Honored Jersey
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hoisted into the rafters,
and previous honorees reflect on the points gained from being a MMA athlete.
Jersey
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'06, Volleyball
Shelley Gott-Miles
Home: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jersey
'07, Basketball
Vanessa Vigue
Work: Naval Surface Warfare Center, In-
Home: Mount Desert Island,
Service Engineering Agent for submarine
'00, Basketball
Maine
hydraulic systems
Home: Portland, Maine
Work: Miles Motorsports &
"Maine Maritime teaches both theory and
Work: Product Manager, IDEXX
Complete Car Care / Margo
hands-on application, and that increases
Laboratories,Westbrook, Maine
Stanley Real Estate
the quality of its students and makes them
"Because my degree was in Ocean
"Being a student athlete helped me
more desirable to employers. When I
Studies and I began my career in New
be achievement-oriented, a strong
started my career, I took a "Submarine 101"
Jersey, I had a bit of educating to do for
communicator, self-motivated and
course. Many of the traditional mechanical
potential employers about MMA. But
to bring dedication to everything I
engineers had trouble understanding high
at every interview, we found common
do. It also has allowed me to work
level concepts, such as how the steam plant
ground, and that was sports, specifical y,
wel with others and develop good
worked. Those in the class from Maine
basketbal . Being able to market myself as
time management. Having balance
Maritime, however, were fluent in the steam
a student athlete in a competitive NCAA
is a very important skil in my life,
cycle and its application, and well-versed
atmosphere, and demonstrating my
not just as a business owner, but as
in what the smaller, auxiliary components
success on the court and in the classroom,
a mother and wife as wel ."
were and how they worked. We had already
spoke volumes to potential employers."
learned concepts and taken the equipment
apart, and had a leg up on others."
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