By FHSU SPORTS INFORMATION
The 13th annual Tiger Auction and Dinner held in August of 2022 was a tremendous success with $778,501 raised for FHSU Athletics, the most in the history of the event. The previous high for a Tiger Auction and Dinner was $410,842, which occurred in 2021. The event also had a record 779 tickets sold this year
Item #40, which focused on the proposed Bickle-Schmidt Athletic Complex, raised $615,000. The new 20,000 square foot facility, which is estimated at $9 million, will not only benefit Tiger Athletics from a functional standpoint, but also serve as a tremendous recruiting tool for future athletes at Fort Hays State University.
Lead matching gifts for Item #40 were provided by Jim and Corrine Clark and Darrell and the late Marilynn Seibel. An additional large gift was provided by Patty Baconrind the night of the auction, while several others have made significant contributions to the facility in advance of the auction. Many gifts from $10,500 all the way down to $250 were received the night of the auction. If you are interested in donating to the Bickle-Schmidt Athletic Complex, please click on the following link…
https://foundation.fhsu.edu/tiger-auction-item-40/
There were 326 items in the 2022 auction, spread between the live, silent, and online portions of the auction. Almost all of the auction items were donated by local businesses and the Tiger Auction would not be successful without the support of the Hays community.
Tiger Athletics would like to thank the following people/businesses for their continued support of the Tiger Auction and Dinner.
-Eagle Radio
-8th Street Liquor
-A&A Coors
-Kaiser Liquor
-Resurrection Vineyard
-Western Beverage
-Farmland Auction and Realty and the Pfeifer Brothers
-Tiger Auction and Dinner Committee – Kara Moore (chair), Jon Armstrong, Brad Boyer, Matt Cook, Brian Feldt, Lezah Fox, Curtis Hammeke, Brian Moore, Tobi Neuberger, Jaden Richardson, Rich Sieker, Gary Wentling, Steve Wood.
Mark your calendar for next year’s Tiger Auction and Dinner, set for Saturday, August 19, 2023 inside the Schmidt-Bickle Indoor Training Facility.
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