Maine Maritime Academy

Vigue is the first Maine Maritime Academy female athlete to be inducted into the William J. Mottola Hall of Fame. In the words of former coach Deidra Davis, “Vanessa was the beginning of women’s basketball at MMA.  She was clearly the first true woman athlete to grace Smith Gym.  She deserves to be the first female in the Hall of Fame.” 

Vigue was the first woman to score 1,000 points and finished with 1,100 career points to go along with 889 career rebounds.  Vigue was a three-time team captain and three-time team MVP. She was a two-time Maine Women’s Basketball Coaches Association rebounding champion. Vigue was named to the All-North Atlantic Conference (NAC) First Team and NAC All-Tournament team in 1998-99. In 1999-2000, she was named to the All-NAC First Team and was the NAC Tournament MVP. The Mariners won three consecutive NAC championships during her career.