Graduation Awards Announced for Maine Maritime Academy’s Class of 2021

Posted on: June 23, 2021

CASTINE – Maine Maritime Academy has announced 28 awards to honor 35 graduating students who have demonstrated academic excellence, exemplary character, and an enduring commitment to the college’s community. The announcement follows this spring’s Commencement Ceremony and the recent completion of U.S Coast Guard exams.

“These students represent the best of the Maine Maritime Academy,” notes Dr. Keith Williamson, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost. “We are incredibly proud to celebrate their accomplishments. I look forward to learning of their future success.”

This year’s awards celebrate student accomplishments in the areas of engineering, management, science, business, and transportation. Students are nominated based on recommendations from the college’s faculty and staff and selected by a committee of reviewers representing each academic field.

This year’s awardees include:

AwardStudentCityState
American Bureau of ShippingMorgan BoudreauBenton ME
American Maritime Officers ServiceDylan BunkerBucksportME
American Maritime Officers ServiceJustin JordanHampdenME
Bath Iron WorksNathan ChamberlandSaint AgathaME
Boston Marine Society Patrick Cloud IICastineME
Captain Albion F. Coffin Memorial AwardSarah GilmoreBangorME
Captain Allan K. Cameron, Jr., USN Retired, Memorial AwardSayre PonoSkowheganME
Captain Arthur Fournier AwardEthan BoucherRumfordME
Captain Christopher & Mrs. Jan Kopang Memorial AwardMatthew HarrisPerryME
Captain Robert Spear AwardTyler BrentonPenobscotME
Cargo AwardMeagan DoucetteOrlandME
Cargo AwardLucas GaddiniAuburn CA
Dr. Lev S. Sheiba AwardHenry PilotBangorME
Hamilton MarineBretton McAlisterCape ElizabethME
Henry Brooks Award in International Business & LogisticsElise AllenEastonME
Holmes/Valliere/Young Award in International Business and LogisticsSarah GilmoreBangorME
International Organization of Masters, Mates & PilotsAndrew ToddSkowheganME
Loeb-Sullivan School of IBL Faculty AwardDerek ChapmanHoldenME
Maine Maritime Academy Alumni AssociationJoseph StanleyBroad BrookCT
The MMA Core Value AwardMackenzie PhilbrickSearsportME
Maine Maritime Academy Dept. of Arts & SciencesAvery O'NealBurbankCA
Maine Maritime Academy Parents AssociationMorgan BoudreauBenton ME
Maine Maritime Academy Parents AssociationOliver HigginsBangorME
Maine Maritime Academy Parents AssociationRenaissance LymanCamdenME
Maine Maritime Academy Parents AssociationAshlyn RoyalOrlandME
Maine Maritime Academy Student Citizenship AwardKeith JordanWalthamME
Maine Maritime Academy Student Citizenship AwardMackenzie PhilbrickSearsportME
Maine Maritime Academy Student Life AwardAvery O'NealBurbankCA
Marine Transportation Faculty AwardMichael JoostenDraperUT
Nathan Corning AwardAlesha GregoireLewistonME
Nathan Corning AwardCatherine MahoneyPlymouthMA
Ocean Studies Research AwardChristian PamatianSuffolkVA
Penobscot Bay and River PilotsMatthew HarrisPerryME
Spill Control Association of AmericaJessica D'AuriaHopewell JunctionNY
Walter Travis AwardAshlyn RoyalOrlandME

For a description of each award, please visit the 2021 Graduation Awards webpage.