Alumni, community members and friends of Colby basketball honored John "Swisher" Mitchell on April 12 for his many years as a basketball coach in central Maine and at Colby. Mitchell, one of four basketball-playing brothers (including former Sen. George Mitchell), was a member of Waterville High School's legendary team of 1944 that won the New England championship. He was head coach of Colby's freshman and junior varsity teams for more than 20 years and later served as volunteer assistant coach of the varsity team. "The dinner was a chance to honor a person who's given a tremendous amount to Colby over the past 30 years and to basketball in Maine for more than 50 years," said Colby men's basketball coach Dick Whitmore.