Empowering Learners in the Mercy Tradition since 1912 Fri, 25 Apr 2025 13:43:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 /former-gnac-champion-selected-as-monks-harrier-coach/highlights/ Fri, 25 Apr 2025 13:43:28 +0000 /?p=70125 Saint Joseph’s College of Maine has announced that Troy Hendricks will serve as its next Assistant Director and Associate Head Coach for Cross Country and Track & Field. Hendricks succeeds Tom Dann, who served with the Monks’ cross country and track and field programs for twenty-six years. During Dann’s career in Standish, he guided the [...]]]> /monks-tab-woodside-as-womens-hoops-coach/highlights/ Fri, 25 Apr 2025 13:29:38 +0000 /?p=70122 Saint Joseph’s College of Maine has announced that Dr. Christopher Woodside will serve as the next head coach of its women’s basketball program. Woodside succeeds Mike McDevitt, who retired from that position in March after thirty-two seasons (1987-2003, 2009-2025) at the helm of the Monks. The winningest coach in ɫ����Ƶ women’s basketball history, McDevitt compiled [...]]]> /tom-dann-retires-as-monks-mentor/highlights/ Thu, 24 Apr 2025 14:24:02 +0000 /?p=70117 STANDISH, ME - Tom Dann, the longest-tenured coach in the history of the ɫ����Ƶ of Maine men's and women's cross country and track and field programs, announced his retirement from active coaching on March 20.   Dann served in the capacity as coach for the Monks harriers for twenty-six years while also serving as [...]]]> /st-joes-women-win-to-reach-gnac-semifinals/highlights/ Fri, 07 Mar 2025 22:33:23 +0000 /?p=70013 /sjc-mens-basketball-ready-for-ncaa-tournament/highlights/ Fri, 07 Mar 2025 22:11:32 +0000 /?p=70010 STANDISH — There’s team chemistry. And then there’s what drives the Saint Joseph’s College men’s basketball team. Some of the players were high school teammates. Some were childhood best friends. Two were born less than a week apart in the same hospital. Teams love to point to their togetherness as a reason for their success. [...]]]> /looking-forward-to-coming-back-pt-7/highlights/ Thu, 30 Jul 2020 16:07:38 +0000 /?p=52719 A Meaningful Athletic Experience This one goes out to our fantastic student-athletes. Newly named Director of Athletics Will Sanborn is here with details about how we will build our Monks championship culture, even in the face of tough decisions and an unusual season. A few highlights:  Fall Move-In. Unlike past years, [...]]]> /game-changers-change-is-in-the-air/highlights/ Fri, 03 Jan 2020 16:26:42 +0000 /?p=45904 We're changing the game with a new mascot and innovations to our athletics programs and facilities]]> /athletics-golf-classic-hall-fame-events/highlights/ Wed, 21 Aug 2019 17:40:23 +0000 /?p=41850 Join us for our annual Golf Classic on Sept. 13, and our Hall of Fame ceremony held on Sept. 14. Registration is now open for both of these events.]]> /curtin-mccarthy-earn-gnac-awards/highlights/ Tue, 23 Jul 2019 16:17:53 +0000 /?p=41016 The 2019 GNAC awards have just been announced and several Athletics personnel have earned awards of the year.]]> /new-mascot-revealed-commencement-saint-josephs-college-maine/pressroom/ Sat, 11 May 2019 15:13:12 +0000 /?p=34560 On Saturday, May 11, 2019, the College surprised the thousands gathered for the 106th Commencement ceremony by revealing the new Monks mascot character who stepped into the faculty procession line. Saint Joseph’s is the only college or university in the United States, in any NCAA division, to have “Monks” as a mascot. The Monks mascot dates back to 1970, but the costumed figure has not been a presence on campus for many years. Graduates represented more than 40 states and seven countries.]]>