The 12th annual Aroostook League Scholar Athlete Banquet was held April 13 via a Zoom teleconference meeting.
The member schools of the Aroostook League were invited to bring one girl and one boy Scholar/Athlete to attend the Award Night along with a faculty member (athletic administrator or coach.)
Due to COVID-19 protocol, the banquet was cancelled in favor of a program held via Zoom which included an introduction from the host, Evan Graves, athletic director at Caribou High School. Joining Graves was guest speaker Bill Green of “Bill Green’s Maine” television series and a drawing held to select 10 students — five girls and five boys – who received a $400 award for their college education expenses at the start of the second semester of their freshman year in college.
Bill Green congratulated all the scholar athletes on their successful high school careers and wished them well in their future goals. He gave a talk on many of his experiences “selling the state of Maine” to those from other areas who had no idea of how great Maine is. He closed his remarks by telling the students to remember your roots and to thank all those who have helped you on your way to being successful during your school years and beyond.
The following scholar-athletes represented their high schools: Ashland: Willow Hall and Alden Routhier; Caribou: Edie Shea and Malachai Willey; Central Aroostook: Libby Grass and Malachi Fitzherbert; Easton: Savanna Guess and Mitchell Flewelling; Fort Fairfield: Brenna Levasseur and Kobe West; Fort Kent: Lacy Pelletier and Samuel Albert; GHCA: Joel Carmichael; Hodgdon: Mikyla Howland and Elijah Mattheson; Houlton: Sidney Peabody and Drew Foley; Katahdin: Hannah Boone and Bradley Hotham; Madawaska: Emma Pelletier and Justin Pelletier; MSSM: Lydian Frost and Connor St. Peter; Presque Isle: Meg Casavant and Jude Mosher; Southern Aroostook: Paige Vose and Jacob Brooks; Van Buren: Abby Ayotte and Emmanuel Deschaine; Washburn: Kyli Farley and Aiden Churchill; Wisdom: Emma Chamberland; and Woodland: Mya Gallant and Kobe Overlook.
At the first banquet held in 2010, the Aroostook League made two $200 awards to a girl and a boy. Over the years the Aroostook League has been able to increase the number of students receiving the award through proceeds from the Senior All-Star Boys and Girls Basketball Game and the Maine Dance Academy performing at halftime of the games, member schools assessment and a surcharge from television/radio coverage of high school basketball games.
The student-athletes drawn to receive the 2021 award of $400 to be used for their second semester of post secondary school were introduced by their school athletic administrator who gave a summary of their achievements during their high school careers and which college/university they were enrolled in next fall.
The scholar athletes selected by the draw were: Caribou’s Edie Shea; Easton’s Mitchell Flewelling; Fort Fairfield’s Brenna Levasseur; Fort Kent’s Lacy Pelletier and Samuel Albert; GHCA’s Joel Carmichael; Madawaska’s Emma Pelletier and Justin Pelletier; Washburn’s Aiden Churchill; and Woodland’s Maya Gallant.
