Fitzpatrick Trophy winner. Freshman sensation. Hometown hero.

Jared Turcotte wears each of those labels well. Now you can add another accomplishment to his list, unlikely the last and arguably the most significant of all.

All-American.

Turcotte was celebrated last week by two different organizations as one of the premier fullbacks in the Football Championship Subdivision. The Sports Network named the Lewiston High School graduate a second-team All-American, while College Sporting News gave him honorable mention.

It made Turcotte one of only two first-year players in the Colonial Athletic Association – home of national champion Richmond and semifinalist James Madison – to secure the All-American distinction.

Although he was feted as a fullback, Turcotte benefited from several games as Maine’s featured back after an injury to incumbent starter Jhamal Fluellen.

Turcotte topped the Black Bears with 602 rushing yards and seven touchdowns. Twice he was named CAA Rookie of the Week.

Fluellen and offensive lineman Ryan Canary joined consensus first-team selection Jovan Belcher, a senior defensive end, as All-Americans for Maine. They bring Maine’s all-time total to 35 and represent the first multiple All-Americans in a single season for the program since 2004.

Bombs away for Bradley

With roughly 400 women’s basketball programs represented in Division III, it would be impossible to make one fair, exclusive selection as the nation’s most improved player.

If there were such an award, however, Lewiston High School graduate Tracy Bradley would be a leading candidate. Now a senior at Ithaca (N.Y.) College, Bradley has stepped up her game from important role player to nightly double-digit scoring and rebounding threat for the Bombers.

Bradley was named Empire Eight Conference Player of the Week for the period ending Jan. 4. The 5-foot-10 forward scored 33 points, hauled down 12 rebounds, dished out six assists and made three steals in league victories over Elmira and Alfred. She was 14-for-25 from the field for the week.

There was no stopping to admire the accomplishment for Bradley, who backed it up Tuesday with career highs of 20 points and 14 boards to go with three assists and three thefts in a 72-57 triumph over Utica. Bradley maintained the momentum Friday with nine points, five boards and two swipes in a smothering 58-35 win over Nazareth.

Having started all 13 games for Ithaca, Bradley ranks second on the club in scoring (12.7) and rebounding (5.7). She has more than tripled her points per game average of 4.2 as a junior.

Bradley, now living in Brunswick during the offseason, was a three-year starter in high school. She averaged 11 points and 11 rebounds per contest as a Lewiston senior in 2005.

Pony express

Another college basketball campaign, another graduate of the six-time state champion Dirigo High School girls’ program making an immediate impact at the collegiate level.

This year it’s Michelle Holmquist, who took a break from the court after her time with the Cougars, but has exploded in her first season at Central Maine Community College.

Holmquist is averaging 17 points per game in her last five starts for the Mustangs, who are 10-2 after a 63-52 non-conference loss Friday to Briarcliffe.

Already among the favorites in the Yankee Small College Conference, CMCC received a major boost this week with the return of Oxford Hills graduate Tiffany Seams from a November knee injury. Seams combined for 28 points, including seven 3-pointers, in the last two games, including a 70-48 win over Canadian foe Trois-Rivieres.

The Mustangs’ roster is jammed with local talent. Former high school teammates Carrie Jamison (Dirigo) and Teira Durgin and Katie Martin (Oxford Hills) join Holmquist and Seams on the floor.

Other area standouts include Kate Dargie and Ashley Gaylord of Edward Little, Ashley Quimby of Rangeley, Christy McAuliffe of Lisbon and Janessa Thomas of Mt. Abram.

The CMCC men will attempt to secure the 300th career win for coach and athletic director Dave Gonyea when the Mustangs host Unity College on Thursday.

Matt Lyons, a sixth man for the Class B championship team at Mountain Valley High School in 2007, has blossomed as a college big man. Lyons posted 14 points, 15 rebounds and four steals while shooting a spotless 6-for-6 from the foul line in a recent 92-77 loss to Southern Maine CC.

Cam Angell (Leavitt) and Tyler Smithgall and Nate Damm (Winthrop) have been consistent double-digit scorers for CMCC, 10-3 at the end of the first semester.

Other local contributors for the CM men are Auburn’s Josh Martin, Josh Levasseur of Gray and Oak Hill product Bronson Drewry.

Little East’s big man

Tyler Jasud of Rumford (Mountain Valley) has been named Little East Conference men’s cross country runner of the year after his stellar junior season at the University of Southern Maine.

Jasud, who won five runner of the week honors during the fall, punctuated his campaign by finishing 43rd in a field of more than 200 harriers at the NCAA Division III national championship race. Little East’s individual champion covered the 8-kilometer course in 25:05.

Southern Maine has captured the top male runner award two straight years. Curtis Wheeler won it in 2007.