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Ho! Ho! Ho!
The staff and board of directors of the
San Antonio Sports Foundation wish you and yours a very
happy and healthy holiday season.
As you’re making those last minute gift purchases,
don’t forget membership in the nonprofit Sports
Foundation. Just
click here to become a new or renewing
member. It’s the tax-deductible gift that keeps
on giving all year!
Dr.
Susan Blackwood
Executive Director
Congratulations, Huskies!
NCAA Volleyball Championship A Success
 The
2005 NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship
couldn’t have been more exciting as the nation’s
number one team faced the number two team in the Alamodome
last week. Ultimately, it was the Washington
Huskies who defeated the #1 Nebraska
Cornhuskers for the title on Saturday night.
From the first rounds with Santa Clara
and Tennessee, through the American
Volleyball Coaches Association convention and the 25th
Anniversary celebration, to the San Antonio Local Organizing
Committee’s (SALOC) pre-game Backyard Bar-B-Q
at Sunset Station, the event was a huge success.
Congratulations to all four teams who earned their
way to the Championship tournament. We especially want
to thank our SALOC partners, UTSA and
the City of San Antonio, and our many
local vendors who made the Championship a fun and successful
event.
A special “thank you” to our Sports Foundation
volunteers who again welcomed our visitors with their
customary smiles and worked hard to deliver another
fantastic event.
Valero Go!Kids Challenge™
Wrap Up
After 11 weeks, more than 50,000 children
have each completed walking a 26.2-mile marathon in
the 2005 Valero Go!Kids Challenge™.
Many of those healthy kids and their families marked
their accomplishment at the Subway Victory Lap Celebration
on Sunday, Dec. 4, at the Alamodome where they were
awarded medals and t-shirts. A health and fitness fair
added to the excitement of the day. Congratulations
to all of our Go!Kids and a sincere “thank you”
to the sponsors who make this program a reality for
our community.
Golf Classic Scores Rewards
for Players and Kids
Golfers took to the links on Monday, Dec. 12, for another
great San Antonio Sports Foundation Golf Classic at
the Dominion Country Club. The team from Merrill
Lynch (pictured right), which included Sports
Foundation board member Dick Lord,
took top honors. The Valero team came in second, and
a foursome led by Sports Foundation board member Cecil
Bain placed third.
Thank you to all of our team sponsors for helping the
Sports Foundation raise more than $32,000 to support
our Dreams for Youth and Valero Go!Kids Challenge programs.
Special thanks go to event chairman and Sports Foundation
board member Carlos Ramos and the entire
golf committee. Thousands of children’s lives
are improved because of your generosity.
Volunteers of the Year
 Everyone
knows them as “The Goddesses.” Mary
Holland and Shelia Jones (pictured
right with Sports Foundation staff member Jenny Carnes)
have been named the 2005 San Antonio Sports Foundation
Volunteers of the Year.
This dynamic duo has contributed thousands of hours
to the Sports Foundation since the 2002 NCAA Women’s
Final Four. They served as volunteer chairs for the
2004 NCAA Men’s Final Four and this year’s
NCAA Women’s Volleyball Championship.
Their terrific attitudes are infectious and their dedication
to this organization is much appreciated. Thank you,
Goddesses!
 Vaya
con Dios, Malcolm
We are sad to share the news of the passing of our
very dear friend and long-time volunteer, Malcolm
Grieg. Malcolm, whose Cajun humor and strong
work ethic endeared him to everyone who knew him, will
be deeply missed. He and his wife Ethel were named the
2004 Sports Foundation Volunteers of the Year, and despite
his battle with cancer, Malcolm remained a loyal volunteer
up to the end. Our deepest sympathy extends to Ethel
and the entire Grieg family. We’ll miss you, Malcolm.
MasterCard Alamo Bowl Tickets
 Two
of the most storied programs in college football will
battle when the Michigan Wolverines
line-up against the Nebraska Cornhuskers
in this year’s MasterCard Alamo Bowl on Wednesday,
December 28 at 7 p.m. in the Alamodome. Michigan enters
the game with the most wins in NCAA football history,
while Nebraska is ranked #4.
Don’t miss your chance to see these powers meet
for only the third time since 1917. Tickets can be purchased
by logging on to ticketmaster.com
or visiting the Alamodome Southwest Box Office from
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Fans can also purchase
their tickets by phone by calling Ticketmaster at (210)
224-9600. Get fired up San Antonio, it’s Bowl
Time.
Get Sports Hall of Fame Tickets Before 12/31 and Save
 Purchase
your individual tickets for the 2006 San Antonio Sports
Hall of Fame Tribute by Dec. 31 and pay just $100. The
price increases to $125 on January 1, 2006. Click
here to register online or call 210-820-2109.
The floor of the Alamodome will be transformed
into a beautiful setting for the Tribute on Friday,
February 17th as we honor the Hall of Fame Class of
2006. NBA Executive Bob Bass, NBA great
Sean Elliott, Rodeo pioneer Mary
Nan West, Oklahoma quarterback Thomas
Lott, baseball great Pinkey Whitney,
and former Toronto Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston
will all be inducted.
Also being recognized are the San Antonio
Express-News Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year as
well as the Sports Foundation’s own Janet
Holliday, who will receive the National Council
of Youth Sports 2005 Hershey STRIVE award as Volunteer
of the Year.
Tables to this year’s event can
be purchased for $1500, $2500, and $5000.
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;
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; 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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