Published Jan. 22, 2010 Dr. J. Dale Gier, Ray Washburn, Ed Maxwell and Jim Rodgers were inducted into the school\u0092s athletic hall of fame in front of a crowd estimated at 275.<\/P> Some interesting tidbits came about throughout the night. <\/P> — Detroit Tigers pitcher Jeremy Bonderman<\/STRONG>, a Pasco native, was in attendance and said he\u0092s 100 percent healthy and ready to go this season after recovering from thoracic surgery. … CBC athletic director Scott Rogers<\/STRONG> acknowledged all of his coaches during his speech, including volleyball coach John Patrick<\/STRONG>, who resigned after 22 years at his position. The crowd burst into applause when he was mentioned. … Steve Farrington<\/STRONG>, CBC\u0092s baseball coach, said the Hawks sent 23 players on to four-year schools last year. This year\u0092s team should be loaded again. Kevin Komstadius<\/STRONG>, the East Valley of Yakima slugger, has transferred from the University of Washington to CBC. Meanwhile, Richland\u0092s Cody Shepherd <\/STRONG>— who was headed to Washington as a walk-on with the chance to earn a scholarship after one year — has decided to play for CBC. Farrington said his plan is to play one season for the Hawks, then go on a Mormon mission before coming back to resume playing. … Former CBC basketball great Byron Beck<\/STRONG>, the night\u0092s featured speaker who played in the ABA and NBA, revealed that he had wanted to always be a pro baseball player. … Ex-CBC men\u0092s basketball coach Jim Rodgers<\/STRONG>, whose teams won five consecutive NWAACC titles in the 1960s, said Ray Washburn \u0097 the Burbank native who pitched in the major leagues and was also inducted into the CBC Hall of Fame on Thursday \u0097 was \u0093a really good basketball player. He would come back to visit, and we\u0092d play in pickup games.\u0094 Rodgers, 75, praised Jack Cooney <\/STRONG>as the driving force behind getting CBC started. \u0093He took on the Pasco School District to start this school.\u0094 Published Jan. 22, 2010By Jeff Morrow, Tri-City Herald sports editor PASCO \u0097 The 4th annual Follow Your Dreams banquet fundraiser at Columbia Basin College was a success Thursday night, with more than $25,000 raised for athletic scholarships and facilities upgrades.Dr. J. Dale Gier, Ray Washburn, Ed Maxwell and Jim Rodgers were inducted into the school\u0092s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-227826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227826\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/SPAN>By Jeff Morrow, Tri-City Herald sports editor
PASCO \u0097 The 4th annual Follow Your Dreams banquet fundraiser at Columbia Basin College was a success Thursday night, with more than $25,000 raised for athletic scholarships and facilities upgrades.<\/P>
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