Orono, Maine-The University of Maine Sports Hall of Fame invites six individuals and two teams to the 220-member Hall of Fame as part of the 2022 class.
Winners include five-time New England Swimming Champion Elizabeth Carone (’81). Stephen Cooper (’03), Two Conference Defensive Players of the Year at Football All American. Scott Morse (’87), Baseball All-American; Mike Norman (’89) had 11 athletics records at the time of graduation. John Tortorella (’81), a pioneer in men’s ice hockey and the 2004 NHL Coach of the Year. Liswood (’16), 3 women’s basketball all-conference selection. The 1915 IC4A will face the US Champion Men’s Cross-Country Team, the 1994 US Eastern Champion and the NCAA Participant Softball Team.
The 2022 Hall of Fame class was selected by the UMaine Sports Hall of Fame Committee and approved by the Director of Athletics. Ken Ralph.. The induction dinner and ceremony will take place on Friday, October 21st at Jeff’s Catering in Brewer, Maine.
Carone is one of the most skilled swimmers in school history. Carone led the Black Bears to three New England titles and won second place in 1981. Individually, Carone won five first-place honors and numerous runner-ups at the New England Championships. She won the New England title with a 400-yard medley relay, an 800-yard medley relay, a 200-yard medley relay, a 50-yard backswim, a 100-yard individual medley, a 200-yard individual medley, and a 50-yard flat swim. did. A 400-yard medley broadcasts her senior season. At the time of her graduation, Carone was part of three school record relay teams: a 200-yard medley, a 400-yard medley, and an 800-yard medley.
Cooper earned the Associated Press All-American (1st, 2nd, prestigious mentions?) Status as a Black Bears linebacker in 2002. .. At that time, Cooper was selected as an Atlantic 10 co-defensive player in 2001 and was fully award-winning in 2002. He was twice selected as a finalist for the Buckbucanan Awards. DI-AA) finished fifth in the 2002 vote. During his Black Bears career, Cooper won 374 tackles, 57 tackles, 7 intercepts and 25 sack. After spending time in Maine, Cooper was signed as an undrafted free agent by the San Diego Chargers. He spent nine seasons at the Chargers, ending his NFL career with 503 tackles, 9.5 sack, eight forced fumbles, five fumble recovery, and eight intercepts.
In 1986, All-American’s third team, Morse, helped Maine make consecutive appearances in the College World Series in 1985 and 1986. Having won two choices for the ECAC All Tournament Team, Morse still holds the record for most schools, winning consecutive wins after winning 10 straight wins in 1984. A member of Maine’s 41-win season in 1986, Morse was tied with the second most shutouts in a season in Maine’s history (3) and ranked fourth in Maine’s history. It has been. A list of 26 victories in his career. He recorded a black bear and 248 strikeouts before being named Texas Rangers in the fifth round of the 1986 Amateur Draft, with a total of 111. Morse enjoyed seven seasons in the minor league.
Norman holds 11 UMaine athletics records at graduation and continues to be part of the current school record of the 4x200m indoor relay team and the 4x100m outdoor relay team. Her four Normans remain on the Top 10 list in Maine, including the 400m indoor (third) mark. Indoor 500m (8 days); Outdoor 200m (5 days); and Outdoor 400m (8 days). Her Norman-decorated college career included three ECAC individual and relay titles and multiple state championship crowns. Four-time All-ECAC winner Norman was named to the All-New England team three times and was the highest scorer in Maine in each of the last three years at Black Bears. Norman, two IC4A qualifiers, was the first UMaine athlete to beat 49 seconds at 400 meters.
Tortorella, a pioneer in the men’s ice hockey program, supported the heart and soul of Crokuma by scoring 110 points with 39 goals and 71 assists in 99 games between 1978 and 1981. After spending time in Orono, Tortorella became a legendary coach in the National Hockey League, including head coaches at Tampa Bay Lightning (2000-08), New York Rangers (2009-13) and Vancouver Canux (2013-14). Enjoyed his career. ), Columbus Blue Jackets (2015-21), appointed Head Coach of the Philadelphia Flyers on June 17, 2022. Tortorella became the first former black bear to win the Stanley Cup when he led Tampa Bay to the title in 2004. That season, Tortorella was awarded the Jack Adams Trophy as NHL’s coach of the year. As head coach, Tortorella led his franchise to 12 playoffs, steering behind the bench and scoring 673 wins in 1,383 career games.
At the time of graduation, Wood was the only female basketball player in school history and ranked in the top 10 in program history in five major career statistics categories. She is 3rd in Steel (282); 6th in rebound (902); 7th in total points (1,462); 8th in assist (363). Wood, the 2013 America East Co-Rookie of the Year, was named the first team of the America East All-Conference in 2015, and she was named the second team of the league in 2014 and 2016. 2015. Wood, an all-tournament selection for 2016, led the team on all rebounds for four years. Under her leadership, Crokuma put together a season of 20 wins in a row in 2015 and 2016, winning the title of the Joint Regular Season in the Eastern United States. In her senior season, Wood and Black Bear recorded 26 wins. This is the second highest single season victory in school history. Wood, who won the prestigious M-Club Dean Smith’s Prize, was named the East American Women’s Scholarship Athlete of the Year in 2016.
The 1915 Men’s Cross-Country Team was recognized as a national champion when it won the IC4A title in New York City. At the first NCAA cross-country championship over 30 years away, the IC4A tournament attracted top teams across the country and the title team was declared a national champion. Maine was paced by some of the top long-distance runners in program history, including Frank Pretty, who finished second in New York. Roger Bell, third. Ed Dempsey, 8th. And Al Wondery, 10th. Maine also won the New England title in 1915.
The 1994 Softball Team became the first women’s program to reach the NCAA Division 1 Tournament. The Black Bears achieved a feat after winning the Eastern American Championship that season. The pitcher and Deb Smith of the U Maine Sports Hall of Famer won three games on the final day of the Eastern United States tournament, pushing the main to the title and NCAA tournament. Smith, who led the team at .399 and set a 19-8 record in the circle, was the most valuable player at the conference and was also named the MVP of the tournament. The black bear finished the historic season with a total score of 32-17.
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