2024-2025 University Credit Union Student-Athletes of the Month

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March 2025

Recognizing the outstanding achievements of our University of Southern Maine student-athletes is something we are proud to do. Since January of 2022, Huskies' Athletics and University Credit Union have partnered up to highlight the varied and vital contributions USM student-athletes make in competition, in the classroom and in the community. Whether its big-time performances for their team, or big steps in their academic and career goals, or our student-athletes commitment to Community Service, USM & UCU are ready to celebrate our Student-Athletes of the Month.
 
Chosen by members of the Athletic Department administration, recipients of this honor successfully embody the Five Pillars of USM Athletics: Academic Excellence, Athletic Achievement, Personal Growth, Professional Development and Service to Community.
 
The Huskies' March 2025 Student Athlete of the Month program honors includes a pair of student-athletes who started their collegiate careers at a different institution before joining Southern Maine, and making immediate impacts on their respective program – a record-setting member of the women's lacrosse team, and a hard-hitting, base-stealing outfielder for baseball.
 

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Katelyn D'Appolonia | Communications Major | Yarmouth, Maine | Women's Lacrosse

Named both the Little East Conference Player and Rookie of the Week in consecutive weeks in the month of March, junior Katelyn D'Appolonia has made an immediate impact in her first season with Southern Maine after transferring in from The University of Colorado.  D'Appolonia  set new program single-game records for goals and points on March 19's 21-7 win against Clark University. She finished the game with 11 goals and two assists for 13 total points.
 
The junior midfielder leads the team in several categories with 33 goals, 41 points, 39 draw controls and 22 ground balls. She also ranks second in assists with eight and caused turnovers with 14. In the Little East, she is first in goals per game averaging 5.33 per contest, and points per game at 6.5.
 
 D'Appolonia is a Communications major.
 

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Anthony Poole | Marketing Major | South Portland, Maine | Baseball

 Hitting .309 for the Huskies to start the 2025 season, senior outfielder Anthony Poole has started his final season as a Husky strong with 21 hits, including four doubles and a triple while driving in 11 runs. Poole has hit safely in the last seven games for Southern Maine, including a 10-for-22 mark against Little East Conference opponents for a .454 batting average helping Southern Maine to a 3-1 start in conference play.  Batting second for the Huskies, Poole's on-base percentage and speed on the base path has Poole leading the Huskies in runs scored with 16.
 
A D3baseball and ABCA Third Team All-Region selection, Poole has a career .319 batting average for the Huskies since transferring to Southern Maine for the 2023 season.  Recently surpassing 100 career hits, Poole has 115 hits including 16 doubles, four triples, five home runs and 58 RBI.  Defensively, Poole has a career .981 fielding percentage with 201 putouts and a pair of assists from center field.  A William B. Wise Scholar Athlete, Poole is a marketing major.

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WHAT IS THE UNIVERSITY CREDIT UNION/ATHLETIC DIRECTOR STUDENT-ATHLETE OF THE MONTH?
 
Throughout each academic year as Huskies' Athletics moves from fall to winter to the spring competition, Southern Maine student-athletes are consistently recognized at the state, conference, regional and national level for their outstanding and noteworthy performances on the field of competition. 
 
Academically, Huskies are also known for their superior performances earning All-Academic team honors from a variety of awards bureaus as well as the University.  During the 2023-24 academic year, USM student-athletes combined for a department grade point average of 3.2. Each year, Husky student-athletes receive recognition for their athletic, academic and community service activities.  
 
Proudly supporting and emphasizing the Division III student-athlete model, Huskies' Athletics focuses its goals on five key areas for each of its nearly 450 student-athletes: Academic Excellence, Athletic Achievement, Personal Growth, Professional Development and Service to Community.
 
Many of USM student-athletes play big roles not only on their teams, but also in life -  as student employees, mentors, student organization leaders, civic rights activists, residence life assistants, and more. With that in mind, former Director of Athletics Al Bean partnered with  University Credit Union to create a new way to honor and amplify the remarkable contributions of our student-athletes that go far beyond the stat sheet with the UCU Athletic Director Student-Athlete of the Month recognition.
 
"As a department, Huskies Athletics believes in the development of the overall student-athlete. As soon as they become a Husky, we are investing in their future. The goal for a USM student-athlete is for each and every one to realize their full potential academically, athletically, personally, professional and civically.  Our student-athletes are leaders on and off of the field and in the community.  With the creation of the UCU Athletic Director Student-Athlete of the Month honor, we are seeking to establish a tangible way to congratulate and encourage the work of student-athletes both inside and outside of the competitive arena."
 
The UCU Athletic Director Student-Athlete of the Month (one male, one female) will be chosen based upon Huskies' Five Key Pillars: Academic Excellence, Athletic Achievement, Personal Growth, Professional Development and Service to Community.  Members of the Huskies' Athletic Administration will nominate and choose those student-athletes to be recognized.

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