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News Archive: November 2006
Lifetouch Has Mailed Cadet Proofs
Lifetouch Portrait Studios mailed all of the cadet proofs to parents as of November 28th. The only exception are the international students which will be sent out by the end of this week. If you have not received your proof or your address has changed, you will have to contact the studio directly to receive another proof. They can be reached at 1-800-441-0596.
Once you have ordered your pictures from the studio, it will take at least 4-6 weeks to process the order. Please do not send any money or proof orders to FUMA (instructions will be included in the portrait package you receive). All pictures are to be ordered directly through the studio.
Retakes for pictures will be taken sometime in mid-January after new students arrive. If you are not happy with your son's picture, you have the option to have it retaken. We will post the retake day on the school calendar once determined.
Any questions regarding the portrait package should be addressed directly to Lifetouch Studios at 1-800-441-0596.
Posted by Elizabeth Liles, Wednesday, November 29, 2006 03:38 PM
General News
Cadets Compete to Aid Needy Families
Company competitions are a regular feature of life within the Corps of Cadets at Fork Union Military Academy. Having the cleanest barracks, fewest demerits, and best drilled cadets can earn extra leaves and other privileges for the young men in the winning company. However, one of the fiercest fights was waged this past month with canned soup and other food items - and needy families throughout the area will be the real winners.
Cadets at Fork Union Military Academy donated 4,660 pounds of food items to the Thomas Jefferson Area Branch of the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Network this week. For the past month, cadets have been collecting non-perishable foods for donation to the local food bank. The cadet company donating the greatest quantity of food receives points toward the Winning Company for the Year honors. This year's food drive winner was Charlie Company, with Alpha Company and Band Company taking second and third place finishes.
Last year, the Academy's cadets held a food drive between October and January and donated approximately 1,300 pounds of food to the local Food Bank. This year, because increasing demand is putting pressure on the Food Bank's current supplies, the Academy ended the food drive early to get the supplies to the Food Bank in time for Christmas needs. Despite the much shortened time for the food drive, cadets responded with nearly four times as much food this year. The administrative hallway of Hatcher Hall was crowded with hundreds of cases of canned and packaged foods throughout the month of November.
"I was so impressed with last year's result," says Beverly Hanlin, the Academy's Registrar and Community Service Sponsor, "but I'm almost overwhelmed by the enthusiasm and effort shown by our cadets in this year's food drive."
On Tuesday, November 28th at 9:30am, the truck from the local Food Bank arrived to transport the supplies away. Cadets from each Upper School company and the Middle School helped load case after case of food.
Elizabeth Hamm, Branch Manager of the Thomas Jefferson Food Bank, reports that the more than two tons of food donated by the cadets will provide 3,641 meals to families in the community.
Posted by CPT Dan Thompson, Wednesday, November 29, 2006 10:30 AM
General News
Payne Forum Event Postponed
The Payne Forum Event scheduled for Tuesday, November 28th, has been postponed and will be rescheduled at a later date. The speaker for the event, Byron Davis, a 16-time NCAA All-American swimmer and world record holder in th 50-meter butterfly stroke, is unable to attend due to illness.
We wish Mr. Davis a speedy recovery and look forward to his visit to campus at some time in the future.
Posted by CPT Dan Thompson, Tuesday, November 28, 2006 10:45 AM
General News
Leesburg Admissions Fair
On December 16, 2006 our Admissions staff will be on hand at the VAMS Education Fair in Leesburg, VA. The event will be at the Holiday Inn at Carradoc Hall in the Mosby Room. The fair will run from 10am to 2pm.
Posted by CPT Dan Thompson, Monday, November 27, 2006 12:47 PM
General News
16-time NCAA All American Swimmer to Speak at FUMA
NOTE: This event has been postponed to a future date.
A 16-time NCAA All-American swimmer, Byron Davis, is scheduled speak to the FUMA Corps of Cadets, faculty, and staff on November 28-29 as part of the Payne Forum speaker series. Davis holds the world record in the 50 meter butterfly, top 10 in the world in the 100 meter butterfly, and is member of the USA National Resident Team.
In 1996, Davis was three-tenths of a second shy of becoming the first African-American to make the Olympic team. He finished fourth in the 100m butterfly. He gave it another shot at the 2000 Olympic games. Although he no longer swims competitively, he still holds a passion for sailing and scuba diving. He currently is a successful businessman and enjoys spending time with his family.
Davis is scheduled to speak on Tuesday evening at the Wicker Chapel on the campus of Fork Union.
Posted by Elizabeth Liles, Monday, November 20, 2006 02:25 PM
General News
Ransone's Run a Success!
10:00AM
John Ransone, FUMA's longtime teacher and assistant track coach, is headed to Ragged Mountain Running Shop this morning to buy a pair of shoes. He will need a new pair once he arrives, you see, because Ransone is running the 37 miles between the gates of Fork Union Military Academy and the Charlottesville running shop.
Ransone's Run, as it is called on the commemorative t-shirts, is a fund-raising event to raise scholarship monies for FUMA students. John Ransone has collected pledges for the miles he will run and all proceeds will go to support the Academy's scholarships.
Starting from the main gate at FUMA, Ransone will run down Route 6 to Scottsville and then proceed north on Route 20 to Charlottesville, where he will make his way to the Ragged Mountain Running Shop. The distance of 37 miles is certainly a challenge, but Ransone is no stranger to distance running and has competed regularly in the Richmond Marathon for years.
Ransone expects to arrive at the store around 6:00pm this evening, having started at approximately 9:40am this morning. His support team includes FUMA track coach Winston Brown, fellow faculty member Melissa Barber, and FUMA track athlete Szymon Rola.
UPDATE @ 12:54PM
Coach Winston Brown reports that John Ransone is running strong, now about three miles north of Scottsville on Route 20. FUMA track athlete Jeremy Haney is currently running with Ranson. Melissa Barber started off the morning running about five miles alongside Ransone. FUMA track athlete Szymon Rola joined Ransone for about ten miles of the run. Ransone is making good time and could possible arrive at the Ragged Mountain Running Shop late this afternoon, perhaps as early as 4:00-4:30pm.
4:30PM
With a time of 6 hours, 50 minutes John Ransone arrives at the Ragged Mountain Running Shop to complete his incredible feat and generous fund raising effort for FUMA students. Congratulations John, and thank you!
Posted by CPT Dan Thompson, Monday, November 20, 2006 09:56 AM
General News
Broadcast Schedule for "NFL Films Presents" about FUMA
Fork Union Military Academy is to be the featured subject of an upcoming episode of the highly respected sports documentary show "NFL Films Presents" airing multiple times on both ESPN and the NFL Network in the coming days. Fork Union Military Academy has produced more NFL football players than any other prep school in the nation, as well as two Heisman Trophy winners at the college level.
A sneak preview of the show will be available for those intrepid souls who can't wait and don't mind staying up very late or getting up very early (the rest of you might wish to set your video recorder or TiVo machines). This first "sneak preview" airing of the new "NFL Films Presents" episode is expected to be on November 20, 2006 at 3:00am on the ESPN network.
The episode is then currently scheduled to air on ESPN at the more accessible time of 1:30pm on Tuesday, November 21, 2006.
On the NFL Network, the show is expected to air on Saturday, November 25, 2006 at 12:00 noon. The NFL Network is moving its broadcast of "NFL Films Presents" from the current Friday evening at 8:30pm schedule, to this new noontime slot on Saturdays. Local listings may still show "NFL Films Presents" in the Friday evening time, but the show is expected to have moved time slots by the time this episode airs Thanksgiving week.
The film crew from NFL Films arrived on the Fork Union Military Academy campus just prior to Parents Weekend in October and spent four days recording interviews and events on campus. Former NFL greats like Eddie George, Don Majkowski, Will Furrer and others returned to Fork Union to reflect for the NFL cameras on what their time at the school had meant in their lives and careers. The show is also expected to feature comments from FUMA's Director of Admissions, Steve Macek, and current FUMA coaches Micky Sullivan, John Shuman, as well as legendary retired coach Red Pulliam.
More than seventy alumni of Fork Union Military Academy have played for NFL teams, from the early days of the league until now. More than a dozen active NFL players on this season's rosters attended FUMA, including star wide receivers like Plaxico Burress of the New York Giants, Ernest Wilford of the Jacksonville Jaguars, and Billy McMullen of the Minnesota Vikings, as well as other longtime veterans like offensive tackle Roman Oben of the San Diego Chargers and linebacker Dexter Coakley of the St. Louis Rams.
Posted by CPT Dan Thompson, Wednesday, November 15, 2006 08:56 AM
General News
FUMA Wins State Meet At Woodberry Forest
Article by Brandon Miles
The headline story coming in and the team that has been garnering all the attention and press ink this season is our Fork Union boys. Coming into the meet, Fork Union appeared to have a squad that could make a run at the meet scoring record since its been held at Woodberry Forest of 29 points set in 1993 by a strong Paul VI team. Despite a strong challenge from one of Coach Ben Hale's better Woodberry Forest teams, Fork Union was able to claim its second straight VIS state title and tally a team score just under the 1993 benchmark with 28 points. Coach Winston Brown's Blue Devils achieved the feat by putting six runners in the top 12 including race champion Axel Mostrag at 16:30. Behind Mostrag were teammates Jeremy Haney (3rd, 17:03), David Johnson (6th, 17:20), Szymon Rola (7th, 17:27), Patrick Hayes (11th, 17:45), and Jamie Reichlen (12th, 17:45) to give Fork Union a 15 point win over Woodberry Forest.
For the full story and pictures go to http://www.milesplit.com/article/11568
Posted by Elizabeth Liles, Monday, November 13, 2006 12:43 PM
Athletics
New Warning System Installed at FUMA
In its ongoing effort to provide a safe living and learning environment for cadets, Fork Union Military Academy recently installed an integrated lightning prediction and warning system on campus. The apparatus is manufactured by Thor Guard. Inc., and is able not only to detect actual lightning activity, but more importantly to predict the likelihood of lightning activity occurring within the campus vicinity. By measuring electrical energy in the local (as far away as 15 miles) atmosphere, the Thor Guard System can accurately track weather cells as they approach the FUMA campus. If lightning is imminent or likely, a powerful alarm will generate a 15 second warning blast that can be heard from any direction within a half mile.
The alarm system will help alert faculty, staff and cadets of any approaching storms that have the potential to produce lightning. It measures electrostatic potential around FUMA in all directions up to 7 miles away. If dangerous electrical activity is headed in the direction of the campus, when it gets to within 2.5 miles or so, the alarm will sound a single 15 second blast. Once the danger is past, the alarm will sound three 5-second blasts separated from each other by 5 seconds. On Wednesday, November 8th the alarm sounded because of a cell moving through Buckingham.
The cadets at the Academy have been informed of the system and how it works. Residents within a half mile vicinity of the Academy could potentially hear this alarm when sounded. Any questions relating to the alarm can be addressed to Todd Giszack, Assistant to the President at 434/842-4231.
Posted by Elizabeth Liles, Monday, November 13, 2006 11:45 AM
General News
Fork Union Aquatic Club Continues to Roll
Last week, November 4 to 5, Fork Union Aquatic Club swimmers competed in two separate invitational competitions at the Atlantic Coast Athletic Club, Midlothian, and the Regency Park Sports Center, Fredericksburg, Virginia. FUAC split up, sending its 13 and older swimmers to Fredericksburg, and its 12 and younger swimmers to Midlothian. Still results were outstanding as FUAC swimmers again brought home over 60 awards and recorded new team records in almost every event. Over 500 swimmers represented teams from central and northern Virginia at these competitions.
Individual awards in each event were given through 8th place. FUAC swimmers, Blake McAfee, Bryan Halfpap, Dillon Hatch, Aly Matheny, Leanna Knisley, and Lindsay Price brought home first place awards.
An incredible 18 FUAC swimmers including, Michelle Caron, Cameron Duchene, Bryan Halfpap, Tim Jensen, Josh Brown, Ryan Hedges, Jeremy Gencavage, Douglas Kavolius, Riley Phillips, Sito Arroyo, Maria Arroyo, Dillon Hatch, Callie Price, Katie Wilson, Luke Knisley, George Brumbaugh, Stephanie Nardone and Lindsay Price, brought home additional top eight honors. In the group relay events, the FUAC team brought home a top eight award in the Girls 11 and 12 Year Old 200 Yard Freestyle Relay (Wilson, Price Gardella, Shefski). Once again Dillon Hatch (14 years old) and Riley Phillips (13 years old) competed in the men's 15 and older 200 Yard Medley Relays at the Fredericksburg meet, where the relays would have place 1st and 3rd had they not been exhibition relays.
Next weekend, November 18 to 19, 23 FUAC swimmers will be competing at the SWAT Thanksgiving Invitational at Virginia Tech. FUAC also plans on attending the Gator Achiever Meet in Charlottesville on December 2nd and 3rd.
Fork Union Aquatic Club is a USA-Swimming team open to the public for membership. We train at the new state-of-the-art Fork Union Military Academy Aquatic Center from 5:00 - 7:15 pm, Monday through Friday, and Saturday mornings. The team is open to swimmers from the novice thorough elite ability level. FUAC has also started a learn-to-swim program for children ages 4 and up. Registration for swim lessons is rolling. For more information on the team or learn-to-swim program, please contact Jim Bocci, Head Swim Coach, 434/842-4210.
Posted by Elizabeth Liles, Monday, November 13, 2006 11:42 AM
Athletics
Blue Devils win State Football Playoff Game 42-2
When Steven Palmer returned the opening kickoff 80 yards for a touchdown to begin the game, it was merely a sign of things to come. With both Palmer and tailback Marcus Dowtin having outstanding days running the ball, the Blue Devils ran roughshod over the Flint Hill School Huskies to a final score of 42-2. The Blue Devils advance to the State Championship Game, facing Collegiate at a time and place to be announced later this week.
Article in Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Posted by CPT Dan Thompson, Saturday, November 11, 2006 11:03 PM
General News
FUMA Heads to State Championship
The Fork Union boys are looking to make history this Friday at the Virginia Independent Schools State Cross Country Championships to be held at Woodbery Forest. They are chasing the number 29, which is the all-time low team score from the VIS Championships. Two teams hold the record with the 1989 Fork Union squad and 1993 Paul VI team. Led by defending VIS division I champion Axel Mostrag, the Blue Devils bring a squad into Friday that is capable of challenging the record.
For the full article go to http://www.milesplit.com/article/11487
Story by Brandon Miles
Posted by Elizabeth Liles, Wednesday, November 8, 2006 04:13 PM
General News
Ransone's Run to Raise Money for FUMA Scholarships
John Ransone will run from Fork Union Military Academy to Ragged Mountain Running Shop in Charlottesville, VA in order to raise money for the FUMA Scholarship Fund. The run will be on November 20th at 10:00 a.m. If you would like to sponsor Ransone in his run, please contact Coach Winston Brown at 434/842-1379 or email brownw@fuma.org. Sponsors who donate at least $25 will get a commemorative t-shirt.
We hope you will support Ransone's Run and the cadets at Fork Union Military Academy.
Posted by Elizabeth Liles, Wednesday, November 8, 2006 01:39 PM
General News
Prep Football to Play In VISFA State Playoffs
The Prep Football team will travel to Oakton, VA to play Flint Hill School at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 11th in the VISFA State Playoffs. The game will be held on the West Campus at 3320 Jermantown Rd. in Oakton, VA. The winner of this game will play in the VISFA State Championship game the following week.
Directions to Flint Hill School.
Posted by Elizabeth Liles, Monday, November 6, 2006 11:14 AM
General News
FUMA Boys Make Statement at Prep League
Feeling a little bit slighted by the Nike Team Nationals rankings process as they have been unable to return to the Southeast top ten after finishing seventh at the Maymont Festival on September 30th, the Fork Union boys decided to let their feet do the talking at the Prep League Championships held at Collegiate School's Goochland Campus 5K course in Richmond on Friday afternoon. Fork Union averaged 16:25 as a team on the course and tallied a team score of 27 points with five of the top nine finishers including individual champion Axel Mostrag at a 15:52 5K personal best.
For the full story by Brandon Miles go to http://www.milesplit.com/article/11428
Posted by Elizabeth Liles, Monday, November 6, 2006 10:59 AM
Athletics
PG Football Cancelled Sunday, November 12
The PG football game scheduled for Sunday against Milford Academy has been cancelled.
Posted by Elizabeth Liles, Monday, November 6, 2006 10:44 AM
General News
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