READING AHEPA GOLF CLASSIC SETS NEW 16-YEAR RECORD

AHEPA Chapter 61 President George Giovanis kicks off the 2025 Ernie Orphanos Memorial Scholarship Golf Tournament with the traditional Ouzo toast as golfers gather around.

The 16th Annual Ernie Orphanos Memorial Golf Classic was held on Sunday, August 24, 2025, concluding the most successful tournament in the Reading AHEPA chapter's history.

 Congratulations to the 2025 tournament foursome champions – Nick Lambros, Ryan McCallum, Drew Cammarano and Steve Zervanos. 

We were truly blessed with beautiful weather, and all participants had a most enjoyable day of golf, fellowship, good food, and an all-time high tournament net profit. 

In addition to the 86 golf participants, 55 individual/business sponsors and guests helped bring in $21,415 income with total expenses of $7,549, resulting in a record high net profit of $13,865. 

This is great news. AHEPA once again was able to raise the necessary funds for the annual scholarship program and other worthy AHEPA charities in our Berks community and beyond!  

The proceeds from this annual event provide scholarships for our Berks County youth to continue their education following high school graduation. These young men and women have gone on to successful academic and professional careers that give back to our same community that supported them with these AHEPA scholarships. 

Previous Reading AHEPA Chapter Scholarship Award Recipients:

 2011 – Jonathan Thompson and Evangelia Shunk

 2012 – Alexandra Dikos, Grayson S. Helm and Maria Phyrillas

 2013 – Olivia Damore and Bern Donahue

 2014 – Stergios Dikos, Stephen Lambriodes and Andrew J. Lountzis

 2015 – Jessica Craciun, Stavanna C. Donahue and Anastasis S. Phyrillas

 2016 – Michelle Craciun, Jocelyn Dialectos, Alexander Lountzis and James Phyrillas

 2017 – Guerino D. Caloiero, Nicholas Lecatsas, Alexander Midouhas and   Chrisovalantis A. Siozos

 2018 – Karissa A. Dialectos, Patrick A. Phyrillas, Vasilis S. Phyrillas and Chris C. Sterious

 2019 – Anthony Futrick, Angeliki Miranda-Ganas, Joanna Lee Helm, Eleni Sterious and  Zoe Thompson

 2020 – Anna Caloiero, Antonia Dikos, Alan Futrick, Jr., Gabe Koumaras, Mackenzie Kraras, Peyton Kraras, Amara Midouhas and Dante Porcaro

 2021 – Stephen Mitchell

 2022 – Carly Futrick, Nick Lountzis, Demetrios P. Scantzos, Amanda Tilley and  Alexander “Aleko” G. Zeppos

 2023 – Courtney Futrick, Alexia Polyak, Maria Sasaran, Dionysia D. Sterious and Brian Wadsworth

 2024 – Felicia Caloiero, Stephen Elliker, Tommy Hunsicker, Nicholas Simotas, Adam Tilley, Jackson Wagner and Ella Zervanos

 2025 – Christopher Kraras, Christo Hunsicker, Nikolas Rohm and Nathan Radwanski

Photo Highlights From 2024 Golf Tournament

The 15th Annual Ernie Orphanos Memorial Golf Classic was held on Saturday, August 24, 2024, concluding another successful year for the Reading AHEPA Chapter. Congratulations to the 2024 tournament foursome champions - Jason Hornberger, Mike Ramsden, Dave Rowe and Brian Rowe. The event raised $9,417 for the chapter's scholarship fund and other worthy AHEPA charities.

2023 AHEPA Ernie Orphanos Memorial Scholarship Golf Tournament A Success

AHEPA Chapter 61 President George Giovanis, far right, congratulates the winning team at the 2023 Scholarship Golf Tournament. Pictured left-to-right: Kyle Bergh, Dino Kotsakis and Gus Kotsakis. Missing in the photo of the winning foursome is Vasili Kotsakis.

READING AHEPA SCHOLARSHIP GOLF CLASSIC

The 14th Annual Ernie Orphanos Memorial Golf Classic was held on Saturday, August 19, concluding another successful year for the Reading AHEPA chapter.  

Congratulations to the 2023 tournament foursome champions – Gus Kotsakis, Vaz Kotsakis, Dino Kotsakis, and Kyle Bergh. The second-place tournament winners were Steve Silverman, Jim Leupold, Dave Landau, and Putter Lutz.  

We were truly blessed with beautiful weather and all participants had a most enjoyable day of golf, fellowship and good food. 

In addition to the 66 golf participants, 45 individual and business sponsors helped bring in $14,975.00 in revenue, resulting in a net profit of $9,235.94. 

This is great news, AHEPA once again was able to raise more than $9,000 for the scholarship fund and other worthy AHEPA charities in our Berks community and beyond!  

The proceeds from this annual event provide scholarships for our Berks County youth to continue their education following high school graduation. These young men and women have gone on to successful academic and professional careers that give back to our same community that supported them with these AHEPA scholarships.

 Previous Reading AHEPA Chapter Scholarship Award Recipients

• 2011 – Jonathan Thompson and Evangelia Shunk
• 2012 – Alexandra Dikos, Grayson S. Helm and Maria Phyrillas
• 2013 – Olivia Damore and Bern Donahue
• 2014 – Stergios Dikos, Stephen Lambriodes and Andrew J. Lountzis
• 2015 – Jessica Craciun, Stavanna C. Donahue and Anastasis S. Phyrillas
• 2016 – Michelle Craciun, Jocelyn Dialectos, Alexander Lountzis and James Phyrillas
• 2017 – Guerino D. Caloiero, Nicholas Lecatsas, Alexander Midouhas and Chrisovalantis A. Siozos
• 2018 – Karissa A. Dialectos, Patrick A. Phyrillas, Vasilis S. Phyrillas and Chris C. Sterious
• 2019 – Anthony Futrick, Angeliki Miranda-Ganas, Joanna Lee Helm, Eleni Sterious and Zoe Thompson
• 2020 – Anna Caloiero, Antonia Dikos, Alan Futrick, Jr., Gabe Koumaras, Mackenzie Kraras, Peyton Kraras, Amara Midouhas and Dante Porcaro
• 2021 – Stephen Mitchell
• 2022 – Carly Futrick, Nick Lountzis, Demetrios P. Scantzos, Amanda Tilley and Alexander “Aleko” G. Zeppos
• 2023 – Courtney Futrick, Alexia Polyak, Maria Sasaran, Dionysia D. Sterious and Brian Wadsworth.

 

Scholarships remain a priority for AHEPA Chapter No. 61

 ANTONIA DIKOS AWARDED AHEPA DISTRICT NO. 4 SCHOLARSHIP

 Congratulations to Antonia 'Toni' Dikos, who was a recipient of a 2022 AHEPA Pennsylvania Power District No. 4 scholarship.  Antonia is the daughter of Chris and Valerie Dikos.  She is currently in her third year attending Clemson University in South Carolina majoring in political science.  The AHEPA family congratulates Antonia for having achieved the splendid academic and personal accomplishments which earn her this 2022 prestigious award! 

READING AHEPA SCHOLARSHIP GOLF CLASSIC

 The 13th Annual Ernie Orphanos Memorial Golf Classic was held on Saturday, August 20^th, concluding another successful year for the Reading AHEPA chapter.  Congratulations to the 2022 tournament foursome champions – Bernie Donahue, Jason Arnold, Bern Donahue and David Waligurski.  The second place tournament winners were Gus Kotsakis, Vaz Kotsakis, Dino Kotsakis and Matt McDonald.  We were truly blessed with beautiful weather and all participants had a most enjoyable day of golf, fellowship and good food. In addition to the 72 golf participants, 45 individual and business sponsors helped bring in $15,158 in revenue, resulting in a net profit of $8,270 for this year’s tournament. The proceeds from this annual event provide scholarships for our Berks County youth to continue their education following high school graduation. These young men and women have gone on to successful academic and professional careers that give back to our same community that supported them with these AHEPA scholarships.  This year, a portion of the proceeds will be donated to the International Orthodox Christian Charities for the Ukraine Relief Effort.  IOCC offers emergency relief to those in need worldwide. 

Previous Reading AHEPA Chapter Scholarship Award Recipients

• 2011 – Jonathan Thompson and Evangelia Shunk
• 2012 – Alexandra Dikos, Grayson S. Helm and Maria Phyrillas
• 2013 – Olivia Damore and Bern Donahue
• 2014 – Stergios Dikos, Stephen Lambriodes and Andrew J. Lountzis
• 2015 – Jessica Craciun, Stavanna C. Donahue and Anastasis S. Phyrillas
• 2016 – Michelle Craciun, Jocelyn Dialectos, Alexander Lountzis and James Phyrillas
• 2017 – Guerino D. Caloiero, Nicholas Lecatsas, Alexander Midouhas and

  Chrisovalantis A. Siozos

• 2018 – Karissa A. Dialectos, Patrick A. Phyrillas, Vasilis S. Phyrillas and Chris C. Sterious
• 2019 – Anthony Futrick, Angeliki Miranda-Ganas, Joanna Lee Helm, Eleni Sterious and Zoe Thompson.          

• 2020 – Anna Caloiero, Antonia Dikos, Alan Futrick, Jr., Gabe Koumaras, Mackenzie Kraras, Peyton Kraras, Amara Midouhas and Dante Porcary   

• 2021 – Stephen 'Stevie' Mitchell
• 2022 – Carly Futrick, Nick Lountzis, Demetrios P. Scantzos, Amanda Tilley and Alexander 'Aleko' G. Zeppos

                    

READING AHEPA 2021 SCHOLARSHIP GOLF CLASSIC HIGHLIGHTS

The 12th Annual Ernie Orphanos Memorial Golf Classic was held on Saturday, August 21, concluding another successful year for the Reading AHEPA chapter.  Congratulations to the 2021 tournament foursome champions – Ryan Holloway, Mike Firovante, Jonas Conner and Luke Fagley.  The second-place tournament winners were Bernie Donahue, Bern Donahue, Jason Arnold and Nick Lambros. The weather forecast for the day of the golf outing called for thunderstorms. However, we were truly blessed with beautiful weather and all participants had a most enjoyable day of golf, fellowship and good food. In addition to the 80 golf participants, 45 individual and business sponsors helped bring in $15,314 in revenue, resulting in a net profit of approximately $10,000 for this year’s tournament. The proceeds from this annual event provide scholarships for our Berks County youth to continue their education following high school graduation. These young men and women have gone on to successful academic and professional careers that give back to our same community that supported them with these AHEPA scholarships.

Highlights from 2020 Ernie Orphanos AHEPA Memorial Scholarship Golf Tournament