Dayton Student of the Month: Joe Policastro

Joe Policastro, the guy who doesn't take a bad picture, is both a talented athlete and student.

The student is a member of the National Honors Society, Italian National Honors Society, American Legion Boy's State Alternate Representative, played Varsity Baseball for four years, and Varsity Football for three. He was a captain of the Varsity Football team and is an Italian Club board member. Joe also took part in the "Every 15 minutes" program. He organized and co-hosted the Jason Condin benefit, volunteered at the Hillside food bank and is a tutor for the National Honors Society.

Joe has applied to University of South Carolina, Oklahoma State University, University of Wisconsin, Penn State, Rutgers, University of Delaware, Notre Dame, and University of Michigan and been accepted to University of South Carolina, Oklahoma State University and Penn State.

Joe's favorite memory was winning the conference championships in both baseball and football during his sophomore and his favorite teacher, Mr. White, as well as Joe's coaches Coach Abbate and Coach Martin have had significant impacts on who he has become as a person.

When asked about he will miss the most Joe said, "I will miss Coach Goerge the most. He has taught me so many lessons about life, and how to be a man. He has taught me to work hard no matter what. He taught me that "the imagination is greater than the will," which means it's one ting to want something, but its completely different thing to go our and work and make your dreams a reality."