An exceptional scholar and two-sport athlete, Julie Smalley-Capirchio embodied the ideals of Division III sports during her exceptional career on the pitch and diamond at UMass Dartmouth.  As a member of the women’s soccer program, Smalley-Capirchio helped the Corsairs boast a combined record of 45-10-2 (.807), finalist honors in the 1992 NCAA Division III Tournament, and two Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Tournament appearances during her three-year career from 1990 to 1992. She made an immediate impact in the top-third of the UMass Dartmouth lineup in 1990, establishing a single-season standard for assists (9) and ranking second on the single-season points list (37). Smalley-Capirchio was selected as the inaugural Little East Conference Rookie of the Year, while also garnering All-Little East honors. The Brockton, Mass. product was a key member of the 1992 squad that posted a program-best 17 victories and advanced to the National Championship Game in the program’s first NCAA appearance. Smalley-Capirchio capped her prolific career with 58 total points, on 22 goals and 14 assists.   

On the softball diamond, Smalley-Capirchio was a highly decorated three-year infielder for the Corsairs between 1991 and 1994. During her tenure, UMass Dartmouth posted a combined record of 58-20 and advanced to three ECAC tournaments, including capturing the championship in 1992 and 1994. She sports a career .348 batting average with 94 hits, 71 runs scored and 64 RBI. Smalley-Capirchio was tabbed NSCA First Team All-Northeast Region and a NEISCA All-Star at shortstop in 1992, batting .360 with 17 RBI. After sitting out the 1993 season due to injury, she returned to the Corsair lineup with a record-breaking season, scoring a program-best 43 runs and hitting .409 at the plate. Smalley-Capirchio and her teammates from the 1994 ECAC Championship team were inducted into the UMass Dartmouth Hall of Fame in 2014. Smalley-Capirchio graduated magna cum laude in 1994 and became the Corsairs’ first ECAC Scholar-Athlete Award recipient.