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Fort Kent, ME (Jul. 8, 2024) - The University of Maine at Fort Kent will host its fifteenth annual Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Dinner and Ceremony on Friday, September 6th, in the University’s Nowland Hall during the University’s Homecoming weekend. Following previous very successful classes, whose achievements and contributions exemplify the ideals of good citizenship. These inductees of the UMFK Athletic Hall...

Fort Kent, ME (Mar. 22, 2024) - The University of Maine at Fort Kent Athletic Hall of Fame Committee is seeking nominations of individual student-athletes, teams, coaches, and administrators for induction into the University’s Athletic Hall of Fame. Nominations will be accepted through Friday, April 19, 2024. The induction ceremony will be held during UMFK’s Homecoming weekend in September. The UMFK Athletic Hall of...

Fort Kent, ME (Aug. 1, 2023) - The University of Maine at Fort Kent will host its fourteenth annual Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Dinner and Ceremony on Saturday, September 23rd, in the University’s Sports Center during the University’s Homecoming weekend. Following very successful classes before whose achievements and contributions exemplify the ideals of good citizenship, these three inductees of the UMFK Athletic...

Fort Kent, ME (Jan. 24, 2023) - The University of Maine at Fort Kent Athletic Hall of Fame Committee is seeking nominations of individual student-athletes, teams, coaches, and administrators for induction into the University’s Athletic Hall of Fame. Nominations will be accepted through February 28, 2023. The induction ceremony will be held during UMFK’s Homecoming weekend in September. The UMFK Athletic Hall of Fame...

Fort Kent, ME (Jul. 26, 2022) - The University of Maine at Fort Kent will host its annual Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Dinner and Ceremony on Saturday, September 10th, in the University’s Sports Center. This event is open to the public. The Class of 2022 inductees are a distinguished group: Katherine Ferland (’16); Benjamin Kluvers (’17), Ed McKay (’82); and Eric Werntgen...

Fort Kent, ME (May. 20, 2022) - The University of Maine at Fort Kent is proud to announce the UMFK Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2022 Inductees: Ed McKay ’82 – Men’s Basketball Eric Werntgen ’99 – Coach/Administrator (inducted posthumously) Katherine Ferland ’16 – Women’s Soccer Ben Kluvers ’17 – Men’s Soccer Inductees will be honored at the 2022 UMFK Athletic Hall of Fame Banquet and...

Fort Kent, ME (Feb. 28, 2022) - The University of Maine at Fort Kent Athletic Hall of Fame Committee is seeking nominations of individual student-athletes, teams, coaches, and administrators for induction into the University’s Athletic Hall of Fame. Nominations will be accepted through Friday, March 18, 2022. The induction ceremony will be held during UMFK’s Homecoming weekend in September. The UMFK Athletic Hall of...

Fort Kent, ME (Oct. 23, 2020) - The University of Maine at Fort Kent Athletics Department and much of the campus community, looks the way it does largely in part of the hard work of one man, Bill Ashby. In over the course of ten years at UMFK as Head Men's Soccer Coach and Athletics Director, Ashby was the key figure in...

Fort Kent, ME (Oct. 9, 2020) - With a stoic demeanor and broad shoulders covered in ink, Jimmy Lopez portrayed a brooding landscape. It was with those same broad shoulders that he carried UMFK Men's Basketball to much success and cemented himself as one of the all-time greats to ever grace the hardwood of the UMFK Sports Center. It was with those...

Fort Kent, ME (Sep. 25, 2020) - Although there have been many great athletes to play for the University of Maine at Fort Kent over the years, few have enjoyed success in the professional ranks once their careers in Fort Kent come to a close. Jarryd Phillips is one of those athletes. The native of Johannesburg, South Africa, came to Fort Kent, Maine,...