FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 8, 2003
Ward, Malloy win election to Board of Directors; two races remain undecided
GAINESVILLE – Incumbent William S. "Sam" Ward Jr., principal of Fleming Island High School, and Jeffrey A. Malloy, athletic director at Oak Hall School in Gainesville, have won election to the Florida High School Activities Association Board of Directors for the 2003-04 through 2005-06 school years.
Ward defeated Blountstown High School assistant principal Keith Summers in a run-off to win re-election to his Section 1 public school representative seat. Malloy defeated Richard S. Engle, athletic director at First Academy in Orlando, to win the Section 2 private school representative seat.
Board races in Sections 3 and 4 remain undecided.
In a three-way run-off for the Section 3 private school representative seat between Robert F. Cotter, athletic director at Clearwater Central Catholic High School; Edward L. Gilgenast, principal of Admiral Farragut Academy in St. Petersburg; and Peter N. Shepley, principal at Tampa Preparatory School; no one received a majority of the votes cast. A second run-off ballot will be cast between Cotter and Shepley, the two higher vote recipients, for the seat. That ballot will be mailed to all Section 3 member school representatives next week.
In Section 4, Coral Gables High School athletic director Harold Cole and Coral Springs High School athletic director Dianne Sanzari received an identical number of votes in the run-off election. In accordance with FHSAA Bylaws, that tie will be broken by the Board of Directors at its June 13 meeting in Tampa.
Complete results in all races in the run-off election are as follows (* – denotes in second run-off; ** – denotes tie to be broken by Board of Directors; *** – denotes won run-off election):
Board of Directors
Section 1 Public School Seat
Keith Summers, Assistant Principal, Blountstown – 44
William S. “Sam” Ward Jr., Principal, Orange Park – 58***
Section 2 Private School Seat
Richard S. Engle, Athletic Director, First Academy (Orlando) – 23
Jeffrey A. Malloy, Athletic Director, Oak Hall (Gainesville) – 54***
Section 3 Private School Seat
Robert F. Cotter, Athletic Director, Clearwater Central Catholic – 34*
Edward L. Gilgenast, Principal, Admiral Farragut (St. Petersburg) – 15
Peter N. Shepley, Principal, Tampa Prep – 25*
Section 4 Public School Seat
Harold Cole, Athletic Director, Coral Gables – 48**
Dianne Sanzari, Athletic Director, Coral Springs – 48**
Sectional Appeals Committees
Section 2 Appeals Committee – Public School Seat
John Boston, Athletic Director, West Orange (Winter Garden) – 46***
James A. Wohrley, Principal, Belleview – 31
Section 3 Appeals Committee – Public School Seat
Tim Sparkman, Athletic Director, Astronaut (Titusville) – 36
Fred R. Ulrich, Principal, Lakewood (St. Petersburg) – 42***
Section 4 Appeals Committee – Public School Seat
Karen D. Cohn, Athletic Director, Southwest Miami – 44
Jay Rader, Athletic Director, Palm Beach Gardens – 51***
Representative Assembly
Division 10 Public
Scott Carpenter, Athletic Director, North Marion (Citra) – 8**
Wilson Edwards, Athletic Director, Palatka – 8**
Division 28 Public
Don Bennet, Athletic Director, Stranahan (Fort Lauderdale) – 9***
Peter S. Tingom, Principal, Plantation – 6
Divisions 13-14 Private
Stephen Robinson, Principal, Saddlebrook (Wesley Chapel) – 9***
Patrick Todd, Athletic Director, Mount Dora Bible – 7
Divisions 15-16 Private
Richard S. Engle, Athletic Director, First Academy (Orlando) – 13***
Craig S. Maughan, Principal, Trinity Prep (Winter Park) – 10
Section 2 Middle Schools
Dena Frye, Athletic Director, Parrott Middle (Zephyrhills) – 38***
Robert Norman, Athletic Director, Bradford Middle (Starke) – 36
The Florida High School Activities Association is the governing body for interscholastic athletics in Florida. It has a membership of 668 middle and senior high schools.
Contact:
Jack Watford
Director of Communications, FHSAA
(352) 372-9551 ext. 170
jwatford@fhsaa.org
