Hall of Fame
McCullum was a four-year starting center fielder for the Southern Maine baseball team from 1996-1999, helping lead the Huskies to two of the first three Little East Conference (LEC) baseball championships and the 1997 NCAA Division III national title.
McCullum’s most decorated season was his final one, which saw him named the LEC Player of the Year and an American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Third Team All-American after he batted .362 with 71 hits, 70 RBI and 54 runs scores. The First Team All-LEC and All-New England selection slugged .536 as a senior with 11 doubles, four triples and five home runs, while posting a .950 fielding percentage in his 119 total chances and stealing 30 bases in 35 tries. The 1999 season saw the Huskies win 36 games on their way to the LEC tournament title and the NCAA Division III regional final.
The Portland, Maine, native started in all but one of USM’s 48 games in 1997, which saw the Huskies claim the inaugural LEC tournament crown on their way to winning the 1997 NCAA Division III national championship, capping their season with a 15-1 triumph over Wooster to win the program’s second national title. McCullum batted .333 that season with 61 hits, 41 runs scored, 27 RBI, 22 stolen bases and a perfect fielding percentage.
McCullum batted .338 over his four seasons at Southern Maine, and concluded his collegiate career as the program’s all-time leader in plate appearances (678) while ranking second in games played (178) and stolen bases (74), third in runs scored (163), fourth in hits (229) and RBI (159) and fifth in total bases (317). His 70 RBI in 1999 stood as the program record until 2009, while his nine sacrifice flies that year were the most in program history until 2017.
McCullum earned a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Southern Maine in 2005. He was inducted into the USM’s Husky Hall of Fame in 2010.