The Maine women's basketball team is losing its leading scorer Brittany Boser, who will skip her fourth year of basketball eligibility to graduate in May.

This is according to a press release sent out by Maine today.

Boser scored a team high 9.9 points per game last season and was the team's leading scorer in nine games.

Boser has a year of eligibility left because she redshirted during her freshman season. She never fell behind pursuing her degree in chemical engineering in four years.

She was a four time Maine Scholar-Athlete.

Boser said in the release:

"It's a tough decision, but one that I think is mature and based on academic reasons," Boser said. "I'm at a point in my life where I'm ready to take the next step and move on, whether that's a career or higher level education in my field.
It's certainly nothing against my teammates or the University, because I love playing basketball."

Maine Coach Cindy Blodgett said:

"I want to thank Brittany for her efforts in my first two seasons here at Maine. She defines what a student-athlete is all about. She was terrific in the classroom in a very demanding major and we should celebrate all of her academic accomplishments that she has earned in her time here."

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