First woman inducted into the Wayne Central Soccer Hall of Fame in 2015.
 
* Assistant principal at Penfield High School from 2003 until her retirement in June 2019 after working 37 years in education. Helped raise graduation rate from 80 percent to 96 percent, and has served as Chair of District Health and Wellness Committee and Chair of building anti-bullying committee.
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