We celebrate the 35th annual Scholar-Athlete Recognition Awards Ceremony. Since
1989, Scholar-Athlete awards have been given to student-athletes who have earned a
3.0 or better grade point average in the previous spring and fall semesters, and/or have
maintained a 3.0 or better accumulative grade point average.
The award is a medallion, the color of which symbolizes the number of years a student-
athlete has received the award. This year’s bronze (first year), silver (second year), gold
(third year), platinum (fourth year) and titanium (fifth year) medallions will be awarded
for academic excellence during the 2023 spring and fall semesters.
We also present the 2023 Rising Stars . These 119 student-athletes have earned a
3.0 or better grade point average in their first semester at the University of Maine.
This year’s 244 Scholar-Athletes and 119 Rising Stars total 363 student-athletes.
For the 20th consecutive year, we are honoring more than half of the student-athletes
at UMaine.
Since the inception of the Scholar-Athlete Awards in 1989, the University of Maine has
awarded 5,257 medallions to student-athletes.
Oh it’s so Wonder F to see you all and we’re back at it again we’ve been doing this a lot of years and uh I hope that you look forward to it we look forward to seeing you in in uh clothing other than your sweats and things so you
Look very very nice and we’re pleased to um honor you guys tonight if you would silence your phone if you have your phone with you please all right so welcome to the 35th annual scholar athlete ceremony I want to welcome the family the Friends The Faculty the Deans president forini
Monday is here the M Club board of directors the blue crew and those watching live stream if you sent that off to your family and friends to watch from wherever they are but especially welcome to you students this is for you this is tonight to celebrate your academic achievements as you
Know uh but I need to do a few things use first um oh again some of you don’t know who I am my name is Ann Maxum I’m the director of the academic support program and also the president of the letter winner Club the M Club so we want to thank our sponsors
And for Kevin Frasier is here from the foundation so he um is representing them and we want to thank them Tom Pico from the Alumni Association uh three folks from the credit union and the M Club is represented tonight people from our our blue crew which is like an event
Volunteer group are here as well but we want to thank this did it go off got Bo good there you go there we go uh thanks for the years of of offering financial support to this event it couldn’t go off it’s getting more expensive when you have 363 of you
Earning this award so but we’re pleased to do it uh coaches I want to thank you for coming tonight and also for recruiting these wonderful people you know we got the best job in the world being around them every day and I want to thank you for bringing them our way
They have the privilege of wearing the uniform as I did and of those who will come after you so uh went off again third time the charm okay um and they represent the university in the state so well so students thank you for that and uh getting talked into
Coming here by your coaches as well you want to thank I’m gonna like your voice is perfect about it no you think so I think I can yell I know you can but I will use this one I didn’t mean that like hopefully this works is this working okay be always
Prepared for the next thing so we want to welcome I’ll thank athletic director Jude Killy for his leadership um and the leadership team that he has pulled together they focus on the vision for the athletic department and support your needs as students and they focus on all the many
Aspects it takes to run the division one Athletic program so Jude we commend you and thank you for being here always love the direction things are going finally yep [Applause] [Applause] um we also want to welcome um associate Provost Scott marzilli in the front row there um f faculty athletic rep to the NCA Susan meren she’s a faculty member in the business school and then our Deans will be introduced shortly okay so as you know I think you still
See the remnants of covid and the impact it’s had because the nca’s granted extra years of Eligibility so some of you are getting extra medals we used to be the bronze silver gold group and now we have the platinum and the titanium we have a few students who’ve achieved those
Multiple years of of academic success and some of you have explored new academic Pathways whether it’s the pursuit of the second major minors and Graduate Studies when the NCA gives you that opportunity and you still want to play it’s great to continue your academic careers with more um more academic Pursuits so Julie
Jessica Sam and I are so pleased to talk with you about those goals that you might have and look forward to talking with you if you’ve ever been a peer mentor or a peer tutor for our department or for any place on campus would you please
Stand been a peer mentor or a peer tutor thank you thank you all for multiple years some of you if any of you um Smarties want to continue and help next year talk to us we can talk about opportunities on campus to tutor other students who aren’t athletes but also
Even within the dope Department you know there are students who really need your help and we appreciate that you’re available and you have the knowledge and have been trained to also to help them so it’ be great we have 85% of the students qualify this year I me great the other
15% could you ever get 100% I wonder we haven’t done that yet that’d be a goal all right so at this time I want to welcome anley Boswell where are you Ansley president of the student athlete advisory committee sack and she’s from the women’s swimming dive team she has a few remarks [Applause]
Thanks Ann hopefully this mic doesn’t go out um but good evening everyone congratulations to all of you 2023 and so far in 2024 things have been looking great for main Athletics the upgrades to our athletic facilities have made being a student athlete here so exciting I would love to take a moment and
Recognize some highlights from the 2023 to 2024 season so far to begin last spring our baseball team won their first America East Championship since 2011 advancing to the NCA Regional competition and our softball team ranked number 20 in team GPA for all NCAA division 1 programs this fall soccer won their
First ever America East Championship going to their first NCA playoffs football and field hockey had many players named to exclusive squads like all Conference teams and the national field hockey college coaches association academic and All Region teams the men’s cross country team played second at America East and the men and women both
Earned all academic honors women’s basketball is reaching for another America East title and Men’s Basketball ranks first in America East for three key categories our men and women’s swim and dive team had 10 school records broken and over 20 swimmers and divers placed in the top 10 in America East men
And women’s track and field had multiple events Podium at the America East championships including four America East titles our men’s ice hockey team has consistently been ranked in the top 10 in NCAA and tomorrow night our women’s ice hockey team will host the first round of the hockey east
Playoffs as individual teams there have been many successes however as a whole our athletics department has put in impressive work because this evening there will be 363 student athletes receiving the schar athlete award this is the second highest number of student athletes to achieve this award in
Program history with that being said a huge success this Athletics program has achieved has been the hiring of our athletic director Jude Killy from the moment he stepped on campus our Athletics program has pushed boundaries and elevated our standards and I’m excited to see what the future brings
Under his leadership please join me in welcoming our athletic director Jude Killy to say a few words [Applause] all right thanks asley uh that’s the first place to start is with a huge congratulations and thank you to Angley Boswell she does a great job leading sack thank you for all your time and
Energy how about a round of applause I also want to thank Ann Maxim and her team uh Samantha Julie and Jessica they do a great job and our big reason why we’re all here tonight supporting you day in and day out uh and I know he was recognized earlier but I
Do want to uh pay special attention to Scott marzelli uh so if you don’t know how we operate uh Ann and her team I’ll report through Scott in the proost office and Scott is a wonderful collaborative partner so Scott thank you so much for your leadership and support we already acknowledged the
Sponsors but I’d be remiss if I didn’t do it uh as well so again the University of main Foundation the M Club University of M Alumni Association and ucu how about a round of applause for our sponsors make this possible I want you to think about how special tonight is just for a
Minute more than 350 student athletes here tonight just soak that in think about what you’ve accomplished over the course of the past year 350 plus just take a second and reflect on that and enjoy it for a minute think about who’s helped you with your success
Along the way think about the end goal of what you’re trying to accomplish academics are why we’re here you’ll often hear me talk about it being the Bedrock the foundation of what we do so again think about that for a second who helped you get here who’s helping you
Succeed and what I really appreciate about tonight is this is a measure in time in progress right we’re looking back at basically a year you’re sprinting you’re running hard you’re going to finish strong you’re not done but this is a great moment in time in progress so thank you for taking that
Endeavor very seriously so give yourself a round of applause and everyone else can join in too it’s Okay so you hear me talk a lot about to be a top five division one Athletic program in New England and this is part of that academic success is absolutely part of that competitive success academic success and commun service so again this is a big piece to that
Puzzle can all the coaches stand up for a minute please head assistant or senior staff don’t be shy come on yeah so these are the people you engage with every single day who make your academic experience a priority so I would like for you to give them a round of applause as well
Please I love the hat tonight always got something great work beautiful hat and I know we’re going to uh see some of the Deans a little bit later uh you’ve already heard about Dr Maran so well some of the Deans of the colleges here but again much like uh Scott
Marelli very collaborative uh in their approach so I would like a round of applause for them as well tonight pleas so let’s talk about a couple St real fast um I want to make sure I I say this right 11 teams had their highest ever fall GPA right really
Impressive men’s ice hockey had the highest GPA on on the men’s side with a 3.7 GPA yeah it’s okay to clap it’s all right that’s what we’re here for recognize it women’s basketball had a 3.88 GPA that’s phenomenal phenomenal and and we’re almost we’re darn close to hitting 20 straight years
Not 20 days not 20 months not 20 semesters 20 straight years of a 3.0 GPA cumulative for our student athletes almost 20 years that’s fantastic the the thing that that really got me about the numbers and you’ve heard it talked about already a little bit the 363 student athletes that we’re
Recognizing tonight that’s 363 out of 428 right now it’s almost 85% I I keep thinking about that number I am blown away by that that is phenomenal that is phenomenal so again congratulations you thank you for taking your academic so seriously continue to to do that I want you to continue to
Celebrate these accompl accomplishments and celebrate one another um my message to you is don’t take your foot off the gas today’s not graduation right you’re making progress towards it but keep pushing it today’s goal is tomorrow’s expectation right so keep doing what you do uh keep supporting one another and
Speaking of support um I have to mention we got some big games coming up at home this week women’s ice hockey at home tomorrow in a playoff game 6 o’clock right yeah Al also at home we have women’s basketball Thursday and women’s basketball Saturday so those are those
Are our home games did I miss anybody Big Time games turn out support support your fellow student athletes okay all right it is my honor to be your athletic director here I’ve been here a year now I love it I’m so proud that I get to
Represent all of you and I get get to represent this great place and the great people here um I’m incredibly indebted to the next person I’m going to bring up here uh it’s our next speaker um so she’s led the charge for the University
Of M uh to get R1 status she’s led a huge fundraising effort that’s almost at a half billion dollars um and she is a true champion for Student Success and I know that you all see her at your games um what you don’t know is she’s pushing
Behind the scenes even harder to support you um she may have actually been a coach at one point time in your life so it’s my pleasure and honor to introduce our president Jones re [Applause] M well good evening everybody doesn’t everybody look wonderful I think a round of applause for just everybody being
Here and so excited and so um so ready to be honored so let’s just applaud ourselves once so I know this isn’t an occasion to get too caught up in a lot of stories but Jude mentioned that I might have been a coach once and so I do need to
Clarify that a little bit I taught in a prep school where every I was a math teacher and every teacher was expected to coach two seasons out of the three that they had I had zero athletic experience absolutely none but I coached JV lacrosse in this place and I coached
JV soccer meaning I kept lists of whether the students got on the bus I kept track of um whether they had their right uniforms and right equipment with them but at beginning then I just felt this Affinity to to Athletics uh I couldn’t be more delighted than to be
Here tonight to congratulate you all let me begin um by recognizing Jude Killy what an extraordinary athletic director we have in Jude and I know you all appreciate that but I still would like one more round of applause for Jude we the athletic director at the University of Maine sits on the
President’s cabinet and uh Jude has embraced that role fully he uh is an incredible model for all of you and for all of us in the way that he Embraces the entire activity of this University and he gets involved and he shows leadership and he uh shows up and all
The way around you what a wonderful colleague you are thank you for being here um I just wanted to say a few words uh also of recognition to many people in the audience here and those who are watching uh all of our faculty members the Deans who are here the coaches and
The staff of the athletic department um fans who are here and fans who are watching uh alums who are so supportive of Athletics here at the University of Maine donors who’ve been extraordinarily generous because of their support for all of you your families your parents your friends people who are watching
People who are hearing about this The Faculty Liaisons an important group of Faculty who work with the far with Susan Merton former fars who are in the audience I hope you feel um athletes student athletes the incredible support of this community for what you do uh people are here and people are watching
And people are participating because you are extraordinary and the grade point average activity all wonderful all terrific and and you’ve heard about that um we’ve had a great year in athletics again this year and maybe the most most extraordinary one in a while exciting teams winning teams high GPA coaches and
Players winning Awards and recognitions records being broken a new um a new gift on top of the $90 million gift the additional $80 million um coming to help with our facilities new facilities all of that I think you have to realize that doesn’t normally happen in universities
All at the same time but it does here and it’s because of all of you it’s because of the hard work that you bring to this place your commitment to your to your sport your commitment to this University and to being outstanding scholar athletes I also wanted to single out um
Another set of ideas about how important you really are to this University and yes I gave that great list of all of the accomplishments and and you’ll hear more tonight um about this but the student athletes here are Central to the academic role of this University to the
Academic Mission you you cover 78 different Majors Scott we only have like 80 right so so you are planning this University um and you are active engaged um participants in our community in so many different ways and I see you I see you volunteering playing key roles in
Everything from uh the Martin Luther King day uh breakfast to the March against domestic violence to main day week volunteering to tutoring and um mentoring to more that I’m sure I don’t know about but you are active you’re engaged you’re a part of this campus you’re not some isolated group of people
Concentrate solely on what you do you do that so well and on top of it you’re citizens of the university and we really appreciate that I I understand at least one of you is involved in helping to plan a golf tournament as part of a course requirement you know there’s just
A lot that you all do as uh students and the scholars that makes this University what it is so on top of what you do in athletics and your extraordinary achievement that’s being celebrated tonight I also want to congratulate you and thank you for bringing what you
Bring to the University of Maine in so many different ways and I look forward forward to seeing more of that in in the weeks and days to come so thanks again thanks for having me [Applause] tday okay so this is usually when we have a guest speaker and this one’s special so never
Before we had a head coach be our featured speaker and I think it’s about time that we did it’s fitting that that head women’s basketball coach Amy Bashon be that person Amy’s a champion and she’s built a culture of winning here at the University and I need to tell you a
Little bit about her before she speaks Amy’s a proud mayor she attended Cony High School down in Augusta and was coached by her father the legendary Paul Vashon during her time at Coney the team won two state championships and she was a Gatorade Player of the Year
Twice as an undergraduate at Maine she was a scholar athlete she served on the sack it was called student athlete Advisory board at the time she was inducted as into umaine’s prestigious all main woman Honor Society she played in the NCA tournament four straight years and when you see the current
America East conference ads on TV you see Amy celebrating that team’s win over Stanford in the first round of the 1999 NCA tournament have you seen that video that’s her jumping around it’s awesome Amy still holds records at Maine for the most assists in a season with
234 as well as the Maine and americ East record for assist in a career with 759 she graduated from Maine Magna Kum lai with a degree in elementary education and then she earned a master of education in School counseling from the University of North Carolina Chapel
Hill Amy is now in her 12th year on the women’s basketball staff she’s in the sixth year as head coach the team has been ranked in the wbca it’s women’s basketball coaches association top 25 four times in those six years and has achieved the number one spot if you remember in
2021 as the women earned a 3.90 team GPA so as a player and a coach she won the America East regular season Championship 11 times she’s been to the American East tournament won the American East tournament five times been to the wnit tournament five times and played in the NCA tournament nine
Times she’s a four-time America East coach of the year and she’s been inducted into the University of main Sports Hall of Fame the main Basketball Hall of Fame the main Sports Hall of Fame and the New England Basketball Hall of Fame don’t you think you want to hear from her
Please to introduce coach Amy [Applause] Vashon so first I to apologize for my voice um it’s better than it was a couple days ago uh an I texted Ann on Friday and said I don’t know if I’m going to be able to do this I have no
Voice and she said well you’re on the program so I said well I know but so luckily it’s come back a little bit um congratulations to all of you um it’s really um what you guys do day in and day out is very inspiring I mean early
Mornings late nights um I know it’s beyond the 20 years uh the time that you’re putting in uh on your own time to your sport um the academics the time in the AC uh all the things that we don’t see um is is impressive so congratulations to you all um you know
The sacrifices you make to be the best student athlete in person you can be isn’t easy um and each one of you excel at it so congratulations um standing in front of you tonight as Ann said I wear a lot of different hats um I’m a coach an Alum a
Manor um and so I I could talk to you and and I guess Beyond I’m a fan of all of you I’m a fan of all your teams I love watching you guys compete um when I get the opportunity um but today I want
To talk to you all um not as any one of those um but the Hat I want to wear is really just of a neighbor of a human being of a person um not a coach or athlete there’s so much happening in our world today um good bad and ugly
Um and you are our future you are the differen makers that we have in this world um you know this past year has been very hard for me and my family and there are three things when I reflect on it that really have helped me get through it and I think these three
Things I want to share with you in hopes that as you continue on in your life maybe you can think back and and remember these three things um the first one is to surround yourself with other GR great humans um people who are honest and people who care about you uh people
Who will challenge you and yet be your biggest cheerleader when you need it people who love you for who you are and above all people who will be there for you and tell you the truth even though you may not want to hear it the second
Point is your life is going to be filled with highs and lows it’s inevitable and it’s okay during the High Times enjoy every second second as an athlete as a student and as a person it’s not always easy to be successful so when you are appreciate it don’t take these times for
Granted and when the hard times hit you will be prepared with all the lessons you have learned along the way you also will have an amazing great amazing group of great humans that you have surrounded yourself with don’t be afraid to ask for help your circle wants to help you and
The last point I have for you tonight is do not under underestimate the impact you can have on others it may be easier for you to see it right now as a college athlete but as you move on into the world it may be even more important a
Simple smile thank you or compliment can go a long way handwritten thank you notes is something that will never not be appreciated volunteer your time and give back when you you can you will feel better doing it and the world will be in a better place your time at UMaine will give you
Some incredible memories it will give you some of the best friends you will ever have and people who will be in your life forever enjoy your time here and leave no regrets do not leave wondering what if or I wish I would have done this or that pour everything you have into
Your sport your academics your community and most importantly yourself congratulations [Applause] again now we’re going to see if I can do the bouncing of the papers and the microphone uh good evening everybody my name is Jessica bishop and I am one of the athletic academic counselors and I
Also coordinate our mentoring and our tutoring so where we’re going to start with now is we have the pleasure of honoring our 119 Rising Stars can you hear me is that better great thank you Jude I’m looking at you let me know okay so these 119 individuals earned a 3.0 GPA or better
In the fall of 23 their first semester here at eain so what I’m going to do is I’m going to ask that you stand when I speak your name and stay standing until we get through the whole group ready 119 is a lot okay sorry Keegan all right we’re going
To begin with Keegan Andrews Tyler Annis Julia becketti Chris bacon Gavin bleron Evan bashel Julia bosi Adam bendetson Matthew bortis Kaden Bernardo Michaela border Alvin Boya Kennedy Burns William Burns Amir bird Aiden cattigan Anthony ciori Andrew Card Logan KY inor cajo Lexi corkran Athena cussen Lauren deagan Caroline Dotsy Kaden drzik Victoria
Dungi Katherine DWI binzen galosi dorianne fagy Lily fetch Matt furlings Jared Fortenberry Miles gay Ashlin Gibson Kennedy giddens Gabrielle gford Joseph Gillette Jonathan Gonzalez Bailey Goss Harrison grer Jamie grinder Rebecca grisdale an Frederick gay back over to this side Maya Hanigan Kennedy Hart Justin Haynesworth Isaiah Henderson Kylie Hernandez Bria Holm Ryan
Hopkins Kira Inman Kevin Jackson Grace Johnson Sophia Johnson Taylor King Ashley kovc Jason ker Jake cousera sailor kuffler Megan Li liberte Abby lella Nick Laughlin Liam lakowski Mike Lewinsky Jack Lily Anthony Lopez Amari Mack Ian malari Zack Martin BJ Mays Kyle m enen Thomas McCormack Connor Moren Samantha Morrison Brad nidau Josh
Nidau Addison Nelson Nick n bod noes Cassidy Nova Avery O’Neal Jabari Odum Logan Eli Palmer Nicholas Partridge Luke Patterson Eloise penty Jared Pierce Dan placenta Cooper poen Louise renwald Jacob Robinson smay Abby roquin I said it right didn’t I Logan Ross Charles rulan Haley Ryan Sonia ralco Sullivan sholley Harrison Scott Lila
Shay T Smith Spencer stadnicki Emmy streams Jade tby Emma Tessier Cali Thomas Morgan Thompson Abigail Thornton Brianna Townson Chase Trello Isabelle TR aah tulis Jared tines Tony Valen cour Adriana vandelist Meredith Walters Eva Welsh Owen wheeler and Reagan worm all congratulations on your AC academic achievement this past [Applause] fall go
Ahead we hope that you will continue your dedication to academic excellence in the future and we look forward to honoring you as scholar athletes up in the front in the years to come all right and then for another group of rising stars we’d like to extend a special
Recognition to the 23 rising stars who earn perfect 4.0 in the fall semester please stand again when I call your name William Burns Chase Trello they’re from baseball stay standing thank you men’s ice hockey B noes men’s swimming and Diving Cooper poen men’s cross country and track Adam bendetson Jared
Fortenberry Harrison Grenier Jacob Robinson SM women’s basketball Caroline Dotsy women’s ice hockey Julia becketti and Frederick gay Haley Ryan from softball Lexi corkran and Cali Thomas from soccer Abigail Thornton from women’s swimming and Diving C DWI Kennedy Hart Eva Welsh from women’s cross country and track ior cajo Taylor King Emma
Tessier Meredith Walters and from women’s track Sonia ralco congratulations to our top rising stars all right and now for looking out at all the rising stars as well as our scholar athletes up front for anybody who’s part of the Honors College and Dean wow could all of you stand up
Please so we can appreciate you Honors College thank you and could we all have all student athletes who are currently pursuing Graduate Studies a graduate certificate or a master’s program please stand so that we can recognize [Applause] you thank you now something newer adding in could all of those of you who are
International student athletes please stand so we could recognize [Applause] you thank you and just for fun any native Mayers could you please stand up thank you now we will move on to the scholar athlete academic Awards presentation The Scholar athlete awards are presented to those student athletes
Who have earned a 3.0 or better GPA for both spring 23 and fall 23 Andor have maintained a 3.0 GPA the award is a medallion the color of which symbolizes the number of years the recipient has received the award scholar athletes will receive their Medallion from athletic director Jude killy and their
Certificate from their college representative we are recommending fist bumps and not handshakes to save on time scholar athletes please make sure you are have your seat card in your hand so when you go up to the side you will be giving that to Julie so what we’re going
To do is we’re going to start at this side with the business school and what we’ll do is the whole first row will stand up and cycle that way and then you’ll come across the front of the tables to receive your items and then you’ll come back around behind the
Tables to here and then row two will start once Row one has kind of cycle back all right so Jude if we could have you come up and Dean miles we’re starting with the business schools representing the main business school is Dean miles thank you Dean miles bronze medalist 4.0 B 2023 [Applause]
Soccer luk Anton ice hockey 4.0 fall 2023 Grayson Arnold ice hockey Alexander fette football Brandon chevrier Ice Hockey Conor D cross country and Tra Davis [Applause] football thomaso ice hockey 4.0 spring and fall gella baseball IM softball 4.0 fall 2023 Maxwell Greger [Applause] foitball handon ice H Brandon H ice 4.0 call3 Joseph
Football Taylor pet F hockey 4.0 spr [Applause] call La baseball Parker low ice Hockey Julie laus soccer Milana nadich basketball 4.0 spring and [Applause] fall re page ice h Conor pedon men swimming and [Applause] Diving J pette soccer Giani rosito football women swimming and Diving [Applause] Joshua kaken field John Shay basketball Yono basketball Taylor Stanford steel [Applause] basketball aan Sweeny track and
Field Felix CAU ice hockey 4.0 spring Cora Weber ice hockey Nicholas white baseball silver medalist in the main business school Olivia B socer Davis brail ice hocke Joseph Bryson 4.0 spral baseball 4.0 spring bavier Holmes football McDonald baseball elas M [Applause] football ball Darius McKenzie football Ela pagas track and field Gabrielle pushka
Softball Molina pelo soccer for fall noan redwick ICE Rachel Ross soccer 4.05 [Applause] mil Ser [Applause] baseball sh sh ice hockey 4.0 [Applause] spring Cooper Williams swimming and Diving 4.0 [Applause] spring Caroline bourman gilstorf basketball 4.0 spring she begins our gold medalist L green ice hockey Anna lose ice hockey 4.0 spring Delante
Soccer Anthony Paris football Michel [Applause] Austin ice player Baseball Donovan villanu pool ice hockey [Applause] yeah our Platinum Metalist begin with Morgan buoy swimming and Diving mallerie Dreer F hockey Fallon softball for 4.0 basen base basketball 4.0 spring fall Jam lson fo Benjamin ice Alec proel our titanium me here Kinski soccer 4.0 fall and human development excuse me representing the
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is De Dean Timothy Cole thank you Dean Cole chenil Elon track field Diane Figaroa track and field Christa Francia softball Michael Hamilton Hamilton football Maggie Helm [Applause] softball Kelsey horse track and field miles Jones TR Field nichas Kum [Applause] football swimming and Diving PL football basketball for [Applause] tyon Stewart crystal football [Applause] basketball silver medalist Paula Paula GGO Garcia basketball 4.0 spr B Cather L softball 4.0 fall Isaac football Elia [Applause] soccer gold medalist Connor and RT ice hockey [Applause] football football [Applause] soccer Hova Feld hockey for
[Applause] spr Matthew Quan swimming [Applause] and wison baseball leex basketball fall and our Platinum medalist and Simon [Applause] basketball College of Earth Life and Health Sciences is Dean Diane Roland thank you Dean Rand Bron medalist Kathleen btis Benjamin pawell T and Field Megan Ken of women’s cross country in tra Laura sing and Diving Zoe Ferber field hocky [Applause] jeffson hson Taylor baseball Christina Kelly soccer 4.0 spring KY soccer 4.0 spr swimming and Diving Madison Mich William Murphy track and field Mia porier swimming Megan Randall cross country and track [Applause] 4.0 Simon s
Football AA Stevenson ice hockey 4.0 springel teerink swimming and Diving AA Z moer softball our silver medalist Marley canell [Applause] and Hyo ice hockey 4.0 spring [Applause] Madison edwardia 4.0 spr Rob swiming and Diving sarapen Hudson basketball Andrew Hoy swimming and Diving 4.0 spring and fall Kramer soccer Erica lawon track and [Applause]
Field Jordan Ramos cross country and track Emma Schneider soccer 4.0 fall soccer 4.0 spring and Nicholas Scott swimming and Jamie sideway cross country in track 4.0 fall Daniel Tanaka Field track Lauren wiy swimming and Diving Mar cross country and [Applause] Tra the gold medalist a Boswell swimming and Diving Kennedy Hoy
Hockey Kenedy little ice [Applause] hockey Lindsay Matthews swimming and Diving 4.0 fall Elise morphe ice hockey 4.0 spring sopia Santa Maria soccer [Applause] Walker our Platinum medalist [Applause] singing representing the College of Education and human development is De Jim arani thank you Dean Aran bronze medalist Harman braen swimming and Dry diving Roo
Basball a party ice hockey J Christopher basketball 4.0 spring [Applause] andalin swimming and Diving Stone football Madison softball Ranna Herman cross country and track foro spring and fall Rebecca Hy dfield 4.0 Springs El track field Alison Reed softball 4.0 Wallace football Ava zers track and field 4.0 spr our silver medalist Riley Clark
Swimming and Diving aana track and field swimming and Diving Jessica soccer m mcky hockey 4.0 spring and fall M cross TR Ryan maleski track and field 4.0 spring gav mcar track field football 4.0 spring R coner field Adriana Smith basketball 4.0 spring and [Applause] fall our gold medalist Matt skiner
Swimming and dry div 4.0 spr Rachel H cross country and [Applause] TR sof miles cross country and Olivia Rock basketball 4.0 baseball Aubrey St swimming and Diving ice hockey 4.0 fall plat [Applause] ever Platinum medalist John K tracking Fieldy Wilson track and field 4.0 [Applause] spr representing the College of Engineering is Dean
Giovanoni thank you deanon bronze medalist Aaron ARA football nor Camp softball da soft Isabella swimming and Diving 4.0 spring jul laet swimming and Diving nichas swimming and [Applause] Diving Vincent cross country and trap our silver medalist Donovan Duran swimming and D Zary H swimming and Diving 4.0 spring and fall K kilver swimming and Diving 4.0 fallor show track sharidan with inditing toal swimming and Diving 4.0 fall our gold Mist Lucas Bon cross country and track Alexa Brennan cross country and
Track [Applause] 4.0 cross country and traore cross country and track 4.0 fallos swimming and Diving Becca Thompson swimming and Diving John Walden swimming and Diving our Platinum medalist Max llad football cross country and [Applause] track ladies and Gentlemen let’s give a big round of applause for [Applause]
2020 all right we’re back on up here so at this time we would like to present team Maine 2023 an annual honor created in 2006 this award is presented to the sophomore junior or senior achieving the highest GPA for the calendar year of 2023 for each team as I call your name please
Come forward to receive your award from athletic director Jude killy and NCAA faculty rep Susan Miran okay for baseball Colin [Applause] Fitzgerald we doing for men’s ice hockey Thomas [Applause] Freel for men swimming and Diving we have a twofer Zachary hop and Andrew [Applause] hoy and for Men’s Track and Field John [Applause]
PR also part of Team main for the men’s teams but unable to be here this evening from Men’s Basketball Peter Philip philipovich from Men’s cross country James feah from football Cooper heisy and Kevin Jones and for Men’s Track and Field we also had Benjamin cotton and now moving on to the women’s
Teams for women’s basketball let’s hold the Applause until all five have been called JC Christopher Paula gyo Garcia an Halen Milana nich and Adriana [Applause] Smith all right moving on to field hockey we have Taylor katsubi and mallerie [Applause] maesi from women’s ice Elise [Applause] morphe from softball we have Nora Campo
And Allison [Applause] Rees from soccer Mila [Applause] [Applause] Schneider we’re just watching your shoes mil love them all right from women swimming and Diving Laura [Applause] dubie and from women’s cross country and track and field we have M Karen and Bri [Applause] Harman ladies and gentlemen that is your team main 2023 all right and moving on to the MCL Club
Dean Smith Awards the M Club founded in 1932 is the letter winner Association of the University of Maine and has been a fixture in supporting Athletics over the many years since Varsity competitions began at UMaine in 1881 nearly 177,000 men and women have earned their letter
In more than 30 different sports it is through active letter winner and honorary membership dues that the club has given Financial support back to the athletic department for over 90 years the club’s motto is dedicated to main Athletics past present and future the M Club has recognized and honored a Top
Male and top female scholar athlete each year for over 30 years now it was in 1992 that the club named the award after former Humane student athlete standout Dean Smith in 1990 Dean Smith had the top GPA among Electric electrical engineering majors at eain and was the Northeast Atlantic conference scoring
Leader in men’s basketball he was a three-time academic All-American and he received the renowned NCAA Walter Byers award as the nation’s top scholar athlete the MCL Club Dean Smith award is the most prestigious Award presented to a University of Maine student athlete to be considered for this award athletes
Are nominated by their coaches and have demonstrated outstanding academic and athletic achievement have outstanding character and are a contributor and and leader within their community at this time we’re going to welcome M Club president and Maxim up to announce this year’s nominees this year’s class boast some of the most impressive athletic academic
And Community um uh service that I’ve seen in a number of years so I want to commend you nominees for everything that you’ve done this year group includes five graduate students and four students pursuing double Majors team captains and leaders Humane letter winners and record holders peer a um athletic peer mentors
And tutors multiple Deans List and presidential Scholars players of the week all conference all tournament all New England All Region all academic and All American honors student athlete advisory committee members MERS multiple America East individual Team Champions Elite 18 and Scholar athletes of the Year offensive Striker and defensive players
Of the year a finalist for the Mike RoR award that’s a men’s hockey award an 18800 plus Point scorer in basketball a cancer survivor and recipient of the national Wilma Rudolph student athlete Achievement Award a university ambulance core volunteer an honorable mention to the inaugural Lou Gary Community impact team
And an all main woman so on to the OM on to the nominees if you would stand and stay standing until I finish we could hold the Applause until everyone is introduced from women’s track and field McKenzie Wilson Men’s Track and Field Connor Mishu women’s basketball an Simon
Men’s ice hockey Victor Osman field hockey poppy Lambert baseball Connor Goodman softball cat Fallon men swimming and Diving Riley Clark women’s cross country and track and field Lydia Gilmore football Darius McKenzie women swimming and Diving anley Boswell soccer Abby Kramer men’s cross country in track and field Alec
Troxel women’s ice hockey e kopa and traveling with men’s basketball today is Janti right M right MC ladies and gentlemen your 2023 M Club Dean Smith nominees thank you it’s a great bunch at this time I would like to invite um Jerry Perkins he’s the chair of the M Club committee selecting this
Award he’s on the board of directors and Jerry we’re going to do the woman first if you have that one I do okay so let me tell you about this recipient you’ll be able to figure it out as I read I’m sure Jerry’s a football man yeah he is
65 Tangerine bow Team so you’ve seen him at football games in many of the events so thanks Jerry for doing this okay so our female recipient has been a five-time Deans List U recipient named three times to the America East commissioner’s honor role and the all academic team
Nationally she was one of only 13 players chosen as a first team academic All-American she’s an undergraduate researcher in the mcginness laboratory on campus studying cellular and molecular basis of viral disease in the community she has volunteered with the Christine b foundation and the solidarity Harvest has given numerous
Hours to local food drive initiatives has coached Mighty might soccer and has been a lunchtime activity volunteer in the Oldtown school department on the pitch she produced one of the best single seasons in program history and helped the team to its first ever America East championship and NCA birth
She led the America East in points 30 points per game 1.76 goals 13 goals per game 72 game-winning goals six shots 68 and shots per game 3.78 that’s leading the conference in all of those things throughout the season she ranked in the top among the top 15 in the nation in those same
Categories she received the America East All Conference first team accolades and was named americ East striker of the year she was also named to the 2023 United soccer coach coaches All Region first team and is the only non power five player chosen finally she became the first All-American in program
History tonight she was awarded a silver Medallion as a two-time scholar athlete with a 3.92 in Biochemistry from waterl Ontario and the soccer team please join me in congratulating Abby [Applause] Kramer [Applause] I hope you’re ready oh god um oh um well oh my God I need to pull up my paper sorry
Um first off I want to say thank you to my teammates um I don’t think something as great is this um can be accomplished alone and um I truly do think uh it it’s a direct uh reflection of what we’re able to come together um and produce as
A group this fall um I also want to thank our entire coaching staff um as well as the whole human Community uh for the endless support um as well as the M club for selecting me for this amazing honor thank you isn’t she sweet congrats Abby well deserved well
Deserved okay last award of the evening we we’ll wrap it up still some food out there that you can grab afterward I’ll set Abby all right so this year’s mail recipient has been a seven time Deans List recipient presidential scholar a three-time America East commissioner’s academic honor role he earned the
League’s Elite 18 honors and has been inducted into the Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society twice he’s been named Team Maine with the top GPA on his team and America East selected him as scholar athlete of the year in his sport he helped guide his team to the ameres title last spring
And was named to the All Conference first team and all tournament team entering this year he was a 301 career hitter 151 hits and 139 games with 90 RBIs 23 doubles 80 runs scored and 67 walks during his 2023 first team All Conference season he hit 311 pair of home runs and 47
RBI after losing his father when he was 9 years old he started Marlin’s MVPs alongside major league baseball player Logan Morrison the goals to provide kids who had lost a parent the opportunity to attend a Marlins game and interact with professional baseball players in high school he partnered again with the
Marlins and the boys and girls club in his second initiative called Connor’s Champions choose gloves not drugs to raise money to provide new or gently used baseball equipment for underprivileged children last year here at Maine he launched goodies gloves to raise money to purchase gloves for local
Communities in his first year he’s able to donate four gloves to the Orono and Oldtown communities just last week he was announced as an honorable mention in the inaugural Nationwide Lou gar Community impact team he graduated sumokun Lai last May with a major in management and will complete his Masters
In Business Administration this summer he also recently proudly passed the elsad exam and plans to continue on to law school tonight he was awarded a platinum Medallion as a four-time scholar athlete from Miami Beach Florida and the baseball team please join me in congratulating Connor [Applause] Goodman
Uh first off I’d like to thank an Max and the M club for selecting me for this award I’d also like to thank or I’d like to congratulate all the other nominees just being mentioned in the same group as you guys as an honor when I reflect
On my time in Maine one word comes to mind and that’s thankful I’m thankful for the plat form that I have and allowing myself to be able to do good for others seeing my work impact others in a in a positive way is something that I’m I’m forever thankful for I’m
Thankful for all the staff here at Maine whether that’s athletic staff family members and everyone else who plays a role in our daily lives you all are the backbone of this University and we’re very thankful for that I’m thankful to my coaches pushing us every day to be
Our best is something that I’ll have forever be thankful for Coach Dera gave me a chance when I was 16 years old than many others did not and for that I’ll forever be grateful I’m thankful for my teammates as we all know we see our teammates more than our actual families
And being a part of such an amazing group of guys is something that will never get old walking into that lock room so I’m thankful for them I’m thankful for my family my family has been by my side through everything through it all ups and downs highs and
Lows uh I love them it’s always been the three of us and and for that I’m always so thankful as I soon depart this special Community after five incredible years I’m confident that I’m not only leaving Orno in a better place than when I found
It but I’m leaving a better man as well thank you and go [Applause] Bears all right I want to take one last opportunity to thank our sponsors those who are have been behind the scenes to help make tonight happen and a success the University of main Foundation the
Alumni Association the M club and the University Credit Union we want to thank everybody in attendance today especially the president Scott marzilli Susan mean the Deans everybody in some way including the staff here at Wells our own family friends coaches staff as always we thank you for the support I hear yall
Wrestling getting ready to go but right ring Stars scholar athletes Abby Connor and team main we’re going to ask to get some pictures over in the next room before you go anywhere so what we’re going to do first is Abby and Connor can I have you guys actually get up now and
Go everybody you’ll have a chance to congratulate them later but we’re going to get them over there first so they can make their way there right after Abby and Connor team main you will be next so if you are one of the students called for team main 2023 you will be in the
Next group following team main we will go in order Sam or I will have the the microphone and we will announce it but you need to be prepared women’s track and Men’s Track will go first for teams followed by women’s and men’s swim then football baseball men’s hockey women’s
Hockey women’s basketball soccer field hockey and softball so be listening captains group leaders please be listening for the microphone as we call you to get ready we basically have a staging area outside these doors so your group will be next that concludes our event everybody we want to thank you for
Being part and go
