Dr. Paula M. Mullen Scholarship Fund

This fund was established by her family and friends, following Dr. Mullen’s death in March of 2013. Dr. Mullen was born in Chicago, Illinois on October 3, 1951. She was a graduate of Woburn High School, Class of 1969, University of New Hampshire, Class of 1973, obtained her Master’s Degree from Bentley College in 1987 and her Doctorate from Nova University. She was the former Head Women’s Basketball coach at Bentley College helping to lay the cornerstone of what is one of the elite women’s basketball programs in the country. Mullen coached the Falcons from 1978-84, amassing a record of 108-42 while leading Bentley to the first three Northeast-8 regular season championships and two of the first three NE-8 tournament titles (1982, 1984). She received the conference’s first Women’s Basketball Coach of the Year award in 1982 and was also a co-recipient of the award two years later. Each of her six Bentley teams earned postseason tournament berths, including NCAA appearances annually from 1982-84. After stepping down as coach, the 1996 inductee into the Bentley Athletic Hall of Fame was an assistant athletics director for three years, from 1984-87. Her tenure at Bentley also included coaching the field hockey team in 1978. After leaving Bentley, she went on to a long career in secondary education, including Athletics Director at Wakefield Memorial High School and Principal at Galvin Middle School in Wakefield. The Dr. Paula M. Mullen Scholarship Fund has requested a preference for a student who displays “spirit, perseverance and a positive attitude”.