The Maine Sports Hall of Fame in cooperation with the Maine Trust for local news is proud to offer a webinar specifically aimed at Maine high school students. The purpose of the program is to help kids get ready for college and college athletics.

Guests can register by CLICKING HERE.

On Monday, March 10, at 9 AM, the program will begin with a panel of college student-athletes. Moderated by Bill Green, the students will share stories of their experiences in college and try to pass on some things they have learned about making the jump from high school to college. Our guests include Danielle Emerson a volleyball player from Biddeford. She helped lead Plymoth State to the Little East semi-finals and a 27-4 record.

Nick Laughlin of Cape Elizabeth is a red-shirt sophomore wide receiver at Maine. Nick did not even dress for a game his freshman year. Last year, Nick was Maine’s third-leading receiver with 22 catches for 186 yards and a touchdown. He also had five carries and could be moved to running back/slot back roll this fall. He is a business major.

Alyssa Bourque is a track athlete at Vermont who hails from Lawrence High in Fairfield. Alyssa scored in meets as a freshman in the javelin. She is represented by Pliable Athletics and is a NIL athlete sponsored by Aroma Joe’s. She’ll discuss the new-age aspect of athletics.
And Isaac Hainer, of Mattanawcook in Lincoln. He’s a baseball player at Clark University in Worcester and will have just returned from the team’s Florida trip the day before. Isaac is a sophomore and a former Maine Sports Hall of Fame Scholarship winner.

Our coaches are legendary in Maine. Joanne McCallie who coached Women’s Basketball at Maine, Michigan State and Duke, Jack Cosgrove was Head Football Coach at Maine and currently at Colby, Lynn Hersey of Dexter who is the head basketball coach at Smith and Edwin Thompson who is the current Head Baseball Coach at Georgetown. Edwin is a native of Jay, Maine and the only member of the panel not yet inducted into the Maine Sports Hall of Fame.

Below you will find videos of the webinars that were held on February 24, 2021.

The first video focuses on Lifelong Fitness and feature astronaut Chris Cassidy and Olympic gold medalist Joan Samuelson.

The second video discusses "What Sports Agents Do." Our guests will be Peter Carlisle of Octagon Sports and Kristen Kuliga of Vanguard Sports. Carlisle is Managing Director of Octagons Olympic Action Sports. He represents dozens of world-class athletes including Michael Phelps. Kuliga is arguably the most prominent woman agent representing NFL clients. When Doug Flutie signed with San Diego for $300 million, she became the first woman to negotiate a starting NFL quarterbacks contract. However, a modern agent does more than show me the money. We will talk about how they help manage and develop the lives and businesses of many famous young people.

The third video includes two experts who have made a living working in Maines outdoors Dana Bullen and Judy Camuso. Bullen is President of Sunday River who helped develop a program for those who want to work in the ski and other outdoor industries at the University of Maine at Farmington. Camuso is Commissioner of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and a member of Governor Janet Mills cabinet. She has worked for the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife for more than 20 years. She was a wildlife biologist who became head of the Wildlife Division before becoming Commissioner.