EASTON, Mass. (Nov. 3, 2025) -- Head coach Trisha Brown of the Stonehill women's basketball team was inducted into the New Agenda Northeast Hall of Fame this weekend.

Brown, who is entering her 25th season at the helm leading the Skyhawks, was inducted into the organization's Hall of Fame on Sunday, Nov. 2. Since taking over the program in 2001,  Brown has posted a 433-247 (.637) record over her career with the Skyhawks, becoming just the second coach in Stonehill women's basketball history to reach the 400-win mark, joining mentor Paula Sullivan.

Brown guided the Skyhawks to 13 NCAA Tournament appearances as well as six NE10 championships and a spot in the NE10 Tournament all 20 seasons prior to joining the NEC. Most recently, the Skyhawks made their debut in the NEC Championship game in just their second season of postseason eligibility as members of the NEC in 2024-25. After finishing as runners-up in the NEC, Stonehill earned its first-ever invitational to the WNIT.

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 plans were developed by the New Agenda- Northeast to hold a New Agenda- Northeast Conference at the Park Plaza Hotel, Boston, on December 6 and 7, 1987.

In 1988 New Agenda- Northeast began its Hall of Fame to honor those women who have helped advance 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 Girl's 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 turned over to the MIAA completely. 

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

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