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Fred Foyo an educator and coach for nearly 40 years at Christopher Columbus High School was inducted posthumously into the school’s Hall of Fame on November 30, 2022.
While attending Columbus High School, Fred was a member of the Football, Baseball and Track & Field Teams. After his high school graduation, he accepted a full football scholarship to Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado, where he achieved All-Conference status during his junior and senior seasons, serving as team captain for the Raiders. Fred then spent the next two years coaching, and he was instantly bit by the bug that would set the course for the rest of his life. In the fall of 1982, after earning a degree in mathematics, Fred was hired by Br. Edmund Sheehan to teach and coach at Columbus and he hit the ground running. Fred coached in the 1982 Football State Championship Game, the first of four championship games he would coach in. He eventually went on to coach more football games than anyone in the school’s illustrious history, culminating his career with the epic 2019 State Title victory. Fred was also the longest-serving track and field coach at Columbus and by far the most successful, winning State Championships in 2018 and 2019.
Fred loved his family more than anything. He and his wife Maria, a longtime CCHS math teacher and Hall of Famer, had five children between them – Stephen, Eric, Fernando (all Columbus graduates,) Kristina and Joey. Sadly, Fred passed away on April 17, 2021, but his legacy will live forever at Christopher Columbus High School.
The Fred Foyo Memorial Scholarship Fund which was organized by Albert Barthelemy ‘91 and John Lynskey’78 has received enormous support from fellow alumni and current school administrators.
This Memorial Scholarship Fund is meant to provide an incoming Freshman who would normally not have the financial resources to attend Christopher Columbus High School with the opportunity to attend this wonderful school with all of its expenses covered for all four years. This young man will be given the ability to take advantage of all that Columbus has to offer and in turn, it will launch an academically prepared young adult of solid character into society, so that he may one day pass it forward.
“Fred was not only a great teacher, coach, mentor but more importantly a great human being. He constantly gave of himself to those less fortunate and it’s only fitting that this scholarship fund bears his name to help the ones who need it most”.
If you wish to donate to this great cause, please visit the Columbus website at: columbushs.com and click under the Support CCHS tab “Fred Foyo Scholarship Fund”. Your donations to this fund are greatly appreciated.
