The University of Maine athletic department has set another fundraising record this year, more than doubling a record set the year before.

The $22.9 million in gifts and pledges for this year’s fiscal year follows a $10.6 million total last year.

A significant factor in that fundraising boost was the $16 million donation from the estates of former UMaine football player Pierre “Pete” Labat and his wife, Catherine Labat, announced last fall as the largest individual athletics gift in school history.

“We are so appreciative of the support of our student-athletes for the only Division I program in the state,” UMaine Director of Athletics Jude Killy said in a press release Monday. “Thank you to all those who have supported us and who continue to support us. We have entered a new er

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