For the past three seasons, Page Brown was a starter for the University of Maine at Farmington women’s basketball team. In 2019, her team reached the North Atlantic Conference championship game. But in 2020, Brown and her teammates only played two games due to the coronavirus. In her senior season, the Beavers finished 10-10 and lost in an early round conference tournament game. Brown started all 20 games averaging 11.1 points and 5.3 rebounds per game. She graduates in May with an eye toward teaching high school social studies. And even though her college playing days are over, Brown wants to continue her involvement in the games she’s loved since childhood. 

Brown is hoping to coach either basketball or field hockey. She has a lengthy resume and long list of achievements in making an excellent coaching candidate. In high school, Brown was one of three finalists for Miss Basketball her senior year. She scored 1,395 points in her career. Brown was twice named Mountain Valley Conference Player of the Year (2016, 2017). In 2016, she led Boothbay to the Class C Southern Maine championship, and named tournament most valuable player.

Brown was also a top high school field hockey player. She was an All-State selection in her senior season and named to the McNally Senior All Star Game. Brown  also set the school’s all-time mark in career assists. She was also instrumental in the Lady Seahawks’ first tournament win in school history.

But now, she is looking forward to playing a different role: Coach. “I’m currently interviewing for jobs, and coaching is definitely something I want to do,” she said. Her parents are both Boothbay Region graduates and former coaches. Ted Brown was an assistant football coach and Lauren Brown has coached basketball and assisted in field hockey. She received some “fatherly” advice not to coach at Lisbon or Winthrop. “Sounds like he hasn’t gotten over some of his football coaching days, but I think I’m going do my own thing when it comes to coaching,” she said. 

In her final college semester, Page is student teaching at Mt. Blue High School in Farmington. She described Mt. Blue as a “beautiful school.” It was built 10 years ago and is one of the state’s few comprehensive high schools with the vocational and regular academics taught in the same building. “It’s a big school,” she said. “There is a fire truck in the vocational center so students can learn to become a fireman.” 

Brown’s original plan for her final semester was to student teach American, Maine and European histories, but those plans changed. A month into her student teaching, Brown was promoted to long-term substitute, after the classroom teacher went on maternity leave.  “My advisor knew about this beforehand, and worked it out so I could be a long-term sub and get paid. So it’s been a pretty cool situation,” she said.  

Brown spent her freshmen year as St. Joseph’s College in Standish. She transferred due to UMF’s reputation as an outstanding teacher college. She has enjoyed her time in Farmington, and making good friends with her teammates. She was also elected to the college’s student senate. “UMF has been a perfect fit for me. Many of teammates are going to teach, and it’s been great to make so many friends.” she said. 

Brown’s passion for history was fueled in high school. She credits her social studies teacher Normand “Skip” L’Heureux. “He’s a great teacher, and I’m a big fan of Mr. L’Heureux’s. His class was so much fun,” she said. 

While in Boothbay, she picked up a different sport. She was part of the first lacrosse team in school’s history where she was the goaltender.