Michelle Massa, a 1994 graduate of Stonehill, was a two sport student-athlete at the College with the equestrian and women’s tennis programs.
Massa found her perfect fit when she transferred to Stonehill following her freshman year at Boston College. She was a part of two straight Northeast-10 Conference championships in women’s tennis. Individually, she captured a pair of NE-10 championships at No. 3 singles as a sophomore and junior. Massa opted to stop playing tennis after her junior year when she participated in the College’s study abroad program in the fall before returning to the equestrian team for the spring.
Equestrian was a complete bonus to Massa when coming to Stonehill and she helped in building up a new varsity program at the College into the upper echelon within the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association over her three years. She was part of two IHSA Zone 1 Championship winning teams, beating out big established programs from Colgate, Brown and UConn.
The Equestrian team competed at the IHSA National Championships her junior and senior year and she also qualified to compete at nationals as an individual for walk-trot-canter equitation over those two years as well. She earned Reserve Champion honors at nationals, hosted by the University of Colorado-Loveland as a junior, before claiming the individual National Champion the following year at Texas A&M to cap her collegiate riding career. George Morris - one of the preeminent equitation judges in the world - chose her as the winner of her class after a ride off.
Michelle Massa, a 1994 graduate of Stonehill, was a two sport student-athlete at the College with the equestrian and women’s tennis programs.