The southern Maine and New Hampshire area chapter held its annual Alumni Scholarship Scramble on September 27. More than 100 golfers raised almost $20,000 to support deserving students attending MMA.

The Seacoast Chapter has two endowed awards. The first is the Capt. Thomas Smith Award, given annually to the Cadet Captain of the TS State of Maine. Smith graduated in 1967 and sailed the world for Lykes Lines. He was a founding member of the Seacoast Chapter and served for many years as its treasurer.

The second is the Paul Mercer Award, which goes each year to the Cadet Chief Engineer. Paul Mercer ’73 served as Director of Alumni Relations for many years, and just recently retired as the Commissioner of the Maine Department of Environmental Protection. Mercer has been a good friend to the chapter and a mentor and teacher to many alumni.

The winning team was comprised of alumni from the class of 1986 (shown above): John “JP” Paulsen, Mark Eisenhaur, Shawn Longfellow, and Craig Burpee. The Seacoast Scholarship Scramble is held the Thursday before Homecoming in the Southern Maine/New Hampshire area.

Each year the chapter also awards four additional scholarships to deserving students. This year’s recipients were: Chloe Smedley, junior, International Business & Logistics student, Wells, Maine; Nicholas Parker, senior, Marine Transportation Operations student, Newmarket, New Hampshire; Sheldon Parent, sophomore, Marine Engineering Technology student, Dayton, Maine; and Christopher Brassard, senior, International Business & Logistics student, Wells, Maine.