Welcome to M Club
Dedicated to Maine Athletes…Past, Present & Future
Annual Meeting June 1
Former Gov. John Baldacci, an honorary M Club member, and current Secretary of State Matt Dunlap, a former M Club president, will be the special guest speakers at the club’s annual meeting on Saturday, June 1 during Reunion Weekend.
A breakfast buffet will be served during the meeting, which will begin at 8 a.m., at the Wells Conference Center on campus. The price is $15, to be paid at the door. If paying by check, make it out to UMAA, not the M Club.
Please RSVP by calling (207) 581-4718 by Thursday, May 30. For questions, call M Club President Guy Whitten at (207) 852-6435.
Gov. Baldacci was instrumental in obtaining a $7 million bond issue to help renovate the Field House and the Memorial Gym Building.
Haskell Strikes Again
Former University of Maine athletic director Stu Haskell has done it again. Building on his epic effort, “The Maine Book: University of Maine Athletics 1881-2007,” Haskell has compiled comprehensive all-in-one lists of both men and women’s “M” winners over the years, and centuries, 19th into the 21st.
It totals up to approximately 13,000 names, according to Haskell, although he did not count them line for line. Nevertheless, when added to all the information in “The Maine Book,” these new lists, A to Z, combining all sports, Black Bear enthusiasts now have as complete a history of UMaine sports as is possible.
The M Club appreciates Stu’s efforts, and his allowing us to bring this priceless information to you.
The Maine Book on-line
“The Maine Book: University of Maine Athletics 1881-2007,” a massive undertaking and labor of love for former UMaine athletic director Stu Haskell ’56, is posted on-line on the M Club website.
Every team, every athlete, everyone who ever performed for the Black Bears through 2007 is here. The records, the statistics, team photos. If it’s not in the book, it didn’t happen.
The M Club owes Stu many thanks for making the complete record book, almost 800 pages, available to everyone.
Links to Former Black Bears
If you know of any newspaper or magazine stories about former Maine athletes in their current lives, be it business, family or still in sports, let M Club board member Bob Kelleter know and we’ll link it up below for all to see. E-mail him at bob@kelleter.us with the URL. Thank you!
(The M Club board meets every third Wednesday, September through May.)