Maine Maritime honored
its student-athletes at the annual Student-Athlete Advisory
Committee Athletics Banquet in the Alfond Student Center Tuesday
evening. Courtney Dufour and Benjamin Russell were honored as the
Senior Scholar Athletes and Leah Jackson and Russell took home the
Athlete of the Year awards for 2012-13.
Dufour is a four-year
member of the women's basketball team and owns a 3.6 GPA. The
Scheel Scholarship recipient tied the program's record for threes
in a game with seven this season and averaged 7.0 points per game
last season.
Jackson earned her
second consecutive Athlete of the Year award. A member of both the
basketball and softball teams, Jackson was named to the North
Atlantic Conference Second Team in basketball in the winter and was
first team selection, and Defensive Player of the Year, in softball
last spring. Jackson averaged 7.7 points per game and 10.7 rebounds
per contest. She currently leads the NAC in home runs with five in
softball.
Russell is
the first person to win both the Senior Scholar and Athlete of the
Year award. He is a two-time
captain for the soccer team and has earned All-North Atlantic
Conference Second Team honors twice. He has been a two-time
All-Academic member in the conference and was selected Third Team
Academic All-America by the College of Sport Information Directors
of America in soccer.
Russell is a
three-time captain of the basketball team and two-time All-Academic
selection. He also earned District One Academic All-America honors
by the College of Sport Information Directors of America in
basketball.
He carries a grade
point average above 3.9, ranks second in his class.
ALL-CONFERENCE
Spring 2012
Andrew DiSalvo, Lacrosse, Player of the year,
All-Conference first team
Jason Smith, Lacrosse, All-Conference second team
Ian Larcom, Lacrosse, All-Conference second
team
Erica Taylor, Softball, All-Conference first
team
Sabrina Keach, Softball, All-Conference second
team
Leah Jackson, Softball, All-Conference first
team, defensive player of the year.
Fall 2013
John Regis, football, Bogan Division fist
team
Billy Wetherbee, football, Bogan Division
second team
Brock Lawrence, football, Bogan Division second
team
Dan Mackenzie, Golf, NAC Second team
Abdullah Alkhayyat, Soccer, NAC first team
David Clough, Soccer, NAC first team
Nicholas George, Soccer, NAC second team
Benjamin Russell, Soccer, NAC second team
Jennifer Dixon, volleyball, NAC second team
Ariel Knights, volleyball, NAC second team
Sydney Robertson, volleyball, NAC second team
Sarah Brochu, soccer, NAC second team
Annie Koensgen, soccer, NAC second team
Winter 2013
Mary Badeen, Basketball, MWBCA second team, all
rookie team, co-rookie of the year
Leah Jackson, Basketball, NAC second team
ALL-ACADEMIC
Spring 2012
Emmett Huber, Lacrosse
Leah Jackson, Basketball/ Softball
Brian Corain, Lacrosse
Fall 2013
Benjamin Russell, Soccer
Kari Jones, Soccer
Jeremy Bullard, Cross Country
Gavin Cote, Football
Jonathan Thoms, Football
Dan Edgerly, Football
Zach Frost, Football
Abe Kilborn, Football
Evan Sinclair, Football
Josh Hall, Football
Lawrence MacDonald, Football
Alex Morrison, Football
Keith Nelson, Football
SAAC OFFICERS
President: Kennan Eaton
Vice President: Chad McDonnell
Treasurer: Cassandra Lafontaine
Secretary: Erica Taylor
SCHOLAR ATHLETES
(3.3 GPA and higher)
Wyatt LaPage, Ben Russell, Shawn Dishop, Jeremy
Bullard, Hayden Norwood, Jordan Redelbach, Lilly Slazas, Logan
Poirier, Tyler Easler, Lawrence McDonald, Keith Nelson
Chris Gilman, Kari
Jones, Courtney Dufour, Ashley Burnett, Joe Corbeau, Zach
Radcliffe
Cody McDonald, Dan Rivers, Ben Wallace, Catherine
Bailey, Harry Motter, Kevin Pepin, Jess Menges
Leah Jackson, Jacob
Rivard, Gavin Cote, Allyson Fuehrer, Dan Edgerly, Micahel
Dedian
Evan Sinclair, Jill Perron, Sam Peabody, Ben
Cummings, John Tragert, Andi Flannery, Alex Scott, Nicholas
George
Annie Koensgen, John
Doyon, Tim Grant, Jacob Weymouth, Graham Pingree, Samanth Pease,
Haley Eckert, Ashley Macellino, Elliot Casey, Elin Sonesson, Alex
Morrison, Jon Weymouth, Gabe Giguere, Justin Lovely, Kyle
Marshall
FOUR-YEAR ATHLETES
Kari Jones,
soccer
Christina Evans, soccer
Courtney Dufour, basketball
Casey Everest, basketball
Samantha DePlanche, cross country
Leah Jackson, softball
Sabrina Keach, softball
Autumn Jones, softball
Ben Russell, soccer, basketball
Abdullah Alkyhat, soccer
Wade Severance, football
Brock Lawrence, football
Tyler Chamberlain, football
Joel Chadbourne, football
Matt Hebert, football
Jon Thoms, football
Aaron Troussaint, football
Paul Campbell, basketball
Oscar Adams, lacrosse
Erik Milles, lacrosse
Scot Baribeau, lacrosse
Jason Smith, lacrosse
Alex Hermes, lacrosse
Evan Vashon, cross country
Jen Dixon, volleyball
ELITE 8 (awarded to
the athletes with the highest GPAs in their respective
classes)
Freshmen: Shawn Dishop and Lillian Slazas
Sophomores: Wyatt LaPage and Ally Fuehrer
Juniors: Gavin Cote and Ashley Burnett
Seniors: Ben Russell and Kari Jones
