Photo by Matthew Dixon
The attendees at the Dion Arroyo Scholarship gather together for their successful fundraiser.
St. Joe’s/Epsilon Gamma Honor Dion Arroyo SUBMITTED BY MATTHEW DIXON
The Alumni Association of Epsilon Gamma held its 15th Annual Dion Arroyo Scholarship Dinner on March 6. They hold this charity dinner in honor of brother Dion Arroyo, who passed away in a car accident in 2003. All proceeds from this scholarship go directly into the only student-run scholarship St. Joseph’s College has and supports those with the same major as the deceased brother which was math/computer science. This year they raised $14,000 from the dinner alone and had 140 people in attendance which broke their record. They also get gift baskets to auction off each year. This year the chapter honored another brother, DJ Schuilaz, who passed away in December. DJ was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy and was not expected to live past age 18. He ended up living until age 34, pledging the chapter and affecting the lives of everyone he met. The chapter invited his parents to attend this year to accept the “Deltaman” award in his honor. Other award winners include Outstanding Undergraduate, Jonathan Worsoe; Outstanding Alumnus, Anthony Gulli; and Dion Arroyo Award, Mitch Serraino.
ABOVE: The chapter induction took place on March 23 and they inducted six new brothers: Justin Aufiero, Dylan Jacoby, Justin Gregory, Spencer Poole, Tommy Le and Erik Worsoe. LEFT: Deltaman Award is given to the parents (Cathy and Dave) of deceased brother DJ Schiulaz. BELOW (L-R): The winners pose with their awards: Outstanding Undergraduate, Jonathan Worsoe; Outstanding Alumnus, Anthony Gulli; Dion Arroyo Award, Mitch Serraino.
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