Athletics
UMPI has 12 varsity sport programs and is a member of the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA). The university previously competed in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) in the Sunrise Athletic Conference Men's and women's sports include: Cross-Country Running, Soccer, Basketball and Nordic Skiing. Male only sports include: Golf and Baseball. Women only sports: Softball and Volleyball. In addition, the University also hosts a variety of intramural sports and one club sport, ice hockey. The University Ice Hockey Club Team enjoys the honor of being the first team to play in the Alfond Arena against the University of Maine Black Bears losing 4–3 on February 4, 1977. Other notable past sports teams include the 1979 Wrestling Team that captured the Northern New England Wrestling Championship and the 1978 Women’s Field Hockey Team that captured the Maine State Championships. In the last two decades, the UMPI Cross Country Teams both Men and Women has enjoyed a great reputation of having one of the best teams in its division every year. The school’s sports teams are called the Owls and team colors are blue and gold.
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NAIA Honors Athletes and All-Americans 1994 Tamera Blades Scholar-Athlete Division II Women's Basketball 1996 Katherine Chabot All-American Women's Cross Country 1996 Neal Labrie Scholar-Athlete Men's Cross Country 1996 Pierre Michaud Statistical Leader Division II Men's Basketball 1997 Jason Adickes Scholar-Athlete Men's Soccer 1998 Jason Adickes Scholar-Athlete Men's Soccer 1998 Shannon Henthorn Scholar-Athlete Women's Soccer
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