Jared Browne, who compiled 85 wins in seven seasons coaching the boys basketball program at Winslow High School, will join the men’s basketball staff at Thomas College in Waterville next winter.
Browne’s record at Winslow was 85-34 from 2011-2017, and the Black Raiders won at least 10 games in each of Browne’s seasons. That included a trip to the 2015 Eastern Maine Class B championship game.
Prior to his time at Winslow, Browne coached the boys at Oak Hill High School in Sabattus, leading the program to a 15-win campaign in 2010.
“We are very excited to have Jared join our basketball program,” said Thomas head coach Geoff Hensley in a release. “Jared has had tremendous success in his coaching career and will definitely fit in well with Thomas Basketball. He is very familiar with the landscape of Maine high school and college basketball, plus, he has developed some great high school players who have gone on to have outstanding college basketball careers. Jared has a sincere passion for coaching basketball and is a phenomenal addition for our team.”
Browne’s resume also includes Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Coach of the Year accolades in 2010 and 2013 and Maine Association of Basketball Coaches Coach of the Year honors in 2013 and 2015.
Thomas fell to Husson in the NAC championship game last winter.
Cabaniss is NAC Man Year
Sean Cabaniss, a captain of the University of Maine at Farmington’s baseball and track and field teams, has been chosen as the North Atlantic Conference Man of the Year by league athletic administrators and senior women administrators.
He will be presented with his award during the 2017-2018 school year.
“Sean characterizes what it means to be a Division III student-athlete, serving as a leader both on and off of the playing field,” said NAC Commissioner Marcella Zalot in a release. “Notably, he was a dual-sport athlete, while earning a dual degree in Secondary Education Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, with a minor in Coaching. Sean is an outstanding choice for the NAC Man of the Year Award as he has been a champion for his students, for his community, and for his teammates.”
Cabaniss, who earned his degree in May, is the first UMaine-Farmington athlete to win the award.
He qualified for the New England Division III track regionals in the long and triple jumps while setting league records in those events at 6.50 meters and 12.93 meters, respectively.
On the diamond, Cabaniss earned All-NAC second-team honors in 2014 and 2015 as an outfielder and first-team honors in 2016. He ranks second in school history in hits.
The NAC Man of the Year award is modeled after the NCAA Woman of the Year program, which honors graduating student-athletes who have distinguished themselves throughout their collegiate careers in the areas of academic achievement, athletics excellence, service and leadership.
SMCC athletes gain DIII spots
Five Southern Maine Community College athletes will be participating on NCAA Division III athletic programs in the upcoming school year, the school announced Tuesday.
Hannah Fields, Vanese Barnes, Hannah Heald, Chase Soares and John Morgan are the former players furthering their athletic and academic careers.
Fields will play soccer at Colby-Sawyer in New Hampshire and joins a team seeking its fifth straight NAC championship this fall. Barnes joins the women’s basketball program at Saint Joseph’s College in Standish after helping SMCC post 24 victories last winter. The Monks won the Great Northeast Athletic Conference last season.
Heald heads to a UNE women’s basketball program seeking its seventh straight NCAA tourney appearance next season. Soares, bound for Plymouth State University to play basketball, led SMCC to the Yankee Small Conference College championship last season.
Morgan heads to Thomas College coming off a season in which he averaged 16.4 points per game for the SMCC men’s basketball team last winter.