SMSU All-Sports Auction Set for Aug. 26 Fter Only a Year, It Has Become Known As the Biggest and Best a Party in Town
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Bear Talk The newsletter for athletics at Southwest Missouri State University Volume 6, Number ll July/ August 1988 SMSU All-Sports Auction set for Aug. 26 fter only a year, it has become known as the biggest and best A party in town . And it is a heckuva fund-raiser for the athletic department, too . It's coming again this August. It's the SMSU All-Sports Auction. The 1988 All-Sports Auction will be Friday, Aug. 26, at the Sheraton Inn and Conference Center. The doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets are $25 per couple and $15 per single, which includes food and beverages for the evening. You must be at least 21 years of age to attend. Those interested in attending should RSVP to the SMSU development office, 417/836- 4143, by Aug. 24. Last year, the auction attracted more than 700 people who bid on nearly 200 items. The event raised approximately $50,000 for the Bears Fund to support During last year's SMSU All·Sport Auction, Dr . Mark Tendai made the winning bid so his daughter, Jeanette, SMSU' s men's and women's could be the honora ry men's basketball coach with Charlie Spoonhour. (Below) Sugar Bear Jennifer Diller interco11egiate athletics. holds a AKC registered cocker spaniel puppy that Brent Dunn, coordinator of the Bears Fund, bought for $300. And the 1988 event promises to be even bigger. Honorary chairman Lynn puppies, Winston Garland's Golden State Thompson and SMSU coordinator Bill Warriors jersey, gift certificates, and O'Neill hope the 1988 All-Sports Auction advertising packages with local media. will raise between $60,000-$75,000. And Last year, many of the items brought with items like a 1988 Pontiac high dollar bids - some far exceeding Grand Am, it just may. their value. A highlight in this category The silent auction bidding, the balloon was a four figure bid by Dr. Mark Tendai stomp, and the blind auction bidding will so his daughter, Jeanette, could be the begin when the doors open at 6 p.m. honorary Bears Basketball coach. Items for the live auction also will be on Please don't forget to bring your display. Door prize chances will be sold. checkbook, your MasterCard, or your At 6:30p.m., the food carnival opens. Visa card. All purchases must be paid for The carnival will include a large selection the evening of the auction. of foods and beverages. This year's volunteer steering At 8 p.m., auctioneer Billy Long will committee, headed by Thompson, includes conduct the live auction. This year's Rob Fulp, Bill Estes, Nancy Onstot, selections range from $15 to several Barbara Lucks, Trudy Silkwood, Sue thousand dollars. The items include the Howell, and Fred Harle. Grand Am, a fur jacket, a night on the For more information about the 1988 bench as honorary coach with Charlie All-Sports Auction , contact O'Neill at Spoonhour and the Basketball Bears, 417/836-5242.BT sporting goods, fabulous trips, two Bear Booster Golf Tournament attracts 150 bout 150 golfers, including an director and tournament coordinator. "I certainly appreciate area businesses extraordinary number of hackers think everyone had a good time. We I donating prizes for the event.' ' BT A disguised as golfers, played in the lOth annual Bear Booster Golf Tournament June 3 at Hidden Valley Country Club. A steak dinner and presentation of prizes followed the two man scramble event. Winners were named in four flights. Championship Flight-Dave Trottier/ Brad Zimmerman, 64; Dr. T.A. Morrison/ Mitch Ware, 66; Rand Chappell/Randy Stange, 67 . "A" Flight- Ted Johnson/ Jim Elton, 71; Ron Roling/Randy Hubbell, 71 ; John Boeckman/Ross Ausburn, 71. "B" Flight-Don Simmons/Dave Menzies, 74; Jack Ball/Lester Williams, 74; Ken Kellogg/Mike Russell, 74. " C" Flight-Bill Thomas/Gene Edwards, 78 ; Jesse Branch/Steve Hirsh, 78; Tim Kilpatrick/Tom Colli ate, 79. Jerry Stiefvater and Mike Russell won prizes for being "closest to the hole" on two designated greens. And a number of door prizes were awarded. " It was another good tournament," According to Bill O'Neill, men's assistant athletic director and tournament coordinator, this year's tournament was another good one. Prior ro the tournament, several golfers warmed up on the practice putting green. said Bill O'Neill , men's assistant athletic AMCU school ever to win the baseball Sports crown. The accomplishments of those teams and athletes represent over half our total Information men's program. Football and wrestling aren't AMCU sports and SMSU doesn't compete for the league soccer Office receives championship, but we hope to be able to in the near future. The two remaining AMCU sports, indoor and outdoor track, awards have been hampered by the lack of a facility in recent years. The new outdoor ersonnel from the Southwest track being installed in the stadium will Missouri State University Sports go a long way toward correcting that P Information Office received a From Bill Rowe, situation. Coach Clark has already been number of awards at this week's College seeing the anticipated installation of the Sports Information Directors of America new track in his recruiting efforts. convention and workshop in Kansas Athletic Director Individually, Joe Williams and Jon City. s we near the end of what has Frangoulis in wrestling and Hakan 1\vo SMSU media guides were honored been a very busy summer and Svensson in tennis advanced to NCAA at third best in the nation among Division A continue with preparations to Division I competition in their respective I schools in their respective categories. start another athletic and academic year, sports. Baseballers Jeff Kaiser and Tony The 1987 SMSU volleyball guide, prepared I want to pause and recognize another Floyd and footballers Matt Soraghan and by assistant sports information director tremendous job done by our teams and Ken Braden signed professional contracts. Jon Ripperger, and the 1988 SMSU athletes in the year just concluded. Baseball's Brian Mahaffey was among baseball guide, prepared by sports Our men's teams turned in another the national leaders in home runs and was information director Mark Stillwell, were superlative year in 1987-88, winning six named a third team GTE Academic picked for the third place national honors. sport titles in the Association of Mid All-American by the College Sports Ripperger's volleyball guide was also Continent Universities and capturing the Information Directors of America, while third in the nation in 1986. This is the all-sports championship for the second women's volleyballer Mindy Struckhoff fifth time the baseball guide has been year in a row and the fifth time in the also won CoSIDA Academic All honored, with the previous awards having past six years. American third team honors. come at the Division II level. Our six sport titles broke the league Matt Soraghan became our first Kodak The 1987 SMSU football guide, record of five set by SMSU in 1986-87 All-American selection in football and prepared by Stillwell, Ripperger and and we had two sports, baseball and was named the Gateway Conference former graduate assistant Ken McMahon, tennis, which became the first squads in Defensive Player of the Year. AMCU was judged best in the district and sixth AMCU history in any sport to win five individual honors grabbed by SMSU best in the nation among Division 1-AA consecutive league titles. players included Hakan Svensson as the schools. The Bears' 1987-88 champions included Player of the Year in tennis, Jeff Eiserman Stillwell was also given a writing Coach Richard Clark and the cross as the Player of the Year in golf, Matt award as his story on the SMSU men's country team, Coach Charlie Spoonhour Wegenka as Athlete of the Year in cross basketball trip to the 1988 NCAA and the basketball squad, Coach Jack country, and Tony Floyd as Pitcher of the tournament was judged best in the district Steck and the swimming and diving team, Year in baseball. Floyd was also the MVP in the category of individual event review. Coach Jim Klousia and the tennis team, in the league tournament. Kelby Stuckey Additionally, incoming SMSU graduate Coach Keith Guttin and the baseball and Stan Worthy were on the all assistant Mike Kern was given two squad and Coach Bruce Hollowell and the conference team in basketball and Doug writing awards from his service during golf squad--------~-- Lewi ~ was the AMCU Newcomer of the the past year at the Oruvers1ty of Missoun. Steck's swimmers won their league Year on the hardwoods. Kern gained best in the district awards in crown for the fourth time in six years, the A tremendous amount of hard work the categories of individual event preview cross country title was the fourth in a row went into the achievements of these teams and season review for golf stories he for SMSU and the basketball championship and athletes and we extend to them our wrote at MU. A native of St. Louis, Kern was the second straight in addition to the congratulations on another tremendous graduated from Missouri in May and will record fifth straight crowns in baseball year of SMSU athletic achievement.BT begin his duties at SMSU in August. BT and tennis. SMSU is, of course, the only Hazen signs with Bears Trackconsuucffononschedum Middle distance runner Kyle Hazen of y fall, SMSU will have a Division Rogers, the Arkansas state cross country I track facility - a 400-meter champion in 1987 and the state champion B synthetic track inside Briggs in the 1,600-meter run in 1988, has Stadium.