LIVE STREAM OF HALL OF FAME CEREMONY

Orono, Maine -- On Friday, Sept. 30 at a ceremony held at the Black Bear Inn, the University of Maine and the 'M' Club inducted six new members into its Sports Hall of Fame.

Inducted and joining 181 previously inducted members since the Hall of Fame's founding in 1986 was record-setting quarterback Jake Eaton, All-American baseball player Andy Hartung, three-time all-conference field hockey player Margaret Henrick, wrestling inspiration and journalist Bob McPhee, multi-event All-New England track-and-field standout Johanna Riley, and two-time All-Yankee Conference and All-New England soccer selection Edward "Ted" Woodbrey II.

Eaton led the Black Bears to the 2001 and '02 Atlantic 10 Championships and was the team Harold Westerman co-MVP both seasons. The three-year starter at quarterback set school records for pass completion percentage in a season (.659 on 184-for-279 in 2000) and career (.594 on 569-for-957). In a 2001 playoff game with Northern Iowa, he set five school postseason passing records, with three touchdown passes, 330 yards passing, 29 completions, 42 attempts and a .659 completion percentage.

Riley was an indoor and outdoor track and field dynamo from fall 1994 through spring 1998, She set eight University of Maine records and was captain during the '98 outdoor season. During the 1996-97 indoor season, Riley was New England champion in the indoor pentathlon with 3,507 points — a total that stood as a school record for 15 years. She set other UMaine records (since broken) in the high jump, long jump, hurdles and 4×400-meter relay.

Henrick lettered four years (1992-95) in field hockey and was named first team All-America East three straight seasons. As a sophomore, she was a National Field Hockey Coaches Association all-regional honorable mention. She was second team all-regional as a junior and first team all-regional as a senior. Henrick was named the ECAC Tournament MVP in 1994. After serving as captain as a player, Henrick joined head coach Terry Kix as an assistant in 1996.

Hartung, a three-year letterman, was a first-team All-American in his senior season in 1990, when he hit .414, the highest single-season batting average in UMaine history for a player with 200 or more at-bats. His 76 RBIs that season are second best in UMaine history, his 87 hits are fourth and his 15 home runs are sixth. Hartung formed a devastating one-two punch with Mark Sweeney, whom he joins in the UMaine Hall of Fame. Hartung played six seasons in organized professional baseball.

McPhee is a study in courage, determination and perseverance. The outstanding wrestler for Stephens High School in Rumford, Maine sustained a brain stem contusion during a football scrimmage in 1976 and became a quadriplegic. He earned an "M" at UMaine for his contributions to the wrestling program; he helped coach Nick Nicolich guide the squad to a 9-4 record in 1983-84. He also was co-sports editor of The Maine Campus. McPhee, who uses a voice synthesizer, underwent five years of rehabilitation and attended Husson College before transferring to UMaine.

Woodbrey, who will be inducted posthumously, lettered four years (1973-76) in soccer. He was the only UMaine player to twice be named to the All-Yankee Conference and All-New England teams (1973, '75). Woodbrey, who led the team in scoring his last three seasons and was co-captain in 1976, came from a distinguished line of UMaine athletes. His father, Edward Woodbrey lettered in baseball (1947-49) and uncles, Hank Woodbrey and Victor Woodbrey, played baseball and basketball in the late '40s and early '50s.

This is the first class to be inducted since Athletic Director Karlton Creech asked the M Club board to assume the administration of the Hall of Fame. The '16 Hall of Fame class was selected by an M Club committee and approved by UMaine President Susan J. Hunter and Creech.

The athletic department had been responsible for administering the Hall of Fame since its creation. Creech and the M Club board agreed that the M Club had the institutional memory to annually select a worthy class and had a sufficient volunteer base to stage a dinner and induction ceremony each fall.

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