Article: UMPI to join Sunrise Conference will allow scholarships

The University of Maine-Fort Kent and the University of Maine- Machias, along with their Sunrise Conference partners, will be allowed to offer a limited number of athletic scholarships next season.

They previously hadn't been allowed to offer athletic aid.

And the University of Maine-Presque Isle will join the conference next fall.

University of Maine-Fort Kent athletic director and men's soccer coach Bill Ashby said the conference's presidents approved the scholarships and UMPI's inclusion in the league.

He said the stipulation on scholarships is they will be allowed to offer "no more than 20 percent of the NAIA maximum."

However, it will be up to each school to determine what percentage ...

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