STANDISH, Maine – Saint Joseph's College men's basketball alumnus and former longtime women's basketball coach Mike McDevitt '83 will be inducted into the Maine Sports Hall of Fame, the organization announced Tuesday. 

The induction ceremony will be held at Hannaford Hall in Portland on Sunday, September 27. 

McDevitt is part of an accomplished class that also includes Al Bean, Mike Brown, Brian Butterfield, Gabe Hoffman-Johnson, David Hughes, Carroll LaHaye, Liz Leddy, Bob Morse, Rachel Schneider Smith, and Christina Strong. 

McDevitt, who announced his retirement last March after 33 years on the bench, compiled a remarkable 667–231 (.743) career record. He reached 20 wins in 22 seasons and never endured a losing campaign. One of the most accomplished coaches in NCAA Division III women's basketball history, he guided the Monks to 19 championships—including six GNAC titles—and 14 national tournament appearances split evenly between the NAIA and NCAA Division III. 

Widely respected throughout the coaching community, McDevitt earned 15 conference or regional Coach of the Year honors. These accolades include six GNAC Coach of the Year awards, three Maine Women's Basketball Coaches Association honors (1999, 2017, 2018), and the 2018 New England Women's Basketball Coaches Association Coach of the Year award. 

McDevitt remains on the Saint Joseph's athletics staff and serves as co-director of athletics alongside Will Sanborn '86. 

An Ellsworth, Maine native, McDevitt was also a standout and four-year starter for the Saint Joseph's men's basketball team. He finished his career with 1,381 points and 674 rebounds, helped the Monks win 65 games, and captured a WMAC championship as a senior. He earned a degree in business administration in 1983 and was inducted into the Saint Joseph's Athletic Hall of Fame in 2011. 

Olympians, world and national champions highlight this year's Maine Sports Hall of Fame inductee class. "It's incredible how many great athletes and great people Maine produces," said Brian Corcoran, the President of the Maine Sports Hall of Fame. 

The ceremony will take place at USM's Hannaford Hall and will again be broadcast by Maine Public Television on a delayed basis. "I'm really happy with this year's class.  It's great to have such a nice mix of incredible performers," said Executive Director Bill Green.  

Al Bean's relationship with USM as a record-setting pitcher, coach and administrator stretches 50 years. Named Athletic Director in 1993, Bean oversaw the unprecedented growth and success of the university athletics' program to include 23 varsity-sport offerings and participation of nearly 500 student-athletes. Among USM's upgrades under his guidance are soccer, softball and baseball fields, a hockey arena, the Costello Sports Complex Field House and several more. He has had a voice on sports nationally through committee work and a four-year term on the NCAA National Management Council.  

Mike Brown is a three-time World Extreme Cage Fighting Champion, a four-time Absolute Fighting Champion and veteran UFC fighter. He wrestled at Bonny Eagle High School where he was a Maine State Wrestling Champion and two-time finalist. He went on to his incredible professional career and since retiring in 2014 has become one of the most highly respected coaches in the world. He has won two MMA World Coach of the Year awards and his American Top Team fighters have won more than 25 UFC championship belts.  

Brian Butterfield becomes a second-generation inductee as his father Jack and Uncle Jim are also in the Maine Sports Hall of Fame.  Butter was an outstanding athlete at Orono High where he played three sports.  He started as a freshman in basketball and baseball at UMaine and was named Yankee Conference Baseball Rookie of the Year.  He went on to Florida Southern where he played on a national champion and was District Player of the Year. He played five years in the minors before becoming a Major League Coach. He did stints with six Major League teams including the Red Sox and Yankees.  

Gabe Hoffman-Johnson is best known as the Founder and Chief Community Officer for the Portland Hearts of Pine. He starred in soccer at Falmouth High School. He went on to Dartmouth where he was All-Ivy and All-East.  He played professionally for St. Louis in the United Soccer League. After two years on Wall Street, he returned to Maine to found the Portland Hearts of Pine and has built it into one of the most successful franchises in American sports history. 

David Hughes is a two-time Olympic sailor who was voted in to the Maine Sports Hall of Fame for 2021, a ceremony which was cancelled by COVID. He grew up sailing on Casco Bay and captained teams at Yarmouth and USM. Hughes is a seven-time World champion, six-time World Cup champion, two-time European champion, and has won more than 20 National and North American titles. Has served on the board of the US Olympians and Paralympians Association and is currently Vice President of World Sailing where he is helping coordinate the sailing events for the upcoming 2028 L. A. Olympics.  

Carroll LaHaye excelled in field hockey, basketball and softball at Medomak Valley High School. She graduated Cum Laude from the University of Maine-Machias where she played basketball and volleyball.  She ventured to Virginia where she caught on as a volunteer coach at Randolph-Macon College.  Within two years, she was head coach and over 38 seasons amassed a record 647-346. She is the winningest coach (men or women) in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference reaching the NCAA Tournament 12 times and going all the way to the DIII National Championship game in 2005. 

As a kid, Liz Leddy found herself in difficult circumstances suffering abuse and living on the streets. She fought her way forward becoming a three-time National Golden Gloves Champion. She twice won National Golden Gloves silver-medals and was a five-time New England Golden Gloves Champion. She made the elite USA Women's Boxing Team and won a silver medal in the Pan Am Games. She is active in helping children in difficult circumstances and is an inspirational speaker for this cause.  

Mike McDevitt starred at Ellsworth High School before heading to St. Joe's where he was a four-year starter.  He scored 1381 points and collected 674 rebounds as the Monks compiled a 65-38 record.  As the Women's Basketball Coach, he compiled a record of 667-231, winning 20 conference championships and making national tournaments 15 times.  He amassed 50 seasons as a player, assistant and head coach in three sports and never had a losing season.  

Bob Morse is best known for coaching Yarmouth Skiing, Cross Country and Track programs, boys and girls, for a total of 95 seasons. His boys' and girls' teams won 43 Nordic and 25 Alpine Championships. His boys and girls won state championships in the same year eight times. His girls team won nine consecutive ski championships. In 2013, his teams won all six events at the state meet. Yarmouth skiers finished first, second, third and fourth in an event at the state meet four times.  

Rachel Schneider Smith was born and raised in Sanford. She attended St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Dover, New Hampshire where she was a multi-time Track & Field state champion and New England Champion. She then went on to become a five-time All American for Georgetown University. She has had a long professional highlighted by competing in the 5K at the 2019 Track & Field World Championships and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics; winning two gold medals at the NACAC Championships; a silver medal at the Athletics World Cup, and three national titles. 

Christina Strong was a three-sport star at Georges Valley. She played on the boys' soccer team, amassed ten goals and eleven assists over two seasons in a difficult environment.  She was the state champion in the 100 and 300-meter hurdles.  She was named Miss Maine Basketball after scoring 1374 points. As starting point guard at Maine, she played on a conference championship team, was on three 20-win teams and won the prestigious Dean Smith Award for scholarship and athletics. She still ranks seventh in assists.  She is a graduate of UMaine Law.



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