Pelletier, Manifold are top Owl athletes
PRESQUE ISLE — The annual banquet to recognize University of Maine at Presque Isle athletes was held May 8 in the alumni room at the Campus Center.
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FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
Emily Pelletier was named University of Maine at Presque Isle’s female athlete of the year during the athletic awards night held April 8. At right is women’s basketball coach Marc Heidorf.
MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
Patrick Manifold was named University of Maine at Presque Isle’s male athlete of the year during the athletic awards night held April 8. At right is men’s basketball coach Jim Casciano.
Members of all 12 intercollegiate programs at UMPI gathered for the event, with each team honoring a rookie of the year, most inspirational athlete and most valuable player, in addition to seven other department-wide awards.
The event was the final one for a veteran Owl coach as well as an administrator. Leo Saucier has stepped down as the university’s baseball coach, while athletic administrative assistant and banquet coordinator Connie Levesque is retiring this summer.
The student-athletes of the year were announced, with Patrick Manifold, a senior from Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom, and Emily Pelletier, a senior from Fort Kent, being honored. Both were four-year members of UMPI’s basketball teams.
Al Arman (Make A Difference) Awards went to Joshua MacKinnon, a soccer player from Lismore, Nova Scotia and Ghazaleh Sailors of Santa Barbara, Calif., who played baseball, ran cross country and participated in Nordic skiing.
Lucas Bartlett, a soccer player from Bradley, was the recipient of the Stanley H. Small Coaches Award and Janel Sewell, a basketball player from Mobile, Ala., was the recipient of the Ruel Parks Coaches Award.
Bradley Trask, a basketball player from Easton, received the Donald N. Zillman Character Award.
Award winners for each program were as follows: men’s cross country: Philip Boody of New Sweden, MVP; Corey Hebert of Baldwin, most inspirational; and Thomas Grylka of East Hampton, Conn., rookie of the year; women’s cross country: Kayla Legassie of Presque Isle, MVP and rookie of the year; and Sailors, most inspirational.
Golf: Michael Balmer of New Smyrna Beach, Fla. and Reynold Brown of Essex, Conn., co-MVPs; and Allen Conner of Stonington, most inspirational; men’s soccer: MacKinnon, MVP; Tyler Harding of Plymouth, most inspirational; and Seth Cote of Otis, rookie of the year; women’s soccer: Chelsea Beauchemin of Adams, Mass., MVP; Kallie Pelletier of Madawaska, most inspirational; and Ashley Laking of Topsfield, rookie of the year; women’s volleyball: Randi Kaplan of Embden, MVP; Shaina Hood of Princeton, most inspirational; and Kathryn Patenaude of Presque Isle, rookie of the year.
Men’s basketball: Manifold, MVP; Jordan McLaughlin of Washburn, most inspirational; and Chase Vicaire of Mattawamkeag, rookie of the year; women’s basketball: Emily Pelletier, MVP; Brigitte Pratt of Southwest Harbor, most inspirational; and Doni Yendriga of Conneaut, Ohio, rookie of the year; men’s Nordic skiing: Eirik Fosnaes of Hovik, Norway, MVP; Joey Bard of Woodland, most inspirational; and Ethan Burke of Newburgh, rookie of the year; women’s Nordic skiing: Kathleen Christoffel of Clifton Park, N.Y., MVP; Sailors, most inspirational; and Hilary Saucy of Harleysville, Pa., rookie of the year.
Baseball: Jacob Fillebrown of Stoneham and Carlos Villoria of Caracas, Venezuela, co-MVPs; Bryan Lucas Molloy of Lovell, most inspirational; and Adam Geel of Calais, rookie of the year; softball: Kellie Peers of Caswell, MVP; Whitney Donovan of Ashland, most inspirational; and Laking, rookie of the year.
