BANGOR, Maine — Five individuals and one team represent the newest members of the Husson University Sports Hall of Fame.
Eight sports are represented in the hall’s 32nd class, which includes Caitlyn Butterfield Dyer (women’s soccer, women’s basketball, women’s lacrosse), Justin Lindie (football), Amanda Pomerleau Waters (women’s basketball and softball), Corey Poulin (men’s golf), Angela Stauble Clark (women’s cross country) and the school’s 1970 men’s basketball team.
The Husson Class of 2017 was set to be inducted during ceremonies Friday evening and were scheduled to be recognized again at halftime of the Husson men’s basketball game against Maine Maritime Academy set for 1 p.m. Saturday.
Butterfield Dyer was a two-year letterwinner as an attacker on the women’s lacrosse team and a guard on the women’s basketball team, but it was in soccer that the Gorham native truly excelled, contributing to three North Atlantic Conference championship teams between 2007 and 2010. As a senior she was named NAC Defensive Player of the Year.
The four-time all-conference selection is the program’s all-time career leader in games played (84) and most goals (8), assists (5), points (21) and shots (60) by a defender.
Lindie was one of the greatest tailbacks and kick returners in Husson football history from 2007 to 2010.
The Waterville native and Winslow High School graduate is ranked second in career kick return yards (698), third in career rushing yards (2,351), rushing attempts (441), rushing touchdowns (29), all purpose yards (3,301), total points scored (182), total touchdowns scored (30), and career punt yards (3,804), fifth in career rushing yards per game (69.1), all purpose yards per game (97.1), and punt return yards (156), sixth in touchdowns responsible for (31), seventh in total offensive yards (2,512), and 10th in passing yards (161).
In four years as a women’s basketball and softball player, Pomerleau Waters helped Husson capture two conference titles and three national tournament berths from 1994 to 1997.
In softball, she pitched in 88 games with 77 starts, throwing 487 innings with a 53-26 record and a career earned run average of 2.33. She also batted .345 in 120 total games played and graduated with 30 different school records.
The Skowhegan native was a four-time all-conference choice and the Maine Athletic Conference player of the year in 1995 after leading Husson to its first NAIA national tournament berth.
In women’s basketball, Pomerleau Waters helped Husson compile a 73-37 overall record with appearances in the 1995 and 1996 NAIA national championships.
Poulin’s work on the links propelled Husson to state and New England Intercollegiate Golf Association Division III titles in 2002 and 2003, a Sunrise Athletic Conference championship, an NAIA Region X crown and a berth in the 2003 NAIA national championships.
The Jackman native won 10 events and finished in the top 10 in 21 of his 23 career events he entered, compiling a career win-loss record of 982-139.
Stauble Clark helped start Husson women’s cross country program and earned three letters in the sport from 2010 to 2012.
The Nashua, New Hampshire, product was named all-conference in 2010 and 2011, conference rookie and runner of the year in 2010, and the school’s Clara Swan Female Athlete of the Year in both 2010 and 2011.
Led by Hall of Fame head coach Bruce MacGregor and Hall of Fame assistant coach Keith Mahaney, Husson’s 1970 men’s basketball team went 22-3 — including a 17-game winning streak — and was the first team in program history to qualify for the NAIA District 32 playoffs.
The team featured five Husson Sports Hall of Fame members in Dick Giroux, Al Caston, Donnie Meyers, John Sinclair and Delmar Clark, with all but Sinclair finishing their careers with more than 1,000 points.
Caston earned All-New England and NAIA All-American honorable mention recognition while Giroux also was an All-New England choice. MacGregor was named the NAIA District 32 and UPI New England small college coach of the year.
