Orono, Maine – On March 23, the University of Maine athletics department honored 370 student-athletes for their success in the classroom at the 32^nd annual Scholar-Athlete Recognition Ceremony, held virtually.
 
The 370 honorees represent the highest number of scholar-athlete individual recognitions in the 32-year history of the scholar-athlete ceremony.
 
This year, the University of Maine recognized 263 scholar-athletes, presented to student-athletes who earned a 3.0 or better grade point average in the previous spring and fall semesters, and/or have maintained a 3.0 or better accumulative grade point average.
 
The award is a medallion, the color of which symbolizes the number of years a recipient has received the award. This year's bronze (first-year), silver (second-year), and gold (third and fourth-year) medallions will be awarded for academic excellence during the 2020 spring and fall semesters.
 
The University of Maine athletic department also honored 107 student-athletes as 2020 *Rising Stars*. These student-athletes earned a 3.0 or better grade point average in their first semester at the University of Maine.
 
This year's 263 scholar-athletes and 107 *Rising Stars* total 370 student-athletes. For the 17^th consecutive year, the Black Bears honored over one-half of the student-athletes at UMaine.
                 
Since the inception of the scholar-athlete awards in 1989, the University of Maine has awarded 4,641 medallions to student-athletes.
 
For a complete list of this year's honorees, please click HERE. To rewatch the 32nd annual Scholar-Athlete Recognition Ceremony, click HERE.
 
In addition, the University of Maine athletic department named its 13^th annual Team Maine, representing the top sophomore, junior, or senior achieving the highest grade point average for the calendar year 2020. The representatives for Team Maine 2020 were:

 

Name	Sport	Major	Acad. Year	GPA
Joseph Stella	Baseball	Management	So.	3.89
Connor Goodman	Baseball	Management	So.	3.89
Ata Turgut	Men's Basketball	Mechanical Engineering	Jr.	4.00
Michael Laverriere	Football	KPE – Exercise Science	Sr.	3.99
Jakub Sirota	Men's Ice Hockey	Marketing and Management	Jr.	4.00
Cameron Spicer	Men's Ice Hockey	Finance and Financial Economics	Sr.	4.00
Kellen Doyle	Men's Swimming & Diving	Civil Engineering	Sr.	4.00
Benjamin Cotton	Men's Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field	Economics and Political Science	Sr.	3.97
Ethan Orach	Men's Cross Country	Wildlife Ecology	Sr.	3.95
Kelly Fogarty	Women's Basketball	Management	Sr.	4.00
Fanny Wadling	Women's Basketball	Mangement	Sr.	4.00
Madisyn Hartley	Field Hockey	Child Development & Family Relations	So.	4.00
Sydney Meader	Field Hockey	Biology	Sr.	4.00
Julia Ross	Field Hockey	Biomedical Engineering	Jr.	4.00
Claire Scobie	Field Hockey	Social Work	Jr.	4.00
Taylor Leach	Women's Ice Hockey	Biology	Sr.	4.00
Makayla Livingston	Softball	KPE – Administration	Sr.	4.00
Kora Kukk	Soccer	Biomedical Engineering & Honors	Sr.	4.00
Caroline Strolic	Women's Swimming & Diving	Art History & Honors	Sr.	4.00
Claire Ittleson	Women's Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field	Marine Science	Jr.	4.00
Emmaeve Jourdain	Women's Cross Country, Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field	Marine Science	Sr.	4.00
Kayla Raymond	Women's Cross Country, Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field	Food Science & Human Nutrition	Jr.	4.00
Anna Schumann	Women's Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field	Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology	Sr.	4.00

 
The 2020-21 Scholar-Athlete Recognition Ceremony was proudly presented by the University of Maine Foundation, the 'M' Club, the University of Maine Alumni Association, and University Credit Union.

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