Auburn, ME – The Central Maine Community College spring athletic teams picked up 12 individual honors between its four teams competing in the 2025 season.
Baseball led the way with the team winning its first YSCC Tournament championship in 15 years after a dramatic 7-6 walk-off win over archrival SMCC in extra innings. The Mustangs moved on to the USCAA Small College World Series where they won the first game in program history on the national stage.
Lee Robertson was the conference tournament MVP. The sophomore out of Port Joli, NS scored in all three games, went 6-for-8 in two games against the Seawolves, and picked up the win on the mound in the championship game. Cody Cleaveland was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Defensive Player, doing good work in both left field and shortstop. The first-year dual sport athlete was also named to the YSCC All-Conference team along with third baseman Hayden Durrell. Power hitter and first baseman Garren Post was an Honorable Mention.
On the softball diamond, three players were selected to the all-conference team after the Mustangs finished second in the regular season behind SMCC, who would go on to win the national championship. Sisters Olivia Gallan and Miah Gallan rounded out their time in Auburn with a place among the YSCC's best nine players. They were joined on the list by Sam Withee after the Leavitt Hornets product led the team with 31 RBIs.
There were also honors to be handed out to the Men's and Women's Track and Field teams. On the men's side, Ben Francis picked up a USCAA All-American Honorable Mention award after finishing third in the shot put with a best throw of 11.39 meters. He also helped the team capture its first YSCC Championship in program history, just beating out the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Panthers by a slim two points.
The women's team finished runner-up for the conference title, their best finish to date. However, they did pick up more individual accolades. Felicia Marin was a USCAA All-American Honorable Mention. The freshman out of Hampden Academy came home third in the 400 meters with a 1:05.84 time. She also finished tied for YSCC Women's Track Athlete of the Meet with Ella Lavigne after the two teammates each scored 28 points across all their events at the dual conference and national championships in Springfield, MA.
Both teams also had several event conference champions. On the women's side it was Marin (100-meter dash, 400m) and Lavigne (200-meter dash, 5K) being joined by Kierra Spradlin who took the YSCC's top spot in the 800 meters. The men's team had nine runner-up finishes for the top spot in the conference but did have one individual event winner. Da'Vohn Jonas beat out teammate Shane Johansen in High Jump by clearing 1.81 meters.
The end of the spring campaign caps off a very successful 2024-25 year for CMCC athletics. There were 51 total individual national and conference awards won by athletes. The Mustangs had four different programs win their conference tournaments, with at least one in each season thanks to Men's Soccer in the fall, Women's Basketball in the winter, and Baseball and Men's Track and Field in the spring. Six different teams competed at their national tournament, and Men's Soccer captured the fifth total USCAA National Championship for the school.
