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For their tireless efforts in helping elevate Eastern’s Athletic programs, six individuals will be honored with the Eastern Athletics Hall of Fame Service and Contribution Award
2011 Eastern Athletics Hall of Fame
Service & Contribution Award
H. George Frederickson, Former President
Ken Dolan, Former Assistant to the President
Russ Hartman, Former Vice President for Business & Finance
Jim Kirschbaum, Former Board of Trustees Chair
Ron Raver, Former Athletic Director
Bill Shaw, Former Chief Financial Officer
?They were relentless in their vision and faced a lot of tumult along the way. But 30 years later, after the school mesmerized the region with its 2010 NCAA Division I Football Championship, they deserve a debt of gratitude for what they accomplished through their perseverance.Six former Eastern Washington University administrators will be honored on Oct. 1 with the Eastern Athletics Hall of Fame Service and Contribution Award for their tireless efforts in the 1970’s and the 1980’s in helping Eastern achieve and maintain NCAA Division I status and become a member of the Big Sky Conference.
The six administrators are headlined by former EWU President H. George Frederickson (1977-87), who spearheaded Eastern’s drive to National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I status after being a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) for most of the school’s history.
Helping Frederickson and Eastern along that path were Ken Dolan (former assistant to the president), Russ Hartman (former vice president for business and finance), Jim Kirschbaum (former board of trustees chair) and Bill Shaw (former chief financial officer).
Also honored posthumously will be former athletic director Ron Raver, who was inducted into the Eastern Athletics Hall of Fame in 2001. Raver will be represented Oct. 1 by his wife, Karen, and son, Tim.
Along with five individual Hall of Fame inductees and the 1949-50 men’s basketball team, the recipients of the Service and Contribution Award will be honored at a breakfast and ceremony that starts at 9 a.m. on Oct. 1 at the Pence Union Building. The public is invited to attend (RSVP to 509-359-2463 or 1-800-648-7697) and the cost is $15 per person. They will also be honored at halftime of EWU’s football game against Weber State that begins at 12:35 p.m. Pacific time.
The Service and Contribution award was created in 2007 to recognize extraordinary achievements and contributions by individuals with a past association with the Eastern athletic department. This award, selected by the Eastern Athletics Hall of Fame Executive Committee, seeks to honor individuals who have contributed not only to EWU, but to other outside endeavors such as education, community service and coaching. John Lothspeich was given the first award in 2007, and others honored include Chuck Randall (2008), Jim Wasem Sr. (2009), Ernie Afaganis (2010) and Arthur C. “Woody” Woodward (2010).
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