The 2008 Hall of Fame Class was inducted into the Farmingdale State Athletics Hall of Fame on May 5th at the Annual Athletic Banquet at the Huntington Hilton...
Leslie Reina - 1996-1998 - Indoor and Outdoor Track
10-Time All-American (4 for Indoor, 6 for Outdoor)
Holds 12 School Records
1998 Outdoor Track National Champion in the Heptathlon, High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump and the anchor on the winning 4x400-meter Relay team
MVP of 1998 Outdoor Track National Championship Team
Cos A. Trapani, Sr. - 1940-1942 - Football, Basketball, Baseball
All-American Guard, Football
All-Eastern Small College 11 Team, Football
Drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 1942 NFL Draft
Received a tryout from the New York Yankees after his 2nd year at Farmingdale
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II, earning 10 medal of honors (World War II Victory medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Service Medal, the Foreign Service medal, the Good Conduct medal, the Combat Action Ribbon, 3 Battle Stars, 2 Bronze stars)
Golden Glove Champion; and was the sparring partner of the Lightweight Champion of the World, Tony Canzonari
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