CASTINE, Maine – Maine Maritime Academy welcomed back their alumni this past weekend and celebrated the raising of Adam St. John’s No. 12 jersey into the rafters inside Margaret Chase Smith Gymnasium.
Adam St. John, a 1985 graduate, was inducted into the William J. Mottola Athletics Hall of Fame in 2010 and is the first men’s basketball player to have his jersey retired.
St. John scored 1,405 points in only three seasons for the Mariners, ranking second all-time at MMA. During the 1984-85 season, he averaged 28.9 points per game, leading the nation in NCAA Division III scoring.
His accomplishments include Northeast College Conference All-Star in 1983, ’84 and ’85; NCC MVP in 1985; Maine College All-Star in from 1983-85; Second Team All-Maine in 1985; All-Maine Collegiate Basketball Team in 1983, ’84 and ’85; and MMA basketball’s only All-American in 1985, earning honorable mention status.
“It is tremendously befitting as the first All-American in program history, that his No. 12 be the first men’s basketball jersey high above the court in Smith Gymnasium,” MMA men’s basketball coach David Muchnick said in a news release. “Adam’s many accomplishments speak for themselves, and we couldn’t be happier that we were able to honor him in this special way. Once a Mariner, always a Mariner.”
Colleges reschedule games
Several Maine colleges have rescheduled games that were postponed on Tuesday due to a blizzard.
The Husson women’s basketball team will now host Colby at 7 p.m. Feb. 10 at Newman Gym in Bangor. The Husson men’s team will now play at 7 p.m. Feb. 16 against Bowdoin College in Brunswick.
The USM-Bowdoin men’s hockey game will be played at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Watson Arena on the Bowdoin campus.
USM’s basketball doubleheader at UMass Boston will tip off on Thursday with the women’s game at 5:30 p.m. and the men’s at 7:30 p.m.