Stephanie Walsh Beilman
2020 Inducted into the New England LMSC Hall of Fame (Contributor)
2013 U.S. Masters Swimming Dorothy Donnelly Service Award
1984 NEMMY Award – Dr. Ransom J. Arthur Decade of Service Award for most contributions to Masters swimming and/or NEMSC over the preceding 10 years
1982 NEM 1-Hour Swim Coordinator
1982 Coach of UMass Boston NEM workouts
1981-1983 Event Director of first three Annual NEM Fall Swim Clinics
1981 November NEM News Profile of Stephanie Walsh
1978-1984 NEM Vice President
1975-1980 First head coach of the Harvard women’s swimming team
USMS Records
Pool – 1 lifetime individual; 6 lifetime relay, 2 currently held
USMS All-American
Pool – 10 individual, 16 relay
USMS Top Ten – 387 individual, 91 relay
Club: New England Masters (NEM)
The oldest of 15 children, Stephane Walsh Beilman grew up swimming in high school, before taking her talents to the AAU where she swam for the Vesper Boat Club of Philadelphia and received coaching under Olympians Mary Freeman Kelly (1952) and George Breen (1956, 1960).
In 1975, Stephanie became the first head coach of the Harvard women’s swimming team, a position that she held until 1980, while she was earning her college degree from Boston University. From 1978 through 1984 (when she moved back to Philadelphia to work for the family business), Stephanie served as NEM’s vice president, event director for the annual NEM Fall Swim Clinic, coached NEM workouts at UMass Boston, and coordinated the NEM 1-Hour Swim.