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Don your baby-blue and gold pride Saturday at the Wooden Athletic Fund's 5th Annual Orange County Celebration Dinner. The star-studded event will include Los Angeles Lakers player Matt Barnes, as well as Head Football Coach Rick Neuheisel and Head Men's Basketball Coach Ben Howland
The Wooden Athletic Fund strives to provide academic and athletic opportunities for some of UCLA's more than 650 student-athletes and plays a pivotal role in offsetting the rising costs of collegiate athletics.
Beginning at 6 p.m. at the Newport Beach residence of bruin alum Barry Saywitz, attendees will enjoy an open bar, passed hors d’oeuvres, all-you-can-eat prime rib, live music by Flashback Heart Attack, dancing, and priceless auction items.
Tickets are $150 per person and will provide financial support to assist in covering program expenses such as scholarships, academic services, life-skills development, team travel, operational costs, and recruiting efforts.
Other guests include: Rafer Johnson (Olympic Gold Medalist for Track & Field); Cade McNown (NFL Quarterback); DeShawn Foster (NFL Running Back); Toby Bailey (NBA player); Tyus Edney (NBA player); Kai Forbath (UCLA Football Kicker); Ryan McGuire (MLB player); Eric Byrnes (MLB Outfielder); Sinjin Smith (professional beach volleyball player); Ann Meyer Drysdale (NBA player and 1st woman to be inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame in 1988); Danny Farmer (NFL Wide Reciever); Ed and Charles O’Bannon (NBA basketball players); Jason Kapono (NBA basketball player); and Marques Johnson (NBA basketball player).
For more information or to reserve your spot, contact Scott Wandzilak at 310.206.3302.
