Hall of Fame
Inducted October 12, 2007
Margaret Latharus Reilly began her standout basketball career at Farmingdale High School. Known as “Meg” to all of us, she was a four-year starter and one of Molloy’s top female athletes. She was a profile player who could rebound, block shots and score. Meg graduated in 1989 with a bachelor’s degree in Business Management.
Among her achievements are the following Molloy College career and season records: first in season rebounds (379), second in season scoring (532) and field goals made (203), third in career field goals made (550), career rebounds (962), season rebounding average (12.2 rpg) and season blocked shots (53), fourth in career scoring (1455), fifth in career free throws made (327), career rebounding average (8.9 rpg) and season scoring average (17.2 ppg) and season free throws made (124), seventh in career scoring average (13.3 ppg), field goal percentage (.423) and free throw percentage (.683), ninth in season rebounding average (9.8 rpg), and tenth in season field goal percentage (.446) and rebounds (265).
Meg was an Empire State All-Conference First Team selection during her junior and senior seasons and was second in the Conference in scoring and rebounding in her final campaign. In the 1988-89 season, Meg was selected to the First Team GTE Academic All-American District I Women’s Basketball College Division.
Upon graduation, Meg began her career with Citicorp/Citibank as a marketing/communications manager. After five years, she began working as a Human Resources manager and consultant for several different companies. She is currently employed with Arrow Electronics as a Global Human Resources Consultant for the Corporate IT Division.
Meg has been married for 13 years and resides with her husband, Patrick Reilly and their children, Patrick (9) and Dylan (6) in Bethpage, NY. She is actively involved with her sons’ basketball and baseball teams and enjoys boating, traveling, skiing and fishing with her family. Meg began competing in triathlons about two years ago in memory of her son, James, who passed away.
