The Fort Fairfield High School Athletic Hall of Fame has announced the members of its fifth class, which will be inducted during July 19 ceremony at the high school.
Jefferson “Jeff” Ashby (Class of 1985), Paul Burchell (1973), Stephanie Fields Beaulieu (1990), Andrew Lynch (1983), Mark Sprague (1995) and Stephen Thibeau (1986) are this year’s honorees. The Tigers’ 1970 Class A baseball state championship team also will be recognized this year.
Ashby competed in cross country, skiing and track and field at Fort Fairfield. He won a cross country individual state championship in 1985 and captained the Tigers’ cross country (Aroostook County champion) and track teams. The class valedictorian graduated from Bowdoin College in 1989 and graduated from the University of Maine School of Law in 1992.
Burchell earned eight letters at Fort Fairfield, where he competed in baseball, basketball and soccer. He was a key member of the Tigers’ Class A baseball state championship team in 1990 and was a three-time Class A all-star who was the northern Maine batting champ in 1973. Burchell was invited to a tryout with the National League’s Philadelphia Phillies.
Fields Beaulieu excelled in cross country, skiing, soccer, softball and track and field for the Tigers. She was the cross country ski state champion in 1990, going undefeated while setting the Fort Kent course record.
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