The University of Maine at Presque Isle’s Athletic Hall of Fame will grow by three Saturday as Erica (McGary) Tweedie (Class of 2004), Shawn Windle (Class of 1996) and Larry Worcester (Class of 1988) are set to be inducted.
Tickets to the induction banquet and ceremony, which begins at 5:30 p.m. and takes place at the Campus Center, are $15. Contact Connie Levesque at the UMPI athletic office at 768-9506 for more information.
Bios of the three inductees are as follows:
Tweedie finished a brilliant basketball career with the Owls as the team’s all-time leading scorer with 1,256 points.
She starred as a freshman, being named MVP of the Star City Tournament and averaging 11 points and six rebounds per contest during the season. She progressed throughout her career and as a senior averaged 16 ppg and 10 rebounds per game.
Tweedie was named conference “player of the week” on six occasions during her career and as a senior was first-team all-conference and second-team all-state. Following her final season, she was also named team MVP and the university’s female athlete of the year.
“Erica was dominant and a go-to player down the stretch in games,” said her coach, Alan Gordon. “In fact, we ran the same play for four years when we need a score at the end of games and I don’t remember her not scoring or getting to the free throw line and not missing a free throw.
The coach called her a “knockdown shooter” from 15 feet in and said that her versatility made her a match-up problem for opponents.
“If teams put a guard on her, we’d post her up and if they put a post on her, we’d bring her out to the perimeter,” Gordon said. “She could score from anywhere.”
Her teammates describe Tweedie as a player who had a true passion for the game who gave nothing less than her best every day.
She is employed by MSAD 29 in Houlton, her hometown, as a teacher. She has coached girls basketball, softball and soccer in the district. She currently is the girls’ JV coach at Houlton High School.
Tweedie resides in Houlton with her husband, Tim, and their two children, Jay and Ty.
