Published Jan. 21, 2010
By Keith Leventhal, KEPR TV
During January in each of the last 3 years, the CBC athletic department has put on a huge banquet.
The goal of those events was to raise money for the department…and they’ve done a good job, collecting well over $60,000.
Thursday night, it was the 4th annual “Follow Your Dreams” banquet over at CBC.
The Hawks inducted 4 new members into their wall of fame…former coaches Dale Gier, Ed Maxwell, and Jim Rodgers and former baseball star and St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Ray Washburn.
The special guest speaker was former CBC basketball player and Denver Nuggets star Byron Beck.
And it turns out that some of these greats are a little star struck by one another.
Byron Beck says, “Its fantastic…Ray’s sitting at my table here tonight and we’ve had some great conversations, I just told him how much I was in awe of what he has done, accomplished, pitching in the World Series and what not, and like I said, I always wanted to be a professional baseball player, so, its been really great.”
There were a few other notable people at this year’s event, including Detroit Tigers pitcher Jeremy Bonderman, and most of the CBC coaches.
As for money raised at this year’s banquet…we haven’t heard a dollar amount yet, but organizers seemed happy with the turn-out.