Honored

Chuck Ambrose

• Baseball 30 yrs, Basketball 24 yrs, Football 5 yrs, Volleyball 27 yrs
• U.S. Air Force, 6 yrs, 9 mnths, E5

Bill Becker

• Baseball 9 yrs
• U.S. Air Force, 21 yrs, E7, Retired

Mike Cooper

• Baseball 10 yrs
• U.S. Army, E5, Old Guard, Infantry, Medic, Airborne, Ranger

Ed Dufrene

• Baseball 16 yrs, Football, Softball 13 yrs, Volleyball
• U.S. Army, 3 yrs, E5, 101st Airborne/LRRP Team Leader
• Combat Wounded Vietnam Veteran.

Roy Holbeck

• U.S. Air Force, 20 yrs, E7
• Currently employed as a Civil Servant (since 2006) with the Delta 45
• MCOA member since 2000 in football and 2005 in baseball and served 1 year as a Volleyball official

Ron Patrick

• Baseball 31 yrs, Softball 6 yrs, Volleyball 15 yrs
• U.S. Marine Corps, 3 yrs, E4

Bill Stanley

• Baseball 15 yrs
• Cocoa Beach Police Officer, high-test rank

Battlefields 2 Ballfields

In serving in the military, and in officiating, there’s the common bond of being a member of a team and creating order out of chaos. Battlefields to Ballfields is providing veterans with an opportunity to hone their newfound officiating skills and participate in something that will give them a new sense of self-worth along with the ability to make some extra income. While the ultimate goal will be to get some of our returning veterans into the upper levels of officiating, including the professional ranks, they will start out at the local level working high school and youth level games. Local associations are actively recruiting because there aren’t enough officials signing up.