Bio

Maryellen Massey Montera had a highly decorated career during her time at Dominican from 1984-88. She was a two-sport star in basketball and softball. On the hardwood, she is the program’s all-time leading scorer with 2,066 points, including dropping in a single-season school-record, 611, during the 1985-86 season. The season after, she posted a 19.7 points per game average which is the third highest mark in program history. Montera averaged 18.7 points a night during her senior year (1987-88), which stands as the fourth best average for a single season. Montera was just as big a hit on the softball diamond as she was on the basketball court, and her success in the sport was spread out among the pitching circle and at the dish. She posted a 1.23 earned run average during her career, which is tops in program history. Montera ranks third in program history with 47 career wins, fourth in innings pitched (438.1) and sixth with 270 strikeouts. She pitched a pair of no-hitters, including a perfect game against John Jay College on April 22, 1988. At the plate, Montera was just as impressive by ranking fourth in school history with a .414 batting average and ranking seventh with seven career triples. She was a member of Dominican’s inaugural Hall of Fame Class in 1995, and then became the first and only student-athlete in school history to have her jersey retired in 2009.