Bill Sullivan '93 inducted into NEWA Hall of Fame

Bill Sullivan was a 3-time All NEWA Wrestler and a 3-time conference finalist.  After being injured his freshman year he went on take second in the NEWA Championships as a sophomore (134), first as a junior at 126, and second his senior season at 134.  Sullivan was a two-year captain for the Ephs as a junior and senior, a 2-time NCAA Qualifier, earning All-American honors as a senior with an eighth place finish at 134.
   
During his sophomore year Sullivan finished second at the NEWAs to 4-time New England Champion Brian Allen of RIC.  Sullivan defeated Allen during the season in the dual meet between the two schools and was the #1 seed at the NEWA Tournament.  At the time the NEWA only sent the 10 champions and one wild card to the NCAA Tournament and Sullivan did not receive the wild card from the NEWA coaches.
   
As a junior Sullivan won the NEWA title at 126 pounds and also earned Scholar All – American Honors. 

For his senior year Sullivan went back up to 134 for the NEWA Tournament, where he lost in the finals in overtime to 3-time New England Champion Bill Cotter.  Cotter then went on to become the first NCAA Champion ever out of the New England Region.  Sullivan was awarded the one wild card from the conference coaches and he made the most of his opportunity by becoming an All-American with an eighth-place finish.

Sullivan finished an extremely impressive career at Williams with an overall record of 65-15. He and his class were a huge part of turning the Williams College wrestling program into a winner.  After struggles for the program in the 80s, Sullivan led the Ephs to four successful years that eventually resulted in Williams winning its first NEWA title in 1995.

Sullivan's resume includes some outstanding wins.  During his career at Williams, he beat; Kevin Sheehan of PSU (2-time All-American, 2-time NEWA Champ, and NEWA Hall of Fame Inductee), Ken Staten (All-American, NEWA Hall of Fame Inductee), Sean Kiley of Springfield (Division II All-American before Springfield moved to Division III), Chris Troy (3-time New England Finalist, who went up to 142 his senior year and won the NEWA tournament after losing to Sullivan during the year, as well as the previously mentioned Brian Allen of RIC (4-time NEWA Champ, All-American, and NEWA Hall of Fame Inductee).
   
After College, Sullivan received his MBA and MS in Accounting from Northeastern University and earned his CPA License.  He is currently the Director of Finance at Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, a development stage biopharmaceutical company committed to the innovation of life-enhancing medicines for the treatment of autoimmune disease and cancer. 

Sullivan lives in North Andover, Massachusetts with his wife Amanda, their twins, Ryan and Kenna and their dog Rasel.  On top of his full-time job, Sullivan has been a youth wrestling coach for the last seven years in North Andover, one of the largest and most successful youth wrestling programs in Massachusetts.