Paul Waring - 1994 Inductee

Paul Waring was a three-sport athlete who excelled in soccer, hockey and track and field. His coaches and peers respected him for his work ethic on the playing surface and off. He always did his share and more and displayed an even temperament, good sportsmanship and good manners.

Born and raised in Holyoke, Massachusetts, Paul Waring graduated from Holyoke High School, Holyoke Vocational School and in 1938 from Fitchburg State College. He participated in drama productions, The Stick - the college newspaper and the Athletic Board. In 1994, he was an inaugural inductee into the FSC Athletic Hall of Fame.

He served as an Air Force ordnance officer in WWII, and later became a public school teacher and coach in Gardner, MA and Farmington, CT. Mr. Waring then spent 28 years in the automobile industry and retired in 1976 as a dealer representative for General Motors.

In 2001, the Athlete of the Year given out each year at the Athletics Awards Banquet was named the Paul K. Waring Award.