{"id":169965,"date":"2023-01-23T09:58:28","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T14:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/?p=169965"},"modified":"2023-01-23T10:24:05","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T15:24:05","slug":"meet-alli-and-lizzie-2-2-2-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/maine\/tanner-and-charlie","title":{"rendered":"Citizens Friendship: Tanner and Charlie"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-169980\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-BBME-Citzens-Friendship-Collage-2.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-BBME-Citzens-Friendship-Collage-2.webp 1200w, https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-BBME-Citzens-Friendship-Collage-2-1024x538.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-BBME-Citzens-Friendship-Collage-2-150x79.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>GORHAM (WGME) \u2013 A USM men&#8217;s hockey star is making his mark both on and off the ice.<br \/>\nWritten by: Dave Eid, WGME<\/p>\n<p>USM senior Tanner McClure likes to keep busy. A four-year starter on the men&#8217;s ice hockey team, McClure is confident his Huskies can make a strong run into the postseason. &#8220;We&#8217;ve proven we can play with all teams,\u201d McClure said. \u201cWe lost only 2-1 to the #1 team in the country, so we are right there, and I think going into the second half, we&#8217;re looking to take the momentum we ended with and make a run, so we\u2019re really excited going forward.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>McClure is busy with the books, too. Majoring in sports management, he carries a 3.874 GPA and is a three-time William B. Wise Scholarship Award winner. &#8220;I think that&#8217;s just a testament to what USM athletics instills in their athletes. Academics come first,\u201d McClure said. &#8220;I owe a lot to my parents for teaching me that academics come first. You know hockey is my love, but I wouldn&#8217;t be here without academics and succeeding in the classroom, so it&#8217;s really important.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-169979\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-BBME-Citzens-Friendship-Collage-1.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-BBME-Citzens-Friendship-Collage-1.webp 1200w, https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-BBME-Citzens-Friendship-Collage-1-1024x538.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-BBME-Citzens-Friendship-Collage-1-150x79.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>Another important part of McClure&#8217;s life is the work he does off the ice with Best Buddies of Maine. &#8220;Best Buddies is something I didn&#8217;t know anything about until this past summer, and I got in contact with Best Buddies Maine,\u201d McClure said. \u201cIt\u2019s an international organization that focuses on building one-to-one relationships with someone with intellectual or developmental disabilities.&#8221; McClure and his Best Buddy Charlie have formed an unbreakable bond, something McClure hopes can spread throughout the campus and beyond. &#8220;To go and build friendships with people who have developmental or intellectual disabilities is kind of refreshing, and you know, they&#8217;re always so happy and they spread joy, and I think that&#8217;s something that needs to be a bigger part not only of the USM community, but the world in general, and it\u2019s really refreshing to build these relationships and see it affecting other people as well,&#8221; McClure said.<\/p>\n<p>If you know a Mainer who&#8217;s making a difference in your community, please send Dave Eid an email at <a href=\"mailto:deid@sbgtv.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deid@sbgtv.com<\/a>. 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