Holy Cross Varsity Club

Varsity Club Hall of Fame
Varsity Club Award Winners
Varsity Club Presidents

Officers
Michael C. Cunningham '95, President
Coleen M. Lynch '95, President Elect
Michael J. Kickham '58, Vice President
James A. Maloney '69, Secretary
Anthony A. Froio '86, Treasurer

Address
Holy Cross Varsity Club
Box A
Worcester, MA 01610-2395

The Holy Cross Varsity Club held its first official meeting in 1950, at a time when the College's athletic program was seeing the re-formation of the Athletic Association and an Alumni Athletics Committee. On a Sunday morning in October 1950, tennis and football star James J. Bowman `38 was named temporary chairman of the Varsity Club and ultimately served as the first president.

Since its formation, the Holy Cross Varsity Club has existed as an important resource. Innumerable athletes have come into contact with the Varsity Club directly and indirectly, and have witnessed the impact of a committed organization created to foster support for collegiate sports competition.

Members of the Varsity Club represent all eras of athletics at Holy Cross. Men and women from all collegiate teams belong to the Club. Because of this broad-based representation, the Club supports all areas of athletics and does not restrict its assistance to a specific team or sport.

The Club is eager to continue carrying out the mission stated in its Constitution:
The purpose of the Club is to preserve the traditions, foster the ideals, advance the interests and improve the quality and prestige of Holy Cross athletics and the role of athletics in the educational community of the College of the Holy Cross.

Presidents of the Holy Cross Varsity Club

1951       James J. Bowman '38 (Football)
1952       Thos. H. Mahoney, Jr. '18 (Track & Field)
1953       G. William Horan '23 (Baseball, Basketball)
1954       Fred L. O'Brien '25 (Golf)
1955       George P. Norton '27 (Football)
1956       C. Keefe Hurley '29 (Baseball)
1957       Hon. John P. Cooney, Jr.'23 (Football)
1958       Francis P. Smith '25 (Football)
1959       Peter C. Doern, Jr. '24 (Tennis)
1960       James J. Dowd '10 (Baseball, Basketball)
1961-1962  Robert F. Daughters '37 (Baseball)
1963       Gerald R. Anderson '38 (Golf)
1964       Joseph I. Mulligan '34 (Baseball)
1965       Camille L. Durand '39 (Baseball)
1966       George F. Dinneen '37 (Football)
1967       Philip E. O'Connell '32 (Football, Baseball)
1968       John J. Costello '30 (Track & Field)
1969       Joseph F. Mulready '34 (Track & Field)
1970       Dr. Peter Karpawich '36 (Football)
1971       Joseph J. Fay '32 (Golf)
1972       John P. Whalen '48 (Football, Basketball, Baseball)
1973       John J. Tivnan '48 (Baseball)
1974       Philip F. Flanagan '36 (Football)
1975       Henry C. Lemire, Sr. '54 (Football)
1976       John J. Ryan '41 (Football)
1977       John M. Tosca Jr. '55 (Golf)
1978       Stanley E. Nosek '37 (Football)
1979       Edmund L. McNamara '43 (Football)
1980       Robert J. Maietta '54 (Track & Field, Football)
1981       Edmund Roy Williams '42 (Baseball)
1982       Raymond W. Monaco '41 (Football, Baseball)
1983-1984  James A. Maloney '69 (Basketball)
1985-1986  Patricia M. Finnegan '78 (Tennis)
1987-1988  John S. Provost '75 (Football)
1989-1990  Arthur J. Andreoli '58 (Basketball)
1991-1992  Keith J. Hochstein '68 (Basketball)
1993-1994  Janet A. Hourihan '86 (Basketball)
1995-1996  Anthony A. Froio '86 (Baseball)
1997-1998  Richard P. Simitis '68 (Lacrosse)
1999-2000  Kelly Ann Weimer '90 (Tennis)
2001-2002  Francis J. Larkin '54 (Football)
2003-2004  Lisa H. Jackson '89 (Soccer, Track & Field)
2005-2006  Gerald T. Kelley '76 (Football)
2007-      Michael C. Cunningham '95 (Baseball)