2006
Alumni Archives
Josh
Green '01 & Laura Coburn Wed
October 14, 2006
 [December,
2006] Founding father Josh Green ’01 was married to
Laura Coburn on October 14, 2006, in Tallahassee. The ceremony
was held at St. Thomas Moore Catholic Church, and the reception
was at the FSU President’s house and Alumni Center. Josh and
Laura met through some fraternity brothers who were dating some
ADPi’s at the 2003 Pike Hawaiian. They got paired
up for a date function Josh’s senior year and “just clicked.”
They’ve been inseparable ever since.
As an undergradate,
Josh served as chapter secretary, pledge educator and a variety
of other positions while also being named Delta Lambda’s
2003 Best Brother by the Chapter. Laura is a member of Alpha
Delta Pi, a Rho Gamma and served as the overall Director for Dance
Marathon in 2005. Josh graduated in 2004 with a degree in Residential
Sciences and Laura graduated with a Recreation and Leisure degree
in 2005. They reside in Lake Worth, Florida where Josh is a purchasing
agent with EH Building Group and Laura is a legislative aide for
the Florida Senate.
The aptly titled
“AD-Pike” wedding, because the majority of the guests
were Pikes  and
Alpha Delta Pi’s, was reminiscent of the socials during our
undergraduate years. The band “Reckless” even made the
trip down from Nashville to perform at the wedding as they did at
most pike date functions from 2001-2004. In total, over 50 pikes
and 30 ADPi’s trekked back to Tallahassee to celebrate the
joyous occasion.
“What a
beautiful wedding and an awesome time! I feel like I stepped in
a time machine and we are all back in college again. I’m so
happy for Laura and Josh” said Chris Schmidt ’01,
fraternity brother and groomsman.
Dru
and Brittany Swain Married Last Summer
and Are Now Expecting a Little Girl!
 [December,
2006] I am currently finishing up my Masters degree here at FSU
in Recreation
and Leisure Services Administration. My wife, Brittany (Cotton)
and I
were married on August 5, 2006 in Thomasville, Georgia. Shortly
thereafter we got the exciting news we are expecting! We found out
this past month that we are going to have a little girl, due in
May 2007.
Brittany,
a graduate of Florida State and an Alpha Delta Pi, is the assistant
director of the DANCECHANCE program with the Tallahassee Ballet,
as well as being the assistant director of Wildwood Ballet. She
can't wait to put her professional dancing shoes back on once again
as soon as the baby is born. I'm currently teaching two classes
through FSU, Outdoor Adventure Education and Rock Climbing and am
in training to attend the Central Florida Fire Academy in February
2008 where I'll become a Florida State Certified Firefighter.
In
the bonds,
Dru
Swain '01
Jeremy To’s Bachelor Party
October 6-8, 2006
[October,
2006] A group of pikes made the trip from all over Florida, South
Carolina and even Memphis, Tennessee to Ft. Lauderdale to celebrate
the last hoorah for fraternity brother Jeremy To ’01.
The pikes invaded Ft. Lauderdale with the fire and fury they had
shelved upon graduation from FSU. A late night on the town Friday
night didn’t  deter
everyone from waking up early on Saturday to go shark fishing. While
we didn’t catch a shark, Jeremy did catch a 7½ foot
sailfish that provided dinner for the whole group. “It gave
me the fight of my life, that was awesome!” Jeremy proclaimed
shortly after catching the fish, securing his boat as the winner
of the two boat competition. Being that he has no fight left, Jeremy
will marry Kim Riecks, an Alpha Delta Pi from FSU, on December 9,
2006.
2006 Booster Cruise
Athens to Venice
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Left to right:
Lyle McAlister, Bobby Jones, Ron Moody, Joel Padgett, Andy Miller,
Jim Provencher, Charlie Barnes, Jim Pitts, Jim Smalley, Gary Prescott,
Randy Jones. [June, 2006]
Seventeen Delta Lambda alumni and their wives/dates enjoyed a fabulous
Athlens-toVenice cruise in May as part of an exclusive Seminole
Boosters offering. The luxury Seven Seas Navigator carried only
244 couples. On "Pike Night" most of the Brothers gathered
in Randy Jones' penthouse suite for cocktails and fellowship.
 The
beautiful Pike flag belongs to Gary Prescott. As the ship sailed
into Venice, somehow Prescott managed to affix the flag to the main
mast and the vessel appeared to be an entirely Pike venture.
Pike passengers
included: Lance Barton & Sonya Deen, Mickey & Janet Fernandez,
Bobby & Susan Jones, Randy & Brenda Jones, Lyle & Susan
McAlister, Stuart & Lynette McKown, Andy & Cindy Miller,
Charlie & Connie Barnes, Ron Moody & Laura LeCher, Joel
& Dianna Padgett, Steve & Susan Pickett, Jim & Martha
Pitts, Gary & Carla Prescott, Jim & Cindy Provencher, Harry
& Deborah Sargeant, Jim & Jenny Smalley and Barry Smith
& Mary Ann Stiles.
Several prominent
fraternities held meetings on board. Phi Delt claimed to have more
than 20 alumni but we haven't seen the list. SAE alumni met to discuss
a strategy to reinstate their chapter at FSU. ATO alumni conducted
a house corporation meeting. Lambda Chi also had a large contingent,
and there were small clusters of Sigma Chis and KAs.
Steven Jessup '01 and Jenna Taylor
Marry in Atlanta on July 1st
Back row rom
left to right: Kyle Steinke, John Esposito, Ryan Callahan,
Brian Middlebrooks, Jason Abeles, Chris Koch, Sean Thomason,
seated is Josh Broxson and Jason Vetzel (yes he
is on his lap, no worries though, Broxson married a former 'Bama
Tridelt this past weekend!
[August, 2006] Congratulations to
Steven Jessup ('01) who served as the first Pike Secretary
for the new Colony in 2000 and who now works as a a police officer
with the Atlanta Police Department. On July 1, he married Jenna
Taylor, a University of Georgia alumnus who he met after moving
to Atlanta. The wedding and reception were held at the Atlanta
National Golf Club. Fellow brothers who all met during colonization
of 2000 are seen celebrating with the happy couple in the group
photo above.
Shawn Hutcherson '01 and Leslie Griffin Wed
[June, 2006] On
May 27, 2006 Shawn “Hutch” Hutcherson ’01 and
Leslie Griffin were married in Pensacola, Florida. The storybook
weekend was filled with festivities including a picturesque rehearsal
dinner and fish fry on Pensacola Beach complete with fresh Florida
grouper, good music, great times and numerous toasts to the bride
and groom and the good old days in Tallahassee. The ceremony was held
in the majestic First Baptist Church of Pensacola and the party continued
long into the night during a reception hosted at the National Museum
of Naval Aviation at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola.
 Hutch’s
wedding party included six Delta Lambdas, all of whom are former Executive
Council members of the chapter. Best Man JJ Akos ’01, Jeremy
To ’01, Chris Schmidt ’01, Joe Cherry ’01, Troy Mutter
’01 and Jon Graber ’02. All told, there were
over 50 Pikes and 30 ADPi’s in attendance to share in the celebration,
making the weekend one to remember. The wedding served as the beginning
of a new era of a relationship that began when the couple first met
at Westcott fountain on FSU’s campus in the spring of 2001. Leslie
is a member of Alpha Delta Pi and was honored as a member of the Pike
Dream Girl Court as an undergraduate. Shawn  served
Delta Lambda Chapter as a member of the recruitment committee, vice
president and president and now is the Senior Director of Recruitment
and Marketing for Pi Kappa Alpha Memorial Headquarters. Shawn and
Leslie reside in Memphis, Tennessee.
Photos provided
by Rick Schamberger and East Hill Photo www.easthillphoto.com, Pensacola
FL.
Former Seminole baseball catcher Bernard Calibuso
'02 Weds
After college I
married the lovely Melissa Calibuso (Barnhart) whom many of you know.
She was with me at basically every PIKE function I ever attended.
After the wedding I was commissioned a 2LT in the U.S. Army and attended
Officer Basic Course in Fort Leonard Wood, MO. We lived there for
about seven months then I shipped out to Korea. Lucky me - get married
and my first station is Korea. I am the Battalion Chemical Officer
for 1-38 FA (MLRS) here in Camp Casey, Korea, the closest camp the
military has to North Korea. My battalion is nicknamed the Attack
Battalion. Due to OPSEC I can't go into what our mission is but next
time I see you and the other guys we will swap stories. I have the
responisbility of ensure my soldiers are able to fight in a Chemical-Biological-Radiological-Nuclear
enviroment. Pretty intresting I guess, but believe me I can't wait
to get out of here, back to the beach, back to watching FLORIDA STATE
FOOTBALL, and most of all back to holding my wife. If there is one
lesson Ive learned here it's: "DON'T TAKE FOR GRANTED WHAT YOU
HAVE" you never realize how good you have it until its no longer
there.
Hello from two 1966 Pikes!
Left to Right
- Rich Wall (1966) and Jim Poe (1966)
[April, 2006]
Hello from two 1966 Pikes! Jim Poe and I (Rich Wall) are alive
and well - and playing lots of golf. This photo was taken at Jim's
member/guest tourney in Melbourne. I came down from Washington,
DC. Jim's the A-player, the horse, the stud. I'm looking for the
cart lady. We had a strong second day and got some money. We'll
both be retirees by the end of 2006 and look forward to attending
more games in Tallahassee and visiting the Pike House. Best of
luck to the new chapter and congrats on the new house. I can still
remember when we moved into the "new" house on Wildwood.
'93 Colony Member Ryan McElveen and his Family
[April,
2006] I was a member of the '93 Colony and Pi Beta Phi "Man
of the Year, 1994." My wife Monica (FSU Pi Beta Phi '92)
and I live in Knoxville, Tennessee with our three children Walker,
Sasha and Evan.
I'm a clinical
sales consultant for W.L. Gore and Associates, Endovascular
Surgery Division. I also serve as Executive Director of The
Lena's Hope Project,
a non-profit foundation that rescues young girls in Eastern
Europe from the Russian mafia. These girls are either kidnapped
or tricked into leaving their orphanages and enslaved into forced
prostitution (sometimes as young as five years old). Our foundation
tries to determine which girls have or will be targeted and
then we rush in to get them before their would-be slave owners
can get to them.
Pike
Alumni Gather to Celebrate
Shawn Hutcherson's Bachelor Party
Pictured left
to right: JJ Akos '01, Andrew Gorman '01, Jeremy To '01, Josh
Green '01, Rich Toner '01, Past SMC Shawn Hutcherson '01, Chris
Schmidt '01, Past SMC Chris Koch '01, Justin Davis '01. Not
Pictured: Past SMC Eric Carr '01, Chris Lawson '04, Wes Macdonald
'01, Kevin "Hootie" Ferguson '01, Scott Thomas '01,
Current SMC Jon Bridges '02, Troy Mutter '01, Joe Cherry '01,
Will Wightman '02, Matt Johnson '03, Joey Kaleikini '01, Ken Winnard
'01.
[March,
2006] What started as a bachelor weekend in Destin, for soon-to-be-married
refounding father, and past SMC, Shawn Hutcherson '01,
quickly turned into a reunion for a group of young Delta Lambda
alums. The group comprised four SMC's, two rush chairs, three
treasurers, and an IFC President, along with a slew of other
executive council positions. After a few years of spreading
across the south to begin careers and attend various grad schools,
brothers hailed from as far as North Carolina and Tennessee
to celebrate Hutch's last weekend of freedom!
As was saluted many times, we drank to the Garnet and to the
Gold. We drank to the young and we drank to the old. And much
to the chagrin of Destin's residents, the Pikes of Florida State
can still go all night!
Rob
Haynie '84 Becomes A Proud Papa
[February,
2006] Here are my girls! They are identical twins and were delivered
on February 16, 2006 at 9:22 and 9:23 AM. Lauren Haynie
(Winer) and I met at Florida State during our freshman year
while on Spring Break in Fort Lauderdale where we now make our
home. We graduated in 1988 and were married in 1997 in Miami.
We have always wanted children and always agreed we'd wait.
It's paid off we feel. Now it's time to go back to work to pay
for FSU. GO NOLES!
Pike
Alumni at the Orange Bowl
The Seminoles
took #3 ranked Penn State to three overtimes deep into the night
of January 3, 2006. These Delta Lambda Pikes enjoyed a box at
the game together: Lance Barton, Mickey Fernandez, Bill Gregory,
Mike Hay, Mike Hasner, Neal Jagoda, Steve Lowsky, Kevin McGann,
Andy Miller, Scott Roix, Brent Sembler, Jamie Zambrano.
(Not-pictured-but-nearby:) Charlie Barnes, Harry Sargeant.
[January,
2006] Young alumnus Eric Carr tells a story about the
Orange Bowl parking lot before the big game. "There were
about 40 of us; all young Delta Lambda alumni and girlfriends
tailgating together before the Orange Bowl. Not too far away
was a bunch of really obnoxious Penn State alumni -- big
lumpy northern guys -- cooking their brats and spilling beer."
Eric said
the Penn Staters continually hurled insults at the Pikes. "They
had something to say about linebacker, A.J. Nicholson, and they
kept trashing the Seminoles, calling us "Free Shoes"
and "CrimiNoles," and they taunted us about not being
ranked and about how great they were."
Eric said
our guys couldn't think of any clever response. Nicholson had
been kicked off the team the day before, and of course we did
lose to three unranked teams this year.
"Then,
they started the 'We Are!…Penn State!' chant, and
we figured we had to do something. Where does Penn State fall
short? What can we say to shut them up?"
One of the Pikes started chanting: 'No Hot Chicks! No Hot Chicks!'
"Right away everyone started laughing and taking up the
chant,' said Carr. "NO HOT CHICKS…NO HOT CHICKS!"
Eric said
the Penn Staters immediately shut up and turned their backs,
chomping on their brats and trying to ignore us.
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