UMPI’s Westcott receives P.E. honor

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine – A University of Maine at Presque Isle senior has been named one of two students in Maine to receive a prestigious honor for physical education majors.     Julie Wescott will receive an Eastern District Outstanding Future Professional Award from the Eastern District Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.
She was among 8 students in Maine nominated for the award. Wescott is among a small handful of students in the Eastern District – which stretches from Maine to Maryland to the Virgin Islands – to receive the award.
As an Outstanding Future Professional from the Eastern District, Wescott also is in the running for the national Outstanding Future Professional Award, presented by AAHPERD, the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.
According to Dr. Christine Standefer, professor of physical education, this is only the second time since at least the early 1990’s that an UMPI student has received this award.
Wescott was nominated and chosen because of her 3.35 GPA, and proven leadership abilities.         She has served as president of the University’s PE Major’s Club, vice president of the Student Athletic Advisory Council, captain of the women’s basketball team, and attended the NCAA Student Leadership Conference in October 2007.
Wescott, who is completing her student teaching this semester, is the daughter of Dennis and Denise Wescott of Naples, Maine.     She will receive her award during the Eastern District Alliance’s conference in Rhode Island at the end of February.