Mark Veilleux
Mark Veilleux
Induction Year: 2022
Sport(s): Softball
Status: Coach

INDUCTION CEREMONY SPEECH

From 1995-2017, Mark Veilleux's softball teams dominated the New England Region.

The Gulls captured 13 conference championships, highlighted by an unprecedented run of eight straight CCC crowns from 2003 to 2011, made 10 NCAA Tournament appearances — including two runs to the Regional Finals — and won a staggering 620 games total during that span.

Endicott also went 362-60-2 (.856) in conference play under Veilleux's guidance and secured an ECAC Division III New England Championship in 2012.

Despite retiring from coaching in 2017, Veilleux still entered the 2022 season ranked No. 38 all-time in the NCAA Division III record books for wins and winning percentage (620-275-12, .690, minimum 10 years).

Veilleux's other career highlights include capturing the first conference championship in Endicott Athletics history (1995), earning four Coach of the Year awards across two conferences, coaching 10 Endicott Hall of Famers — the most of any coach in school history — and ranking first all-time among his Endicott peers in wins by nearly 200 victories at the time of his induction.

Individually, his student-athletes earned one All-America selection, 56 All-Region accolades, 129 All-Conference honors, three CCC Senior Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards, and 74 Academic All-Conference citations.

Major awards for the program during his coaching tenure included seven Player of the Year honors, eight Pitcher of the Year selections, and seven Rookie of the Year winners.