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Bulldog Pride - June 14, 1999
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June 14, 1999
Bulldog Pride - June 14, 1999
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BIG Bid Auction Saturday Night at Beiden Fresno States Second Annual Dinner and Fundraiser June 19
In its second year, Fresno States BIG Bid Auction hopes to repeat the success of 1998. Last year, this event raised over $65,000 for the athletic department. Community volunteers and staff members have worked diligently to gather special items for the event. Saturday, June 19, guests can bid on silent auction items from 5-7 p.m. followed by a steak and chicken dinner provided by Outback Steakhouse. The evening concludes with a live auction. Tickets are $25 per person, $45 for two. While this is just a partial list, take a look at just some of the items available at Saturdays auction:
Live Auction Items DonorReward Recreational Series 7X7 spa HomecraftersOne-hour massage per week for 1 year Healing HandsSF Giants sky suite vs. St. Louis 7-10-99 Save MartWAC 200 Basketball Tournament Package Fresno State Athletic DepartmentOne-week trip to Pal Springs at Marquis Villas Resort Epic Resorts(with golf at Rancho Mirage or Desert Dunes)One-week condo stay for four in Maui Jim & June Sweeney/Mark Lewis TravelLASIK Eye Surgery Dr. Andrew MaxwellPrivate Performance Theatre 3
Silent Auction Celebrity Dinners DonorDinner for 10 at University House with Dr. & Mrs. Welty Dr. & Mrs. WeltyDinner with KMPH-Fox 26 sports anchor Ralph Wood KMPH-TVDinner for 8 with Kopi Sotiropulos at Guilias Italian Restaurant KMPH-TVDinner with Bulldog Head Football Coach Pat Hill Pat Hill
Silent Auction Items
Autographed books
Theatre passes
Broadway series tickets
Ad space in Fresno Business Journal
Fresno Art Museum family membership
Fresno Zoological Society family membership
Bounce House rental
Week-long trip to Sun Valley, Idaho
Canoe Trip on the San Joaquin River
Pine Flat Lake Houseboat rentals
Passes to Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
Bulldog Foundation jackets
Rounds of Golf at Belmont C.C.
Rounds of Golf at Fig Garden
Weekend Car Rentals
Massages
Salon Certificates
Sports Apparel
Dinner Certificates
Bulldog Shop Gift Certificates
Bicycles
Toy pedal cars
VIP Passes to local fairs
Golf Lessons
Fighter Pilot for a Day
Las Vegas Trips
Shaver Lake Weekend Trip
Medford, Ore. Getaway package
A complete listing of available items for bid is on www.GoBulldogs.com. For more information, contact Shell Voorhees at (559) 244-2800.
Bakersfield's Acevedo Earns All-America Honors
Bulldog outfielder Anthony Acevedo (Bakersfield) received national accolades as he was named an Honorable Mention All-America selection by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.
Acevedo, a junior transfer from Bakersfield College, led the Bulldogs with a .389 batting average. His performance at the plate this year is the eighth-highest single-season batting average for a Bulldog.
Besides leading Fresno State in batting average, Acevedo was tops on the team with 64 runs, 89 hits, 23 doubles - tied for fifth on the single season list, five triples, 59 RBI and was second with six home runs.
Acevedo is the fourth Bulldog to receive All-America recognition from the NCBWA and picks up his seventh award of the season. Most recently, he was named to the All-West District second team. During the season he was named to the 1999 Pepsi-Johnny Quik Classic and Hawaii Rainbow Easter Tournament All-Tournament teams and was Western Athletic Conference Player of the Week March 15.
After the season ended, more awards came in for Acevedo who was named Team MVP at the annual Fresno State awards banquet and he was later honored with a first team All-WAC selection. Acevedo works as hard off the field as he does on the field as when he was named to the deans list last semester for having at least a 3.5 grade point average.