Dexter grad Hersey among Maine Sports Hall of Fame inductees

PORTLAND —The Maine Sports Hall of Fame has announced its 2025 honorees. Ten individuals will officially be inducted at a ceremony in Bangor on Sept. 21.

Among them is Lynn Hersey, who played basketball for Dexter Regional High School and Plymouth State College in New Hampshire. Hersey has now established a national power as the head women’s basketball coach at Smith College in Northhampton, Massachusetts. 

Hersey has been named D3Hoops National Coach of the Year the past two seasons and was the WBCA National Coach of the Year in 2023. Smith has been to three consecutive final fours and the national finals the last two years. Hersey has won five NEWMAC championships and has a current streak of three 30-win seasons.  

Also being inducted is Larry Mahoney, who has spent 51 years as a sportswriter for the Bangor Daily News earning a stellar reputation while writing on every sports topic imaginable. He has held several cherished beats including University of Maine ice hockey since its inception in 1976. He is also color analyst for UMaine hockey radio broadcasts.

Mahoney’s peers have voted him Maine Sportswriter of the Year six times. He was a three-sport athlete at Bangor and captain of its baseball and football teams. He played baseball briefly at UMaine. 

“Each year the selection process is a challenge due to the many, many qualified people who are eligible for consideration,” said Brian Corcoran, president of the Maine Sports Hall of Fame. “The individuals the committee selected this year truly represent the best of the best, and we look forward to officially welcoming them to the Hall in September.”

Tickets for the induction ceremony, which will take place at the Gracie Theatre on the campus of Husson University will go on sale June 1 at MSHOF Tickets.