FARMINGTON – When Christina Mosher was in sixth grade, she wrote an autobiography.

Part of her lifestory at that time included her plans to attend the University of Maine and play basketball. Thursday, those plans materialized for the 17-year old Mt. Blue center.

Mosher signed a letter of national intent in front of friends and family to attend Maine on a full basketball scholarship.

“It’s exciting to know that was a dream and my goal, and now it’s reality,” Mosher said.

Mosher signed the documents with her parents, Terry and Maureen Mosher at her side. Mt. Blue coach Jeannine Paradis, Mosher’s grandparents, former coaches and family friends were also in attendance.

Mosher joins Hampden’s Tanna Ross and Biddeford’s Emily Rousseau, as Maine natives joining the Black Bear roster.

“It’s very exciting,” Terry Mosher said. “We’re very, very proud. Not too many girls get this opportunity. It’s a big deal for us to see her go there. And it’s close. We get to go watch her play.”

Mosher never showed interest in basketball as a kid. Initially, she was involved in gymnastics. When she was in fifth grade, she attended a Maine basketball game.

“Ever since then, I liked the vibe I got from there, and have been looking at it,” Mosher said. “I just decided that’s where I wanted to be.”

At that same time, the Mt. Blue girls’ basketball team, led by Heather Ernest, won the first of two straight Class A state crowns. The story caught Mosher’s attention. Soon thereafter, she was luring her father outdoors to shoot baskets with her, despite the fact he was nursing a shoulder injury at the time.

By the spring, Mosher was writing an autobiography. It featured pictures of one of her early coaches, Stewart Sevey and his daughter, Bethany. They were all part of a travel team that didn’t lose a game in the state of Maine for three years.

“I had a (Maine) game schedule or something,” Mosher said. “I remember cutting it out and putting it in, and I wrote a paper about how I wanted to go to school there and play there.”

Ever since, Mosher hasn’t even thought about other schools. Though the 6-foot-3 senior received interests from a variety of schools, she never wavered in her hopes of attending Maine, the same school at which Ernest eventually starred and had her number retired.

“She said, ‘Put them in the scrapbook,'” her mother said of the inquiries from other schools. “We saved every letter and every brochure, but this was the one place she always looked at.”

An all-conference player, Mosher is 128 points shy of the 1,000-point mark. She averaged 16 points and 12 rebounds last year.

“I’m really proud of her,” Paradis said. “Since her freshman year she was saying, ‘This is what I’m going to do.’ This was her goal all the time.”

Still, Mosher hasn’t sacrificed her role as team player for her individual goals. Paradis points to a game where Mosher felt she was struggling and recognized that Bonnie Silkman had the hot hand. She suggested she move away from the basket and create more space and opportunity for Silkman.

“That’s just the type of player that she is,” Paradis said. “Even though she had these major goals in her sights, she’s always figured out how to maintain that balance of being a good teammate.”

Mosher has already shown significant improvement, but hopes to continue her progress toward the next level. Paradis says goals for Mosher this year include being more dominant under the basket, developing a small perimeter shot, improving her discipline in avoiding foul trouble and her defensive game. Mosher says the Maine coaches have advised her to lift weights and continually work on her post moves.

“I’m very excited to play this year,” Mosher said. “It’s just another step toward next year.”