1. education
2. alumni and reunions

Andrew Postell was a member of the Tallahassee Community College Forensics team for 2 years, serving as
Captain his Sophomore year.
Drew took 3rd in Extemporaneous Speaking at his very first tournament that led to a competitive career of over 55
awards in Forensics. He won a National Silver Award in Impromptu Speaking and National Bronze Awards in
Parliamentary Debate, Extemporaneous Speaking, Informative Speaking, and Impromptu Speaking. He was also
the Regional Champion in both Parliamentary Debate and Duo Interpretation. Drew was the State Champion in
Communication Analysis, 2nd in Extemporaneous Speaking and 2nd overall in Pentathlon at the FCCAA State
Tournament. He took 2nd in Communication Analysis for the Phi Rho Pi Regional Tournament. At the Emerald
Coast Invitational Drew was the champion in Communication Analysis and finished 2nd in Informative Speaking
at the Star Invitational as well as the champion in Communication Analysis at the VSA Blazer Classic
Dbteam.
Drew met his wife while at Tallahassee Community College as she was also a competitor on the TCC team. Both
Drew and his wife Teresa have returned to judge at TCC tournaments as well as judge at several state
tournaments prior to moving to Dallas. Drew continues to give back establishing a Forensics Scholarship
through the Tallahassee Community College Foundation to assist with the academic needs of the TCC Forensics
Other Awards and Recognitions:
 Florida Regional Champion for Creative Speaking for Phi Theta Kappa
 2003 Senator Claude Pepper Foundation – ranked 6th best speaker in the state
Dana Peck Dana Peck has been involved in Education, Politics and Journalism her entire
professional career. She began her career in education teaching on the secondary level then
made a 14 year stop as a political journalist before ending her career teaching journalism to
college students. Dana received a BA in French from University of Kentucky and her MS
from Ohio University in Journalism. Dana is a staunch supporter of the First Amendment.
After her early teaching career Dana begin working in politics. From there she spent 14 years
as a reporter on Florida Government and served as the president of the Florida Press Corps.
She begin the final years of her career teaching journalism at Tallahassee Community College
in 1997 and served as the Adviser to the student newspaper, The Talon. Dana retired in 2013
after 17 years at the College. During her term as Talon adviser she took students in her
Newspaper Production class with no experience and helped them become journalists. She
gave students a realistic comprehension of the responsibilities and rewards of careers in
communication. Dana was involved in the Publications Division of FCSAA and used the
conventions as learning experiences for her students. Leading by example, Dana was involved
in the leadership of the division serving in many capacities such as workshop facilitator,
conference coordinator and president of the division. She served on the FCSAA Executive Committee for the Publications Division
Marta Magellan has been the adviser to the Miambiance since 2001. In addition to advising the awardwinning literary magazine, Marta has been a mentor to colleagues, helping them start literary magazines at
Miami Dade College's Hialeah Campus, InterAmerican Campus, and Homestead Campus as well as serving
as a tremendous resource for others in the Florida College System. She is always helpful to new advisers,
sharing tips, strategies, and sound advice.
Leadership roles within the Florida College System Activities Association include serving as Secretary and
President of the Publications division as well as serving on the FCSAA Executive Committee. Marta is
always willing to present workshops for students and advisers at conferences. She leads by example. Miami
Dade College has been fortunate to have her coordinate many writing and literary contests. She chaired the
Arts & Letters Day events at Miami Dade from 1994 to 2011, bringing multiple writers to campus. Marta has
published travel articles in The Miami Herald and other newspapers as well as publishing three children’s
books on animals and other free-lance magazine articles.
Miambiance has won first place in the Community College Humanities Association Literary Magazine
Competition Southern Division 9 times which advances the magazine to the National competition where
Miambiance has finished in 1st place twice. The magazine has taken 1st place in General Excellence at the
annual FCSAA Publication contest 8 times and 2nd place 4 times. In addition to the awards for the magazine,
numerous students have won awards over the last 13 years Marta has been Adviser. The list of student awards
is too long to even begin to name.
Other Awards and Recognitions:
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Recipient of Women in Communication fellowship, 1975
Fulbright Grant, 1978
National Endowment for the Humanities Grant, 1993
Bonnie McCabe Endowed Chair for the Humanities, 2001
Distinguished Magazine Adviser at a Two-Year College, College Media Association, 2013
Special Congressional Recognition, U. S. Congress, 2013
Dr. Robert Westrick served as the President of Lake Sumter Community College from 1993-2002. He
is responsible for the re-emergence of the Athletic program at the college. Westrick earned his Bachelors
degree at Bellarmine University, a Masters degree at Xavier University and Doctorate at University of
Alabama. Dr. Westrick spent 22 years at 3 of the Great 28 (Florida Community Colleges) prior to
becoming the President of Lake Sumter Community College.
Service has been important in Dr. Westrick’s career spending time in leadership roles both in the
communities he has lived and in the state education system. He served as the chair for the Council for
Instructional Affairs, several roles with United Way and SACS visiting team member.
During his tenure at Lake Sumter he brought the athletic program back to life after a 10 year hiatus. In
1996 he received a grant for the college through equity funding and hired a “Head of Athletics” to study
the feasibility of reviving athletics. The “New Era of Athletics” began in the Fall of 1998 with Women’s
Volleyball followed by Softball and Baseball in the Spring of 1999. His foresight and dedication led to a
strong program for the last 16 years.
Dr. Westrick was involved in every aspect of the rebuilding of the program from facility construction and
renovation to fundraising , encouraging community support and development/implementation of Athletic
policies and procedures. He placed his “stamp” on the program by being involved in setting academic
goals for student-athletes, assisting with establishing of athletic scholarships and implementing the
framework for the future direction of the athletic program.
The Male and Female Student Athlete Awards have been named the Dr. Robert and Merrell Westrick Student Athlete of the Year awards. Dr. Westrick
annually gives to the Lake Sumter Athletic Scholarship fund and participates in the annual golf classic.
Dr. Westrick served on the Board of Workforce Central Florida and on the “City of Legends” Board. He also served as the Executive Director of the
Florida Association of Colleges and Universities. Dr. Westrick truly cares about student learning and his involvement in Education and Community
shows how he is a Servant Leader. He and his wife Merrell are now retired and enjoying traveling and spoiling their 7 grandchildren. Last January they
traveled to California and saw the Rose Bowl Parade and game as well as the BCS Bowl game.
FCSAA Hall-of-Fame
The FCSAA Hall-of-Fame is comprised of Administrators, Coaches, Advisors, Officials, Student/Athletes, and other nominees that have contributed a
minimum of ten years to FCSAA or one of its member institutions. They have been selected by their peers on their merits of junior/community college
contributions and achievements as well as significant accomplishments.
FCSAA Distinguished Service Award
The FCSAA Distinguished Service Award is given to deserving individuals who have provided significant leadership and service to the FCSAA Executive
Committee and its many activities. These nominees have worked in support of the Association and its goals to promote, coordinate, and regulate
intercollegiate activities among Florida’s community colleges. This award is the most prestigious award presented by the Association.
FCSAA Hall of Fame
Class of 1993
Dr. George M. Brown
Dr. Demie J. Mainieri
Ms. Roberta Stokes
Mr. William H. Tuten
Mr. Robert C. Wynn
MDCC
MDCC
MDCC
SJRCC
MCC
Class of 1994
Mr. David Ehlert
Ms. Betty Owen
Dr. Roger Raepple
Dr. William Alheim
Mr. Rex Brumley
Ms. Jean Williams
DivCC
BroCC
FCSAA
MDCC
BroCC
LCCC
Class of 1995
Mr. Guy Childers
Ms. Mary Dagraedt
Dr. Ed Eissey
Mr. Tom Garcia
Dr. Charles Greene
Mr. Floyd Horgen
Ms. Judy Jolly
Mr. Tom Lazzaro
Dr. Roger Martinsen
Mr. George McCrossin
Mr. Bill McFarland
Ms. Marilyn McSheehy
Mr. Charles C. Overturf
Ms. Carol Smith
Mr. John Tindall
Dr. Guy Warner
Dr. Tom Weaver
Ms. Nancy White
MDCC
MDCC
PBCC
VCC
MDCC
BreCC
TCC
MDCC
CFCC
SPJC
FCCJ
ECC
SJRCC
MDCC
SJRCC
Fl College
CFCC
HCC
Class of 1996
Dr. Robert Anderson
Mr. Raymond Cheydleur
Ms. Elisabeth Erling
Mr. Bill Frazier
Dr. Debara Hay
Mr. Jerry Isom
Mr. Milton Johnson
Ms. Joy McClintock
Mr. Howard Roey
BreCC
MCC
PBCC
GCCC
PHCC
MDCC
CJC
PJC
FCCJ
Class of 1997
Mr. John Anderson
Mr. James Blackburn
Dr. Stan DeHart
Dr. James Harvey
Mr. Lanny Heath
Mr. Ed Holdnak
PBCC
TCC
TCC
MDCC
OWCC
PJC
Class of 1997
Mr. John Anderson
Mr. James Blackburn
Dr. Stan DeHart
Dr. James Harvey
Mr. Lanny Heath
Mr. Ed Holdnak
Dr. Leslie Lambert
Mr. Larry Monts
Mr. Joe Patton
Mr. Robert Ruggles
Dr. Al Schlazer
Ms. Dulcie Stevens
Dr. Ron Warnock
PBCC
TCC
TCC
MDCC
OWCC
PJC
SFeCC
FCCJ
HCC
Fl A&M
MDCC
MDCC
MDCC
Class of 1998
Mr. Richard M. Cohen
Dr. Mary Jo Carl-Henderson
Mr. Sam Jackson
Dr. Stephen J. Korcheck
Mr. Michael McGinnis
Dr. Donn Peery
Dr. Milton A. Russos
Mr. Robert A. Zelinski
MDCC
SFeCC
BroCC
FCCJ
MCC
CFCC
PJC
FCCJ
Class of 1999
Mr. Alton Andrews
Dr. Horace Hartsell
Mr. Authur Harvey
Dr. Muriel K. Heimer
Mr. John R. Holdnak
Dr. Edward J. Long, Jr.
Dr. Robert H. McCabe
Mr. David Merves
Mr. Thomas C. Pierce
Ms. Lyndal D. Worth
BroCC
PJC
FCCJ
LCCC
GCCC
SPJC
MDCC
MDCC
SCC
FCCJ
Class of 2000
Mr. Thom Botsford
Mr. Gaius Bruce
Mr. Mike Easom
Mr. Jerry W. Elam
Mr. Tim Hill
Dr. James Hinson
Mr. Robert McComas
Mr. Jamie Navarro
Mr. Jack Pantelias
Mrs. Elaine Turner
Mr. Don Tyler
Ms. Lisa Valentino
PJC
OWCC
IRCC
Bro CC
MCC
TCC
Bradenton Hearld
MDCC
SCC
VCC
CFCC
SCC
Dr. Earl Weldon
Dr. Barbara Williamson
SCC
BreCC
Class of 2001
Vivian Severs-Choate
Ross E. Hamilton
Christina “Tina” Hart
Dr. Norman Jackson
Dennis M. McComb
Dr. Bill Moore
Dr. Herbert “Swede” Phillips
Hosmer W. Roberson
SPC
OWCC
IRCC
SPC
Deland High
PCC
LCCC
OWCC
Class of 2002
Dr. Maxwell C. King
Antonio Pettigrew
Dr. Walter L. Smith
Louis C. Thompson, Jr.
Dr. J. Bruce Wilson
Donald D. Zell
BreCC/IRCC
MDCC
Gibbs JC
NFCC
BreCC/FCCJ
FCCJ
Class of 2003
Mr. Bill Castellano
Dr. Norton Christeson
Ms. Marilyn DeSimone
Mr. Raj Dhuwalia
Mr. Hamid Faquire
Dr. Will Holcombe
Dr. Mary Huffer
Ms. Lynette Jett
Dr. Carl Kuttler
Ms. Jennifer Pickman
Mr. Charles F. Smith
Mr. Robert Stinnett
VCC
DBCC
FCCJ
BroCC
PBCC
BroCC
LSCC
MCC
SPC
MCC
BreCC
BreCC
Class of 2004
Mr. J. Leonard Bruton
Mr. Gene Deckerhoff
Mr. Kenny Drost
Mr. Mickey Englett
Mr. John E. Jenkins
Dr. Mary Hoyle Mahan
Mr. James J. “Jim” Oler
Mr. Harry Tholen
PBCC
SJRCC
SFeCC
OWC
PBCC
MDC
BreCC/GCCC
SFeCC
Mr. Virgil Valdez
Ms. Margaret Busbee
Ms. Vicki Carson
Mr. Steve Hertz
Ms. Ilida Medero
Mr. Ken McAferty
Mr. Bill Payne
Ms. Ann Scroggie
Mr. Bill Stein
Jacksonville
PJC
MDC
MDC
PJC
OJC/SPC
SFeCC
BrevCC
Class of 2007
Mr. Joe Arnold
Mr. Larry Castle
Mr. Ralph Daniel
Mr. Cory Edwards
Mr. Dan Finley
Ms. Maria Mendoza
Mr. Jerry Odom
Mr. Jim Phillips
Mr. Placido Polanco
Mr. Don Rutledge
Mr. Peter C. Townsend
Mr. Steve Vaughn
Mr. Charles Smith
PCC
SCC
FCCJ
VCC
GFCC
CC
SPC
TCC
MDCC
VCC
MDCC
BCC
TCC
Class of 2008
Mr. Dean Burbank
Mr. James Cox
Mr. Leon Miller
Mr. Paul Misleh
Ms. Eva Neilsen-Parks
Mr. Dennis Reynolds
Mr. E. Patrick Smith
Ms. Kelly Warren
GCCC
MDC
GCCC
Umpire
TCC
PJC
Broward
FCCJ
Class of 2009
Dr. Katherine “Kitty” Amos
Mr. Bobby Bowman
Mr. Orlando Palmeiro
Ms. Laurel Sue Smith
Mr. Bing Tyus
Mr. Jeff Yawn
Class of 2005
Ms Mary Andrew
Mr. Chris Borglum
Mr. Richard Brown
Dr. Robert Custer
Mr. Joe Fields
Mr. Willie Felton
Mr. Mike Gillespie
Ms. Bettie Jane Hausman
Ms. Sandra Holliman
Dr. Robert Judson, Jr.
Mr. Mike Leatherwood
Mr. Austin “Red” Robbins
Mr. John Schultz
Mr. Charles Smires
Miami
Class of 2006
FCSAA
PHCC
MDC
Polk
Polk
GCCC
Class of 2010
FCCJ
VCC
NFCC
PCC
LCCC
SPC
TCC
FCCJ
MCC
PHCC
IRCC
CC
TCC
FCCJ
Mr. Victor Collazo
Mr. Jay Galbraith
Ms. Susan Summons
VCC
IRSC
MDC
Class of 2011
Mr. Will Dunne
Ms. Jami Lind
Ms. Minnie Vasquez
DSC
FSCJ
MDC
Class of 2012
Mr. Ralph Martinez
Mr. Evelio Silvera
Mr. Ken Turley
Santa Fe
TCC
HCC
Class of 2013
Mr. Bob Bade
PHCC
Mr. Bruce Bochy
Mr. Bruce Cook
Ms. Hazel Creveling
Dr. Jeff Hess
Mr. Harry Kinnan
Mr. Aaron Layton
Mr. Nick Martino
Ms. Lena D. Phelps
Mr. Ernie Rosseau
BrevCC
DSC
SPC
FSCJ
MCC
Polk
FSCJ
SFSC
EFSC
FCSAA Distinguished Service Award
Class of 1985
Rex Brumley
Barbara Garfunkel
Samuel Neel
Herbert Phillips
Louis Ross
Milton Russos
Roberta Stokes
Bill Tuten
Robert Wynn
BroCC
MDCC
MCC
LCCC
PJC
FCCJ
MDCC
SJRCC
MCC
Class of 1996
Edward Eissey
Jerry Elam
Sandy Miller
PBCC
BroCC
SFe CC
Class of 2001
Dr. Edwin R. Massey
Dr. Donn Peery
Dr. James R. “Bob” Richburg
IRCC
PJC
OWCC
Class of 2002
Class of 1986
Demie Mainieri
Dr. Dale O’Daniel
CJC
MDCC
Class of 2003
Class of 1989
Steve Korcheck
Jean Williams
George Young
MDCC
LCCC
BroCC
Class of 1992
Ron Warnock
Ms. Marilyn DeSimone
Syd McKenzie
FCCJ
FLDOE
Class of 2004
Mr. J. David Armstrong, Jr.
Dr. W. Aubrey Gardner
FLDOE
SFlCC
MDCC
Class of 2007
Charles F. Smith
BreCC
FCCAA
Class of 2010
Mickey Englett
Bob Zelinski
NWFSC
CF
Class of 2012
Dr. Jim Harvey
CF
FCSAA HALL OF FAME INDUCTIONS
PROGRAM
Master of Ceremonies:
John Schultz
FCSAA President
Luncheon
Presentation of Awards:
John Schultz
FCSAA President
The Florida College System
Activities Association
Presents the
TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL
HALL OF FAME
INDUCTIONS CEREMONIES
October 31, 2014
Destin, Florida