Albion College

Mary Jane Lang Grunden’s athletic successes at Albionspanned both the court and the field. She held the top spots inboth singles and doubles tennis in her four years on campus, neverrelinquishing the title of number-one singles player. As captain ofthe tennis team, Mary Jane was the runner-up in the All-WMIAAfirst-flight tennis singles championships in 1979 and was theAll-WMIAA champion in the first-flight doubles championships thatsame year. For her successes on the court she received the WMIAASue Little Sportsmanship Award in 1979.

Mary Jane’s accomplishments in tennis are rivaled only byher performance in field hockey. She played goalie for her fouryears at Albion, and was a member of the 1978 WMIAA champion fieldhockey team. She was named to the All-WMIAA field hockey first teamand to the All Great Lakes Section Field Hockey Team in 1977. MaryJane did not allow a goal during MIAA play in 1978.

After graduation, she earned an M.S.A. from Central MichiganUniversity, and she continues to teach piano and violin. She hastwo daughters and is the director of volunteer services for GenesysRegional Medical Center in Grand Blanc, where she has been honoredwith the Irene Waldmann Leadership Award in 1998 and the CorporateWomen of Achievement award in 1999.