Sports
Caccese Becomes Doctor
Patti Diacont
Most of us who have had Philadelphia. As well as
a gym class have met Mr. 'serving as both instructor
Caccese. Only now can we and coach, Dr. Caccese is
call him Dr. Caccese. coordinator of Athletics at
Dr. Caccese was raised Penn State Hazleton.
in the Hazleton area. He Before becoming a mem
graduated form Hazleton ber of the faculty at Penn
High School in 1965, where State in 1973, Dr. Caccese
he lettered in track an d was a teacher at the
basketball. After Bishop Hafey High School
graduation, _ he im- in West Hazleton, where
mediately entered the UU. he coached soccer and
S. Navy, during the Viet- baseball.
nam conflict, where he Since coming to PSU, he
gained experience in elec- has been the basketball
tronics. After serving for and soccer coach from
three years, he decided to 1974 to 1977.
enter Pennsylvania State Caccese is proud of
University, receiving an Hi acres basketball, as
associate degree in Elec- ,well as the other athletic
tronic Engineering teams. He, bleieves the
Technology. He came to campus is very rewar
the conclusion that elec- ding; it has alot to offe?i an
tronics wasn't for him, so athlete. After introducing
Dr.' Caccese returned to many prospects to the
Penn State and received a campus, he finds that they
Bachelor of Science usually stay. "But, if they
degree in Physical have a bona fide offer to
Education followed by a play for a division II
Master's Degree in school, then by all means
Physical Education. In they should take it."
December 'of 1982, he As a coach, he feels his
received a Doctorate in realtionship with his
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player but he must not let
personal fellings stand in
the way of critical
decision-making. "I try to
maintain close personal
ties while still mamtianing
some authority over
thame as their coach."
Each year , he must ob
serve the team's per
sonality, what the
chemistry is like, and in
teract as he feels is best.
Every year brings
changes, both in the team
and the individuals them
s el v e s
For Dr. Caccese, the key
to success is to be en
thusiastic, "to be ready for
the opportunity when it
comes." This was the
philosophy he had while
pursuing his education.
The idea that he truly
loved what he was doing
was also very important.
"I said to myself that no
matter wwhat I do the rest
of my life, I don't want to
be miserable. I want to
love it." And so he does.
Ambit 1111.0
Profile: Staci Robbins
Terry McCarthy
One of the reasons some
students are attending this
particular campus of PSU
is for the skiing that is
available in the winter.
These ski enthusiasts flock
to the slopes every winter
weekend and in PE class
on Tuesday mornings
during winter term. Many
of them saw their fellow
student Staci Robbins
, flying past at speeds they
could only dream about.
Well, there is no need for
these students to feel em
barrassed because Staci
can fly past some of the
best female skiers in the
entire state! For the past
three years, Staci has been
the recipient of the Pen
nsylvania Governors Cup,
an award given to the best
female and male skier in
the class I (age 16-18)
group of the United States
Skiers Association. The
Governors Cup is awarded
to the best all-around
junior alpine skier in the
Pennsylvania Alpine
Racing Association for
three events: the downhill,
the slalom, and the giant
slalom. If Staci had won
the cup again this year, it
would have been retired in
her name. Unfortunately,
Staci's best event, the
giant slalom, was can
celled this year due to a
lack of ,snow on the date
when this event was
scheduled. Staci still
finished third this year
and has earned a spot on
the prestigious Pen
nsylvania state team. To
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earn a place on the team,
one must compete in a
series of twelve runs
where the top three
finishers make the male
and female team. The
team competes in
Sugarloaf, Maine
representing the state of
Pennsylvania.
According to Staci, win
ning has not been such an
easy feat. She began
skiing when she was four
years old under the
guidance of her two older
brothers who were also
racers. Robbins said, "I
always used to come.. in
near last place until about
four years ago when I star
ted to improve. When I
started to improve,
everything just came
together. Through my
faith in God I started to
achieve higher ranks. God
took away a lot of my ner
vousness ."
Next year Staci will be
packing up her spoorts
talent and moving it to
University Park where she
will be a member of. the
women's ski team.
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