Rhode Island College

A two-sport student-athlete in basketball and soccer for the Anchormen and was the first 1,000 Point Club member for the basketball program.

Blais captained the Rhode Island College of Education (RICE) hoopsters in 1955, ending his athletic career with 1,172 total points and his RICE academic career with an Educational Baccalaureate Degree (Mathematics major/Science minor).

He went on to complete a master’s program at the University of Rhode Island in 1970 and an advanced graduate degree at the University of Bridgeport in 1972.

Retiring in 1989, he was both a scholastic educator and coach for a period of thirty-three dedicated years, the last twenty-five of which were for the Town of Lincoln.