May 22, 2008
B-W Baseball Team Raises More Than $1,000 to Strike Out Cancer on Senior Day
Despite losing its last two home games of the 2008 season, the Baldwin-Wallace College baseball team and its fans still had plenty to be proud of at the Senior Day doubleheader against Malone College at Heritage Field on May 1.
During the pregame festivities, the Yellow Jackets seniors — Shaun Slater, Kevin Shenker, Nick Radca, Nate Luken and Jerry Breedlove — were introduced to an appreciative Senior Day crowd and applauded for their hard work and dedication to the B-W baseball program.
The Senior Day doubleheader was also a “Strike Out Cancer” fundraising event organized by assistant coach Adam Howard and his wife, Jeanette. Throughout the afternoon, the Yellow Jackets sold commemorative T-shirts and freshly-grilled hot dogs to raise money for the KDH Hodgkin’s Disease Foundation. They also invited B-W alumnus and cancer survivor Phil Lapse to throw out the first pitch and sit with them in the dugout as their special guest.
By the end of the day, the Jackets and their fans had raised more than $1,000 to help fund research towards a cure for Hodgkin’s disease.
B-W assistant football coach Ian Shoemaker volunteered to take pictures of the Senior Day activities for the Online Almanac, and you can check out more of his snapshots in the 2008 B-W Baseball Senior Day Photo Set. Thanks, Coach Shoemaker!
April 28, 2008
Strike Out Cancer at Heritage Field on May 1
The Baldwin-Wallace College baseball team and its fans will do their best to strike out cancer this Thursday at the Senior Day doubleheader against Malone College at Heritage Field.
The first game starts at 2 p.m., and the Yellow Jackets will be selling “Strikeout Cancer” T-shirts for $10 each. Anyone who buys a T-shirt will get a free hot dog!
All of the money raised from the T-shirt and hot dog sales will be donated to the KDH Hodgkin’s Disease Foundation to help fund research towards a cure for Hodgkin’s Disease.
Come on out to the ballpark this Thursday and help the Jackets strike out cancer!
