Keith Mahaney, who coached the boys varsity basketball team at Boothbay Region High School in the 1960s, will be inducted into the Maine Basketball Hall of Fame at the second annual ceremony on Sunday, Aug. 23.

Mahaney graduated from Fort Fairfield High School in 1951. He was an honor roll student throughout his school years and a multi-sport athlete who excelled in basketball, baseball, and set three school and county records in track his senior year (pole vault and hurdles).

Mahaney lead his team to two Aroostook League basketball titles and garnered numerous individual awards. He was also chosen first team All-Aroostook two years and won the Most Valuable Player award at F.F.H.S. from 1949 to 1951.

After high school, Mahaney was on the starting five as a freshman at the University of Maine and was chosen “the outstanding player on Bob Holloway’s Hoop Squad.” Mahaney went out for indoor track after the basketball season ended and in just one meet, won the pole vault and placed second in the 45 yard high hurdles to earn his numerals.

As a sophomore, he was on the starting five all season and established his first University of Maine foul shooting record. Mahaney placed fifth in the nation with a foul shooting record of 81.4 percent (83 of 102).

He led the Yankee Conference in scoring his junior year (23.8) and was the Maine state series scoring leader with (23.3) points per game. He also set two more University of Maine records — most free throws made in one season (106) and broke the University of Maine scoring record with 39 points set against Bates College in 1954.

Mahaney returned to the University of Maine after the Korean War Conflict for the 1956-57 season. His scoring average in state series play was (23.5) points a game and he was the Yankee Conference scoring leader runner-up with 22.7 points a game. He also rewrote the record book, breaking nine individual records and tied his own record of 39 points against the University of Massachusetts in his last basketball game at Amherst.

What is truly remarkable is that Mahaney only played 11 games his junior year before going into the U.S. Army and only played a total of 48 games in his entire varsity career for these achievements! At the time of his graduation 1957 he held 11 out of 14 records in basketball and earned the following recognitions: All-Maine (two years), All-Yankee Conference (two years), All-New England All-Star (one year) and All-American Honorable Mention (two years).

He was inducted into the University of Maine Sports Hall of Fame on Oct. 22, 1993 and the State of Maine Sports Hall of Fame on June 11, 1994. On Dec. 21, 1997, Keith received the ultimate honor — his basketball jersey #24 was retired in a ceremony at the Alfond Arena by the University. On Sept. 24, 2004, Mahaney was inducted into the New England Basketball Hall of Fame and has the distinction of being the first University of Maine graduate to receive that honor as a division I mens basketball player.

When Mahaney graduated in 1957, he was University of Maine all time college scoring leader. He was the first player in University of Maine history to score 38 points in a Maine State Series game and 39 points in a Yankee Conference game in the same year! He is thankful for his coaches and teammates that made this possible.

Mahaney has now been inducted into eight Hall of Fames and is grateful for his blessings, friends, and family. He lives in Bangor with his wife Karlene. They have two children, Shawn and Mary Keith, six grandchildren, one great-granddaughter, Ellie, and another great grandchild due in October 2015.

The induction ceremony will take place at Bangor’s Cross Insurance Center from noon to 5 p.m. Tickets are $50 per person or you can get a table of 10 for $500. Visit the Maine Hall of Fame website for more information and to order tickets, www.mainebasketballhalloffame.com