Littleton’s Korhonen wins UMPI awards

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine – The University of Maine at Presque Isle held its annual athletic awards program May 3.
Highlighting the ceremony was the presentation of the 2010-11 male and female athletes of the year, and the recipients are Aroostook County natives Kyle Corrigan of Caribou and Megan Korhonen of Littleton.
    Korhonen, who also won the award last year, is a senior physical education major. She has competed in volleyball, basketball and softball during her UMPI playing career. A four-year member of both the volleyball and basketball teams, she served as captain of both squads.
Throughout her career as an Owl, she has garnered many accolades as a two-sport athlete, including making the Association of Division III Independents all-conference teams and Sunrise Conference all-conference teams.     In her first year on the softball team this past spring, she was the starting first baseman and helped the Owls to an 8-2 conference record. She has been chosen MVP, rookie of the year and most inspirational player by her Owl coaches and has led her teams in many statistical categories.
She also excels in the classroom, evidenced by being named an NAIA national scholar and a Sunrise Conference Scholar-Athlete in all three sports she participated in this year.
Korhonen was also this year’s recipient of the Stanley H. Small Coaches Award. Students selected for the honor must be either a junior or a senior and have shown exemplary dedication to the athletic program during their years at the University of Maine at Presque Isle.