University of Maine junior guard Anne Simon has been named the America East Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year while Amy Vachon has earned the league’s Coach of the Year honors, as announced by the America East Conference on Thursday, March 3.
Vachon joins Joanne Palombo McCallie as the only two coaches in America East and program history to earn four America East Coach of the Year honors. This season, Vachon guided Maine to its 18th regular season title, the fourth in the past five seasons, and the top-seed in the America East playoffs. In Vachon’s six seasons at the helm, Maine has gone 77-19 in America East play and finished with double-digit overall victories every year.
