Women's Soccer

Former SJC Soccer Standout Comtois Earns Boston / New England Emmy® Award

Posted: Jun 15, 2022

STANDISH, Maine – Former Saint Joseph's College women's soccer standout Sarah Comtois '18, a Broadcast Director at NEWS CENTER Maine, received an Emmy Award at the 45th Annual Boston/ New England Emmy® Awards ceremony, which was held at the historic Wang Theatre in Boston on Saturday, June 4th.

Comtois, who is now in her fifth year at NEWS Center Maine, is the recipient of the 2022 Most Outstanding Director Live or Recorded Live Emmy® Award. Her award-winning video submission, titled "Technical Director Composite," is a 15-minute set of clips showing the complicated 'behind the scenes' work she does on a daily basis in the station's control room during news broadcasts. The feature is embedded below.

A New Media Communications major with a minor in Journalism at Saint Joseph's, Comtois was a four-year starting midfielder and two-year captain for the Monks' women's soccer program. The two-time All-Conference honoree and 2017 NEWISA Senior Bowl Game participant was also an outstanding student who earned three GNAC All-Academic awards and a pair of CoSIDA Academic All-District nods while being listed on the Dean's List following all eight semesters at St. Joe's.

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Founded in 1912 by the Sisters of Mercy in Portland, Maine, Saint Joseph’s College is Maine’s Catholic liberal arts college in the Mercy tradition. We are inclusive of all faiths, including no faith. The 474-acre campus, located on the shore of Sebago Lake in Standish, Maine offers more than 40 undergraduate programs and a Division III athletic program to a population of approximately 1,000 on-campus students. A pioneer of distance education since the 1970s, the College also provides online certificates and undergraduate and graduate degrees for thousands more working adults who reside in more than 20 other countries. In 2015 the College was selected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to receive its Community Engagement Classification, highlighting the College’s focus on community service throughout its mission and daily interactions within local, regional, and global communities. In 2018, Princeton Review recognized SJC as one of its “Green Colleges” for its sustainability initiatives. Learn more at www.sjcme.edu.