Roy Eaton

Author Roy Eaton, a graduate of New York Military Academy, earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from Pennsylvania Military College, where, as a senior, he became the only student in the college’s history to be elected student government president, senior class president, and brigade honor court president. He also received the army’s Distinguished Military Student Award and was a member of the Pershing Rifle National Champion Drill Team and the varsity wrestling team.

Roy earned a Master’s Degree from Connecticut College and a commission in the U.S. Army Reserve Officers Corps. Roy taught mathematics and wrestling at St. Bernard High School in Uncasville, Connecticut, and was the first faculty member elected to the school’s Board of Trustees. He has been included in the publications “Who’s Who Among Students in America,” and “Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers,” At the age of twenty-six, Roy was elected the state’s first team coach by the Connecticut Freestyle Wrestling Federation.

Although Roy coached for only seven years, his former high school teams have been cited by the town of Montville, Connecticut, and the state’s legislature and governor for their outstanding performance. He is a member of the St. Bernard Athletic Hall of Fame, the New York Military Academy Sport Hall of Fame, and the city of New London, Connecticut’s Athletic Hall of Fame. In June of 2006, at the National Sports Achievement Dinner held on Marco Island, Florida, He was awarded the lifetime achievement award in wrestling.

In June of 2007, Roy delivered the commencement address at the New York Military Academy, and in 2009, Roy’s lifetime achievements were recognized by his hometown city of New London and by the Connecticut State Legislature.