Alumni

• Ahmed M. Abdel Khalek ’16, men’s squash: Two-time national champion… Career record of 89-2… Four-time NESCAC Player of the Year… Ended career on a 66-match winning streak.
• Jason M. Coulie ’00, baseball, football, men’s track and field: One of two Major League Baseball draft picks in Bates College history (9th Round, Angels, 2000)… Tied for most career home runs at Bates… All-America wide receiver… Lettered in four sports in one year.
• Bud Schultz Jr. ’81, men’s tennis, men’s basketball: ITA Men’s Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame inductee… National runner-up in 1981 NCAA Division III men’s singles tournament… First All-American in Bates men’s tennis history… Played professionally and reached as high as No. 40 in the world in singles.
• Elizabeth Ann Wanless ’04, women’s track and field, volleyball: Four-time All-American and two-time NCAA Division III champion in the shot put… Still holds the school record in the indoor and outdoor shot put… Competed at the U.S. Olympic Trials and the World Championships… All-American in volleyball.
• Priscilla A. Wilde ’77, field hockey, women’s basketball: Only Bobcat to have her jersey number retired in two sports… Holds records for goals scored in a career and in a single season that will never be broken… First 1,000-point scorer in Bates women’s basketball history.

The seven legacy honorees this year are:

• Ellen Craft Dammond ’38, Bates Women’s Athletic Association, tennis, basketball, volleyball: Third Black woman to graduate from Bates and the first Black woman to live in a Bates dorm… Also served as a judge and coach for athletic competitions… Long-time Civil Rights advocate… Later served on the board of the YWCA.
• Thom H. Freeman ’63, baseball, men’s basketball: Maine Baseball Hall of Fame inductee… Led Bates basketball to the NCAA Regional Finals in 1961 and Bates baseball to the Eastern NCAA Finals in 1962… First All-American in Bates baseball history… Pitched 18 complete games and struck out 181 batters, both Bates records… Signed by the New York Yankees.
• Allen N. Harvie ’65, men’s track and field: Maine Sports Hall of Fame inductee… Four-time Maine College State Meet champion in the 120-yard high hurdles… His record in the 110-yard high hurdles stood for 39 years… The “Voice” of Garcelon Field for decades.
• Robert W. Hatch, P’73, P’81, coach and administrator: Maine Sports Hall of Fame inductee… Head football coach: 1952-1972… Director of Athletics: 1974-1991… Worked to ensure that Bobcat athletics reflected the very best qualities of the college as a whole, including a spirit of egalitarianism and fairness toward both men and women athletes.
• Frank W. Keaney, Class of 1911, men’s basketball, baseball, football, track and field: Basketball Hall of Fame inductee… College Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee… Inventor of the fast break… Legendary basketball coach at Rhode Island State… Rejected an offer to coach the Boston Celtics… Played on the first Bates varsity basketball team… Outstanding baseball player who earned a tryout with the White Sox.
• Milton L. Lindholm ’35, L.H.D.’04, P’64, GP’20, football, dean of admissions: Revered admissions dean from 1944-1976… Played center for the football team in the famous 0-0 tie against Yale in 1932… Recipient of the Distinguished American Award from the Maine Chapter of the National Football Foundation.
• Harry D. Lord, Class of 1908 (Elected in 2025, being celebrated this year with family able to attend), baseball, football: Starred for the Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox, 1907–14… Played football at Bates in 1904 and baseball in 1905… Returned to coach baseball in 1918.