BIDDEFORD — University of New England Director of Athletics Heather Davis has announced four individuals, including a UNE alumna from Winterport, who will enter the UNE Varsity Club Athletics Hall of Fame later this year, according to a news release. 

The ceremony for the 16th class of inductees will take place October 2 during Homecoming Weekend at the Harold Alfond Forum.

Among the group of inductees is Ashley (Gott) Haase, a Winterport native and alumna of Hampden Academy. 

Haase, who earned a degree in applied exercise science in 2012, was a start catcher on the UNE softball team from 2009-2012 and remains the career leader in hits, with 201 over 158 games (.393 batting average).

She also has the top spot in total bases (263), shares it in doubles (41), ranks sixth for runs batted in (77), and stands 10th in runs scored (93).

Defensively, Haase had a .974 fielding percentage in 781 plays.

After all-conference honorable mention picks in her first couple seasons (2009, 2010), she registered numerous personal highs as a junior (.450 average, 68 hits, 39 runs, 29 RBI) and netted a CCC first team selection (2011).

Haase repeated that recognition as a senior, and added the 2012 CCC Player of the Year distinction (UNE's first of three such awards, to-date) to her list of accolades.

Included in the 103-59-2 overall record (60-29-1 CCC) during those seasons was the team's second conference softball championship crown in 2012.

She batted .533 through that four-game run, which featured a program tournament record four hits in the semifinal triumph over the No. 1 seed.

Hasse capped her career with an All-Tournament Team nod as the Nor'easters continued into NCAA regional championship action.

Established in 2005, the Athletics Hall of Fame honors the very best in the combined history of St. Francis College, Westbrook College, and UNE, a press release noted. Through 2019, 52 individuals and seven teams have been inducted.

Others being inducted in this class include Kelly Coleman, Aidan McParland and long-time UNE administrator and professor Dennis Leighton.