Media report on Maine Sports Hall of Fame 2018 induction
The Bangor Daily News, Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel previewed the Maine Sports Hall of Fame’s 43rd induction ceremony at the Collins Center for the Arts June 3. The BDN also published same-day coverage of the event. One of those inducted was Bob Wilder, a former UMaine quarterback who is now the head coach for football at Old Dominion University in Virginia, according to the KJ and Morning Sentinel. Also recognized was Steve Jones, a longtime UMaine athletics department employee who was the fifth recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award. Jones, equipment manager for more than three decades, has “served more than 25,000 student-athletes and established a reputation as a professional of the highest quality, a comrade to coaches and staff members in the athletics department, and a friend to all,” the BDN reports. Other inductees included Jason Bartlett, Dana Bullen, Reagan Carey, Patrick Dempsey, Dewey DeWitt, Tammy Jacques, Bob McAllister, Dick Meader, Anita Murphy, Carl Nelson, LeRoy Patterson and Kristen Kenoyer Woodland, media reported.