Orange County Community College - Colt Yearbook (Middletown, NY)

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First row, left to right: Fred Schleutermann, Edgie Filipowsk!, Bob Prause (President), Joseph M. Famellette, Steve Pappas, Jim Walyus, Paul Starkey (Treasurer). Second row: Ulrich B. Schaafhausen, | Pete A. Lazier, Ted Smiehorowski, Manny Tejeda, William Mellin, Bob Lake (Adviser). VARSITY CLUB T HE Orange County Community College Var¬ sity Club is made up of men who have earned varsity letters in a sport. Earning a letter does not make them Varsity Club members auto¬ matically. They must first demonstrate that their interest is sincere in becoming a Service Club member. This is done by pledging for a week’s time. The purpose of this pledging is that if a person successfully goes through pledge week and is voted into the Varsity Club by its mem¬ bers, his interest is sincere. The Varsity Club members are called upon to devote their serv¬ ices to the College and to the Community. The purpose of the club is to be a service organization on and off campus, to familiarize the students of the college with the different varsity sports, to promote good sportsmanship on and off campus, and to bring athletes to¬ gether. There are two kinds of membership in the Varsity Club. The Collegiate member is a male student who has earned his letter in a varsity sport, and the Honorary member is the faculty adviser to the various varsity sports. The Club this year has done and plans to do the following things: The entire Varsity Club marched in the Mid¬ dletown Sports parade, along with the cheer¬ leaders and the Girls’ basketball team. The Vars ity Club had fall and winter sports schedules printed (cost of printing was again donated by the Student Activities and College Book Store). These schedules are sold by Varsity Club members at 10 cents each for the purpose of contributing money to: a. Middletown Little League. b. Middletown Babe Ruth League. c. To sponsor one under-privileged boy and girl to a year’s membership at the Y. M. C. A. d. Purchase the Athlete of the Year’s trophy and Plaque. e. A glass backboard for the new gymnasium. f. Donate $10 for the Soccer Player’s Ban¬ quet. The Varsity Club held a Pledge Dance at the American Legion Lodge on November 22, 1957. The Varsity Club will aid Mr. Chachis in the testing of 1500 of the Little League and Babe Ruth League Baseball players in April and May. 70

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ATHLETICS 69

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JOSEPH FAMELLETTE Outstanding Athlete of the Year 1957-58 A TROPHY is awarded each year to the stu¬ dent who has been selected as the Orange County Community College outstanding athlete of that year. The trophy is given by the Varsity Club, and selection of the student athlete is made by the vote of the coaching staff and the President of the Varsity Club. Qualifications fcr the award are athletic ability, faithful training, contribution to athletics, and satisfactory scho¬ lastic standing at OCCC. Joseph Famellette was the student chosen for this honor. He was by no means a star in all sports, but he was a star in football at Pough¬ keepsie High School and an outstanding Marine Sergeant before he came to Orange County Community College. Because v e have no foot¬ ball at OCCC, he came out for wrestling for the first time in his life, and he was very successful as he was in Tennis and Sophomore Basketball. Whatever athletic event Joseph Famellette participated in, he put his heart and soul into it. Above all, he was a gentleman at all times, participating with true sportsmanship behavior. He also did an outstanding job as a volunteer recreational leader for OCCC’s community serv¬ ice programs for our local youth organizations. Joseph Famellette was the year’s outstanding physical education major. His future plans are to transfer to Springfield College where he in¬ tends to complete his B.S. Degree requirements in Health and Physical Education. He also plans to do graduate work towards an M.A. Degree. -