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Let’s Honor Our Legends
How time flies! It hardly seems possible
that in a few short weeks we will be inducting another
six individuals into the San Antonio Sports Hall of
Fame. Thanks to all of you who spent time this summer
nominating your favorite hero or heroine. Those names
will continue to be on the long, long list of deserving
candidates that are reviewed by the 80+ voters each
year before the final selection by the Tribute committee.
February 17 will be their night in lights as Bob
Bass, Cito Gaston, Mary
Nan West, Sean Elliott, Pinkey
Whitney, and Thomas Lott receive
the recognition they so rightfully deserve. Also being
honored by the San Antonio Express-News are Bruce
Bowen and Marshevet and Destinee
Hooker. Janet Holliday will
receive an honor that the Sports Foundation nominated
her for - the 2005 Hershey Strive Volunteer of the Year
award.
What a night! Don’t miss it. Everyone in San
Antonio who loves sports comes out for this event. Even
better…the event benefits the Sports Foundation’s
Dreams for Youth program, so more boys and girls will
have an opportunity to participate if you join us for
the gala. Read the article below for more details and
order
your tickets today.
Dr.
Susan Blackwood
Executive Director
Sports Foundation Welcomes
New Board Members
The San Antonio Sports Foundation is pleased
to announce the addition of several new members to its
board of directors. They include:
Bill Avila, Principal, Law Offices
of William T. Avila, P.C.
R.C. Buford, Senior Vice President/General
Manager, San Antonio Spurs
Jeff Clark, Investment Advisor, Redstone
Consulting
Steve Edlund, President, IBC Bank
Ben Garcia, First Vice President/Regional
Manager, Washington Mutual
Jaime Garza, M.D., D.D.S., President,
Texas Plastic Surgery
Dick Lord, First Vice President, Merrill
Lynch
Bill Levine, General Counsel, The Gambrinus
Company
Steve Milonovich, Regional Sales Manager,
The Pepsi Bottling Group
Edward Mueller, M.D., Mueller Urology
Marty Roos, Partner, Oppenheimer Blend
Harrison & Tate, Inc.
Jenny Carnes Named SALOC
Director
 Fresh
off her position as director of the local organizing
committee for the 2005 NCAA Division I Women’s
Volleyball Championship last month, Jenny Carnes
has been named the director for upcoming NCAA basketball
events. Beginning with the 2006 NCAA Division I Women’s
San Antonio Regional basketball tournament this March
(see story below), Jenny will lead the San Antonio Local
Organizing Committee (SALOC) that will plan the NCAA
events leading up to the 2008 Men’s Final Four.
An employee of the Sports Foundation since 2000, Jenny
played basketball at the University of the Incarnate
Word and was named to her alma mater’s Sports
Hall of Fame in 2005.
SALOC is comprised of the San Antonio Sports
Foundation, the University of Texas
at San Antonio and the City of San
Antonio. In addition to the women’s regional
in March and the 2008 NCAA Final Four, San Antonio will
host the 2007 NCAA Men’s Regional basketball tournament
and the 2010 Women’s Final Four.
Sports Hall of Fame Boasts
Hottest Auction in Town
 The
silent auction at this year’s Sports Hall of Fame
Tribute will be the biggest and best ever and promises
great items for everyone’s taste and wallet. Imagine
a limousine picking you up and whisking you away to
the airport where a private helicopter awaits you and
takes you and your guests on a sunset helicopter tour
of the city. You land one-hour later at the Dominion
Country Club where you and your friends enjoy a five
course gourmet meal prepared table side.
Other auction items include a weekend wine lovers extravaganza
to Napa Valley; a one-week stay for eight people at
a cliffside villa in Manzanillo; a one-week stay for
twelve people in South Lake Tahoe; a dinner for 20,
courtesy of Chef Michael Bomberg of
Spice of Life; a four night trip for two people to the
Jaguar Paw Jungle Resort in Belize; Santikos movie passes
for one year plus two movie chairs for your home theater;
and last but not least, your very own Coca-Cola vending
machine. And, of course, we’ll offer the most
amazing sports memorabilia items available.
Don’t miss out on the excitement as we honor
Class of 2006 inductees Bob Bass, Sean
Elliot, Cito Gaston, Thomas
Lott, Mary Nan West and Pinkey
Whitney! Purchase
your tickets or table online or call Gretchen
Garceau-Kragh at 210-820-2109 for tickets and more information.
Shrine Game Comes To Alamodome
 Get
your tickets today to see outstanding college all-star
football players in the nation at the East West Shrine
Game presented by AT&T this Saturday, January 21,
in the Alamodome. This is the first year this prestigious
event will take place in San Antonio. Tickets are available
at the Alamodome box office and through Ticketmaster
outlets.
Every year since 1925, the Shrine Game has been played
to raise money and to help make the public aware of
the expert orthopedic and burn care available, at no
cost, at all 22 Shriners Hospitals for Children. For
more information visit www.shrinegame.com.
March Madness® returns to San Antonio!
The NCAA Division I Women’s
Basketball Championship San Antonio Regional
will be held March 25 and 27 at the AT&T Center.
This is the second weekend of March Madness® and
will include two sessions: the Saturday semifinals (two
games) and the Monday championship game. The regional
will determine one of four teams that will advance to
the Women’s Final Four® in Boston, MA.
If you want to see great college basketball,
tickets can be purchased at the AT&T Center Box
Office or through Ticketmaster. More information and
tickets are also available by visiting www.NCAASports.com.
UTSA Diploma Dash
 The
22nd Annual Diploma Dash, sponsored by the UTSA Alumni
Association, is scheduled for Saturday, February 11,
2006 on the UTSA 1604 campus. By mayoral proclamation,
this event is designated San Antonio’s annual
5K City Championship Race and 1.5 K Fitness Walk. Local
community sponsors and alumni wholeheartedly support
this worthwhile event each year, raising scholarship
money for both the association and UTSA track and field
programs. Last year, over 800 participants and sponsors
contributed $24,000. Diploma Dash is the premier event
of UTSA Homecoming Week in February.
Early registration is $20 per person before
February 8, or $30 on race day. On site registration
and check-in begin at 8 am; the race starts at 9 am.
Corporate teams of five may register for $250. Forms
are available online at www.utsa.edu/alumni,
or at local sports stores and sponsors.
For more information or to volunteer,
contact Jane F. Burton, director, Alumni Programs, and
executive director of the UTSA Alumni Association, at
(210) 458-4133.
Fencers Take on International
Field
 The
San Antonio Sports Foundation’s Dreams for Youth
fencing program sent two athletes to Budapest, Hungary
to compete in the Coupe Heracles Junior, a world cup
tournament held January 6-10. Kristin Howell,
ranked 6th nationally in junior women’s epee,
in her first international competition, went 5-1 in
her pool before losing in her second direct elimination
bout. She placed 41 out of 162 fencers.
Community Olympic Development Program
(CODP) coach Wendell Kubick called
Kristin’s achievement “a fantastic accomplishment.”
The Coupe Heracles is an important competition. According
to José Sanchez, assistant director
of CODP and Dreams for Youth, it is the hardest junior
world cup competition of the season. The best of the
best compete and fencers must have attained a certain
point standing to go.
 Steven
Kubik, ranked 15th nationally in cadet men’s
foil, was also fencing in his first international competition.
He did not go to the direct elimination round. San Antonian
Mark Kubik, who attends Notre Dame
on a fencing scholarship, also traveled to the competition.
He placed 119th in junior men’s foil after fencing
the eventual 17th place finisher from France who was
seeded 11th.
“This trip was very motivational
for our kids!” said Wendell. “It showed
our kids that they can compete and win at the highest
international level with the training and development
they have received here in San Antonio. They also learned
a lot about international travel and getting around
in a different part of the world.”
At the North American Cup tournament in
Houston this past weekend, Kristin Howell won bronze
in junior women’s epee and placed 12th in Division
I women’s epee. Mark Kubik placed 14th in junior
men’s epee.
Sign of Good Things to Come
 Thanks
to the generosity of Walton Signage, and SASF board
member Gary Walton, the Dreams for
Youth Training Center now has a new sign! This is the
final piece to the newly renovated home of our Dreams
for Youth and Community Olympic Development fencing
program. As Gary points out, an external sign is critical
for any business that needs exposure. “It’s
the least expensive, most effective way to advertise.”
Now parents, athletes and passing motorists
will easily be able to identify the program’s
new location at 525 San Pedro. The sign is valued at
$6,500. “The Sports Foundation is a worthwhile
organization that is important to the city of San Antonio,”
adds Gary. “We were glad that we could help out
with our expertise.”
Freeman Sets The Stage
 The
San Antonio Sports Foundation is fortunate to have many
good friends in the local corporate community who provide
budget-relieving goods and services to our events and
programs. One such company, Freeman,
recently provided the pipe and drape that helped to
make the Valero Go!Kids Challenge Subway Victory Lap
Celebration so colorful at the Alamodome on Sunday,
Dec. 4, 2005.
Freeman is a recognized general services contractor
in the tradeshow and exposition industry. The nationwide
company’s local San Antonio branch has supported
numerous community projects over the last 36 years.
Trisha Frank, general manager at Freeman,
says she looks forward to continuing this special relationship
with the San Antonio Sports Foundation and is pleased
to be able to help inspire and motivate our local youth
to adopt healthy lifestyles.
New
and Renewing Individual Members
Dean Aitken; Curtis Anastasio; Ernesto
Ancira; JoAnn Andera; Carl Bain; Cecil Bain; Tony Bartys;
Ralph Bender; Matt Berge; Lisa Blonkvist; Dr. Kenneth
Bloom; Steve Bonnett; Russ Bookbinder; Robert Braubach;
Hank Brummett; Danny Buck; Harvey Cain; Jenny Carnes;
Craig Clayton; Paul & Kelly Colliander; Allen Cornell;
Erik Darmsetter; Bessie Flewellen; Derrick Fox; Daniel
Franks; Liz Fritz; Tom Frost; Gretchen Garceau-Kragh;
Larry Goldman; Nicole Greenberg; Ray Halani; Keith Harward;
Baron Herdelin Doherty; Joel Horlen; Lois Horlen; Roy
Horn III; Mary Japhet; Dr. Robert Jones; James Kahan;
Bob King; Dr. Thomas Kingman; Rosemary Kowalski; Kent
Krauss; Daryl Lansdale; Dr. Leonard Lawrence; Bill Levine;
Julie Lewis; John Likovich; James Littleton; Gen. William
McBride; Bill McCandless; Maureen Merkle; Caryn Moir;
Randy & Jane Moody; Bonnie Munroe; Dan Naranjo;
James Norwood; Jeff Nowicki; Howard Patterson; Philip
Pfeiffer; Mark Phariss; Jim Potter; Stephen Pundt; Jim
& Katie Reed; John Reid; Paul Richards; Steve Richards;
Al Richter; Victor Rodriguez; Christa Scannell; Barbara
Schneider; Robert Shelby; Bruce Smith; Richard Smith;
Randall Stephenson; James Stewart; Walter Straub; Stumberg
Foundation; Jon Wampler; Judi Weers; Ray Wilkins; Nelson
Wolff; Dr. Dale Wood; V.T. Wood; Bob Ziegler; Sasha
Zucker
Champions
Club
Individual
Members at $1,000+
Gary & Shelia Arthur; Morton Baird;
Sam Barshop; Ed Benninger; James Blackwood; Susan Blackwood;
June Bratcher; Tim Brierty; Howard Burris; Jim Callaway;
Cassandra Carr; James Doyle; Jim Dublin; Charlie Ebrom;
Steve Edlund; Dr. Frank Fichtel; Larry Franklin; Pat
& Kelley Frost; Dr. Jamie Garza; Claude Gilmer;
William Greehey; Joe Guinn; Bill & Marcia Hanson;
Cheryl Haywood; Michael Imbimbo; Scott Hefner; Scott
Helbing; George C. Hixon; Peter Holt; Steve Isom; Stacey
Johnson; Michael Jourdan; Greg & Leigh Ann King;
Michael Lynd; Lowry Mays; Red McCombs; James Mickey;
Phil Miner; Bob & Laura Raymond; Tom Reardon; Marty
Roos; Dr. David Schmidt; Dr. Earl Smith; Steve Souter;
Michael G. Stoltz; Neill Walsdorf, Jr.; Carri Wells;
Jeff Wentworth; Paul Young
Corporate
Champions
City of San Antonio; SBC Communications
Inc.
$50,000
Creative Link; IKON Office Solutions;
San Antonio Express-News; Valero Energy Corporation
$20,000
Pepsi Bottling Group; San Antonio Coca-Cola
Bottling Co; San Antonio Spurs; Whataburger, Inc.
$10,000
Budget Car & Truck Rental; Cingular
Wireless; Langley & Banack; Maverick Video Production;
NuMedia: Oak Farms Dairy; Paladin IT Services; Methodist
Children's Hospital; Spectrum Health Clubs; Sports
Medicine Associates of San Antonio, The Dominion Country
Club
$5,000
George Becknell; Bender & Associates;
BudCo., Inc.; The CE Group - Communication & Events;
ChapmanSchewe Benefits Consulting; Comet Neon Advertising;
The Darmstetter Company; Frost Bank; H-E-B Grocery
Company; Hertz Corporation; JP Morgan Chase; KPMG;
Merrill Lynch; Methodist Healthcare System; Michael
Imbimbo, Inc.; Miner Corporation; The Plaza Club;
Security Service Federal Credit Union; Soccer Sports
Complex; Sterling Bank; Sterling Foods, Inc.; SWBC;
Jon Turner; Wells Fargo Bank; Zachry Hospitality,
Inc.
$2,500
Allegra Print & Imaging; Bank of
America; Broadway National Bank; Carneiro, Chummney
& Co.; C.C. Creations; Catering by Don Strange;
Colonial Supplemental Insurance; Cox Smith Matthews
Incorporated; Ear Medical Group; Ernst & Young;
FIRSTMARK Credit Union; First Rate Investment Systems;
Flowers Bakeries; GLI Distributing; Halo
Distributing; Initial Security; Dr. Susan Marenda-King;
Marriott Rivercenter/Riverwalk; Mission Pharmacal;
Pape-Dawson Consulting Engineers, Inc.; San Antonio
Economic Development Foundation; SpawGlass Contractors,
Inc.; Tesoro Petroleum Companies; Walton Signage;
Yantis Company
Grants/Foundations
The Alfred S. Gage Foundation, Bexar
County Health & Human Services CDBG; Bexar County
Women's Bar Foundation; Brown Foundation; Charity
Ball Foundation; Coleman Foundation; Criminal Justice
Division JJDP Grant; Criminal Justice Division Safe
and Drug Free Schools Grant; GAC Halff Foundation;
Light Foundation; Myra Stafford Pryor Charitable Trust;
The Sequor Foundation; David & Betty Sachs Foundation;
Smith Barney; Women’s Sports Foundation
Founding
Sponsors
City of San Antonio; H-E-B; USAA Foundation,
A Charitable Trust; Valero Energy Corporation
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