A Boothbay athlete nicknamed “Pee Wee” has made a giant impression on the schoolgirl basketball scene. As a freshman, she started all 17 varsity games for a team which finished second in the Heal points. As a sophomore, Brown led Boothbay to the state championship game and won the Robin Colcord Award as the outstanding player-sportsman in the Class C West girls tournament. Last year, Brown played a major role in another successful Seahawk campaign. Boothbay finished 18-2 and lost in the regional semifinals to the eventual state champion.  After three seasons, Brown had amassed 987 career points.

As a senior, the season hadn’t even started and Brown was already getting statewide recognition. She was named a WMTW preseason All-State First Team  selection and was the only Class C basketball player among the Portland Press Herald’s “Players to Watch” for 2017-18.

Once the season started, it didn’t take long for Brown to reach the 1,000-point mark. On Dec. 14, she became the third Lady Seahawk to reach the career milestone. Brown is best known for her basketball skills, but she is also an outstanding field hockey and lacrosse player. Brown’s past exploits as a Boothbay Seahawk are why she won a Boothbay Register reader poll as November’s “Athlete of the Month.”

But there is still one achievement eluding Brown: a Class C State basketball championship. A major hurdle in Boothbay’s state championship path is Monmouth Academy. Boothbay has lost four games in the past two seasons and Monmouth was responsible for three.  The two Mountain Valley Conference foes appear to be on another collision course this season as both teams return several starters from last year’s squads.

Brown and her teammates took round one of this year’s likely trilogy with a 50-47 victory on Dec. 18 in Boothbay. “It’s a real good rivalry,” Brown said. “We ended their season two seasons ago and they ended ours last year. Our goal is to keep winning and improving. We have a lot of young players so it’s important to build chemistry so we can make a run at a championship.”

When Brown entered high school, she had modest goals for her basketball career. Brown hoped to make varsity as a freshman and play a lot of minutes on the junior varsity squad. Instead, she earned a starting varsity position and played a significant role in the team’s success.

“I never really thought about scoring 1,000 points when I entered high school. I was glad just to make varsity and play a lot,” she said. “We had a great team with a lot of great players so I was surprised at how well my first year went.”

Her sophomore year went even better. Boothbay won its first regional title since 1984. And Brown learned many lessons from a player from that past Boothbay championship team, her mother, Lauren (Webster) Brown, who also won a Robin Colcord Award. 

“I learned a lot about the mental part of basketball from my mother. She was a guard and I play in the post. So she taught me a lot about dribbling and being smart on the court,” she said.

Page Brown credits playing basketball year round for developing her game. She has learned low-post play from her Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) coach Duane Ewbanks, a former Harlem Globetrotters player. “He stresses the importance of holding the ball high in the post and, if I don’t, he swats my shot,” she said.

Brown has also played significant roles in two other Boothbay sports. She was a field hockey midfielder this fall as the team posted its best record (12-2) in school history. The field hockey team finished third in the Class C North Heal points and lost in the regional semifinals. Brown was named to the Maine Field Hockey Class C All-State Team by the Maine Coaches Association. She was also named to Maine Field Hockey Association’s All-State Academic Team.

Brown has also been the lacrosse team’s starting goalkeeper for the past three years. Boothbay has qualified for the last two postseasons in Class B action and last season won a home playoff game before losing in the regional semifinals.

Once Brown’s playing days are over at Boothbay, she plans on attending a Division III college. She is considering Saint Joseph’s College in Standish, Colby College in Waterville or University of Maine at Farmington. “I’m looking for a college where I can balance both athletics and academics,” she said. Brown is considering becoming a teacher. She also wants to coach and become an athletic administrator.