Kicking Off a New School Year

Meet the new faces in the Mariners Athletic Department

THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR BROUGHT A SLEW of new faces to the Athletic Department.

Megan McLean ’19 was appointed as the Academy’s Athletics Communications Coordinator. A four-year starter for the Mariners Women’s Basketball team, McLean was named the 2018-2019 Maine Maritime Female Leader of the Year after an impressive career on the hardwood. McLean is the program’s all-time leader in free-throw percentage (75.9) and capped off her career with the Mariners ranking fourth all-time in assists (254). McLean helped lead the Mariners to back-to-back North Atlantic Conference (NAC) Championship appearances and carried that success to the classroom, earning a spot on the NAC All-Academic Team for three straight years. After graduating with a degree in International Business & Logistics from Maine Maritime in May 2019, McLean earned a Master’s in Sport Management from Southern New Hampshire University in November 2020. In 2021, McLean was selected to attend the prestigious NCAA Emerging Leaders Seminar.

The women’s soccer team warms up on Ritchie Field during Coach Schaeffer’s first season. Mariner Athletics enjoyed a standout season as they competed safely this fall. See marinersports.org for all the details.

O.J. Logue was appointed the Head Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Coach. Logue holds a Doctorate in Higher Education Leadership from Vanderbilt University, and is currently the Interim Executive Director of the Bar Harbor Food Pantry, as well as the Long-Distance Running Coach for the USA Deaf Track and Field Team, which will compete in Brazil in May 2022. Logue previously served as the Executive Director of the Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing/Governor Baxter School for the Deaf in Falmouth, Maine.

Logue coached both cross country and indoor track at the University of Maine for seven years and outdoor track at Bangor High School for two years. He competed as a Deaf Olympian representing the United States in Track and Field in 1981 and 1985. In 1981 Logue was Maine’s top finisher in the Boston Marathon with a time of 2:26. In 2012, he founded the Acadian Running Camp, was inducted into the Maine Running Hall of Fame in 2006, and the Deaf Long Distance Runner’s Hall of Fame in 2012.

Keenan Schaeffer brings a wealth of experience to the Head Women’s Soccer coaching role, having guided both men and women at the youth, high school, collegiate, and semiprofessional levels. He served as the Head Coach and General Manager of Hershey FC of the Women’s Premier Soccer League since 2017, while also serving as the First Assistant for Penn State-Harrisburg’s men’s program since 2018. In his five full seasons on the college sidelines, Schaeffer’s programs have consistently won a dozen or more matches each year. At PSU-Harrisburg, Schaeffer helped guide the men’s team to its first North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) championship and NCAA Division III tournament appearance in 2019. He coached the program’s starting keeper to the top of the NCAA statistical heap in shutouts, producing 12 clean sheets.

Nicholas Steenberg was named the Assistant Sailing Coach at Maine Maritime Academy. As a year-round resident of Penobscot, Steenberg grew up sailing on the coast of Maine at Kollegewidgwok Yacht Club in Blue Hill. He began in Optimists when he was seven years old, continuing on to racing 420s at KYC, and in high school at George Stevens Academy. Steenberg’s worked over six summers as the Race Coach, Adult Sailing Instructor, and Head Instructor at KYC. After instructing in the summers, Steenberg attended college in Europe, majoring in Engineering at the University of Southern Denmark. After finishing his studies, Steenberg worked in sales at Tesla Motors in Manhasset, N.Y. Steenberg is a Level 3 certified US Sailing Instructor and US Powerboating Instructor, with experience sailing and instructing on vessels of all types and sizes, including his own 33-foot Pearson “Vandre” onboard which he has logged over 5000 nautical miles.█

Photos By: Tate Yoder, Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries; (soccer ball): ©Aspi13/adobe stock

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