Steve “Mo” Morris graduated from Bowdoin in 1972 and immediately began his career at North Yarmouth Academy.  He spent the next 29 years working at North Yarmouth Academy in almost every position that existed at the school.  Steve was, at some point in his NYA career, a bus driver, head of facilities, religion teacher, history teacher, athletic director, and the head of transportation. He was a three-season coach for 25 years, a feat which is unlikely to be repeated. Steve is most fondly remembered by his students as “Coach.”  He devoted his entire adult career to North Yarmouth Academy – most importantly to developing the character of the young women and men whom he coached.  He was inducted into the Edgar F. White ‘38 Athletic Hall of Fame in the fall of 2010.

Mo’s dedication to athletics at North Yarmouth Academy is not measured in years or teams coached, but in the legacy he left behind.  Steve passed away in 2002, but he still touches the lives of our students. The Steve Morris Scholar Fund was created in 2002 by a group of NYA alumni and friends to honor his memory.

The Steve Morris Scholar Fund provides endowed financial aid support to a boy and girl who are selected in their freshman year. These student/athletes receive this aid each year for four years.  The program is funded almost exclusively by the Steve Morris Golf Tournament, which has become an annual tradition in Steve’s honor. 

The Steve Morris Golf Tournament is an opportunity to honor Steve Morris for everything he did for NYA and to help ensure that students who may not otherwise have the means to attend NYA are given the chance to do so and to achieve their potential.