The Drive 2001 Reaches $858,037; Deadline Extended To June 5th
May 25, 2001 SAN DIEGO - Volunteers from the Aztec Athletic Foundation gathered at Cox Arena onThursday, May 24th for The Drive 2001 Victory Celebration, marking the endof the AAF's seven-week campaign to raise $1 million for student-athletescholarships at San Diego State University. At the end of the night, AAF President Ben Bagnas announced the currenttotal of $858,037 in pledges. Volunteers urged Bagnas to extend the AAF'sself-imposed deadline to reach $1 million. Bagnas agreed, and thevolunteers will meet at Tony Gwynn Stadium at 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 5th toreport further results. "Many, if not all, of our volunteers felt we needed to extend the deadlineto allow proper time to contact our entire base, including renewals andleads," said AAF President Ben Bagnas. "The men's basketball season-ticketrenewals have only recently been mailed, and we have a strong contingentworking in Orange County leading up to Aztec Day in Orange County on June4th, so it only makes sense to extend the time period to allow us toproperly touch base with our entire SDSU constituency." "I still marvel at the dedication of our volunteers," said AAF Director PatKreger. "This group set a goal, and they badly want to attain thatgoal. I can't say enough about this group's dedication to Aztec Athletics." Award winner's in connection with The Drive 2001 were also announced at theevent. The big winner was AAF President and Scripps Ranch/Poway teamcaptain Ben Bagnas, who walked away with the 2001 "Aztec of the Year"Award. Bagnas raised $57,195 during the seven-week period. Bagnas alsowon the award for the volunteer raising the most new dollars, totaling$3,400. Larry Cook of the North County team walked away with the Rookie ofthe Year Award for his efforts of raising $10,715 in his inauguralfundraising season. Also, 21 volunteers were recognized forachieving the prestigious Monty's Club level for raising $10,000 or moreover the seven-week span. In the team race, Scripps Ranch/Poway walked away with honors, totaling$83,075 over the seven weeks, which translates to 141 percent of their 2000 total. All individual and team award winners will be officially recognized laterthis fall at Aztec football contests. A complete listing of results for team and Top 10 individuals is listed below. You can still help the AAF reach its goal of $1 million. Simply downloadan application from the AAF page of this website by clicking on any "AztecAthletic Foundation" icon, and fax it back to us at (619) 594-2666, e-mailus at aaf@mail.sdsu.edu, or call us at (619) 594-6444 to make yourcontribution to support student-athletes at San Diego State University. Team Results,Percentage of 2000, Total Dollars 1. Scripps Ranch/Poway, 141 percent, $83,075 2. North County, 117 percent, $80,550 3. The Beach Bums,112 percent, $106,430 4. The Family Jewels, 92 percent, $104,592 5. Tierrasanta Terrors, , 86 percent, $82,996 6. East County Full Monty, 77 percent, $47,711 7. Monty's Border Patrol,75 percent, $50,254 8. El Cajonies, 71 percent, $79,412 Top 10 Individuals1. Ben Bagnas - Scripps Ranch/Poway, $57,195 2. Jim & Deborah Marshall - The Beach Bums, $48,122 3. Bobbie Harkey - Tierrasanta Terrors, $40,904 4. Bob McCray - The Family Jewels, $32,101 5. Bob Yarbrough - El Cajonies, $25,489 6. Cliff Bee - Monty's Border Patrol, $23,049 7. Kurt Cecconi - The Beach Bums, $19,367 8. Fred & Sharon Lear - East County Full Monty, $19,128 9. Fred Conger - The Beach Bums, $18,090 10. Craig Nelson - North County, $16,297 |
