The Bangor Daily News, Portland Press Herald, CentralMaine.com, WGME (Fox 23 in Portland), HOT Radio Maine reported that the University of Maine has named a 15-member committee to conduct the search for its new athletic director. Finalists are expected to visit campus by mid-November, with a decision on the next athletic director in early December.
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A 15-member committee has been named to conduct a national search for the next permanent University of Maine athletics director. The search committee is chaired by John Volin, UMaine executive vice president for academic affairs and provost, and will be assisted by search firm Collegiate Sports Associates. Finalists are expected to visit campus by mid-November, […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported that the University of Maine projects that it will complete its new basketball facility, one of the largest in a series of projects made possible by a $90 million gift from the Harold Alfond Foundation, within the next five years. “We want to start construction as soon as we can. […]
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Samantha Hegmann-Wary, associate athletic director for compliance and senior woman administrator at the University of Maine, has been named UMaine interim athletic director, effective Sept. 1. She will serve through the national search to fill the permanent position held by Ken Ralph, who has been named athletic director at Southwestern University. “I look forward to […]
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National Collegiate Rugby named three athletes from the University of Maine Men’s Rugby Team as 2021–22 Scholastic All Americans. Griffin McDevitt of Sandwich, Massachusetts; Nick Mills of Chelsea, Maine; and Matthew Sande from Shrewbeury, Massachusetts were among the 472 players from more than 140 schools selected for the annual program, created to recognize high academic […]
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The Portland Press Herald, WABI (Channel 5 in Bangor) and News Center Maine reported that Sam Mills, a University of Maine junior who runs for the men’s track and field team, was the top Mainer in the TD Beach to Beacon 10K Road Race, which was held at Cape Elizabeth on Aug. 6, for the […]
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The Maine Department of Education (Maine DOE) recently changed its requirements for professional certification to become an athletic director for K–12 schools in the state. Athletic directors are now expected to have building administrator certification as well as coursework in athletic administration. To meet the anticipated demand, the University of Maine’s Educational Leadership program, part […]
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Riley Clark, a rising senior at the University of Maine, was featured in the Portland Press Herald for being awarded the Wilma Rudolph Student-Athlete Achievement Award. Clark was diagnosed with cancer in 2020. Clark competed at the America East Conference swimming and diving championships, where he finished fifth, just three months after beating cancer in […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported that work has begun on the new University of Maine softball facility. The new softball field — which will have an artificial surface, lights, a two-lane hitting pavilion, bleacher seating for 500 with more than 200 chairback seats, new dugouts and a press box — is expected to be completed […]
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The University of Maine Men’s Rugby Team placed fifth in the small college division of the 2022 Collegiate Rugby Championship May 28–30. Black Bears, led by team captain Shawn Nitsche of Shelton, Connecticut, defeated teams from the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, the University of Denver, Susquehanna University, the University of Wisconsin-Stout, Coastal Carolina University […]
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