Stephen Onuparik:  

my life basically started at waterford high school with after school activities playing on the high school team as a bench sitter. it was a hard bench to sit on but overall , high school was positive for me. left in the fall of 1963 to attend university of miami for 7 years obtaining two degrees, one in education, phy. ed, and a business degree graduating in jan. of 1970. during that time at the U, made the basketball team as a walk on as i could shoot for the next 3 years, never making it to the varsity. became a regular on the team , and offered a scholarship my 5th year as coach and manager of the freshmen team. eventually graduated and attended graduate school in arizona at thunderbird obtaining a graduate degree in foreign trade. worked in illinois for caterpillar, then city of peoria as a planner, and returning to ct. worked for short time in the fall of 1973 as a substitute for waterford, at cohanzie, clark lane, and the old high school. Obtained a position for the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture as an animal heath technician and compliance officer for the next 10 years, transferring to the Office of Federal Investigations in 1985 doing backgrounds for national security and federal employment. During the early 1990's, became the assistant softball coach at milford high for the next 10 years, and coached softball in the town of milford during the summers. Became the head coach at the milford middle school for 3 years coaching girls basketball on a volunteer basis. making a long story short left the govt. in 1996 and worked for a ...Expand for more