Wildcat Diamond Club – Page 6 – Normal West Baseball

April 25, 2011April 25, 2011

WDC Dinner/Auction Items

The Wildcat Diamond Club’s 5th Annual Dinner/Auction is only one week away. The event will feature a steak dinner prepared by Alexander’s Steak House, a tribute to the 1998 Wildcat Regional Championship team, and both loud and silent auctions to raise money for the Wildcat Baseball program. The Dinner/Auction is being held at Normal West High School this year at 5:00 on Saturday, April 30th.

Featured items in the loud auction include:

MLB ticket packages to see the Cardinals, Cubs and White Sox,
Training packages from Sports Enhancement Center, ISU alumni/pros Brad James and Josh Kauten
Baseballs autographed by Albert Pujols, Andre Dawson and Ben Zobrist
Basketball autographed by the Chicago Bulls’ Derrick Rose
To see a full list, click here WDC Loud Auction Items

The silent auctions will feature many fun and useful items for sports fans, those who like to eat out, those who use local services and even for moms. Preview these items at:

Last year’s banquet raised over $11000 for the Wildcat Baseball program and helped fund the new batting cages. This year’s funds will help toward a new concession stand/press box at the Freshmen field as well as a new scoreboard at West Varsity Field. A few tickets are still available. If interested, please contact Andy Jefferson at 309-846-6250 or maananstal@aol.com or just show up!

March 11, 2011March 11, 2011

2011 Wildcat Diamond Club Dinner/Auction

The 5th annual Wildcat Diamond Club Dinner/Auction will be held on Saturday, April 30th at Normal West High School.

Please find below a partial list of the items collected (so far) which will be auctioned either through silent or loud auction the night of the event:

Baseball Lessons, Camps and Health:

Sports Enhancement – Acceleration Program
Brad James (ISU and Atlanta Braves) – Hitting Lessons (6 weeks)
Extra Innings – Hitting or Pitching Lessons
Illinois Wesleyan University – Baseball Camp
Heartland CC – Baseball Camps (Hitting and Pitching/Defense)
Josh Kauten (Heartland Pitching Coach) – Pitching Lessons
Golf Lessons
Jazzercise – 8 week membership

Sports Memorabilia:

Albert Pujols (St. Louis Cardinals) autographed baseball
Andre Dawson (Chicago Cub – Hall of Famer) autographed baseball
Omar Vizquel (Chicago White Sox) autographed (8×10) picture
Joe Girardi (New York Yankee Manager) autographed hat
Ben Zobrist (Tampa Bay Rays) autographed baseball

Sports and Entertainment Tickets/Packages

Walt Disney World – 4 Hopper Passes
St. Louis Cardinal Tickets
Cornbelters’ Baseball Tickets
Bloomington Extreme Indoor Football Tickets

Numerous Vendor Gift Certificates/Vouchers

Restaurants
Services (Lawn care, oil changes, mower tune-ups, etc.)
Clothing / Jewelry

October 1, 2010October 2, 2010

New Batting Cages Complete

On Saturday, September 11th, the Wildcat Diamond Club completed the turf batting cage project. The new batting cage was paid for primarily from funds raised at the Diamond Club Dinner/Auction this past May.

A great deal of hard work was done to get the old cage taken out and the new ones put in. Wildcat Diamond Club Board Member Dave Evans headed up the project. A tremendous amount of donated time and labor from fellow Wildcat Diamond Club members and baseball parents played a major role in completing the project.

The Diamond Club owes a “special thank you” to Russell Arbuckle from Edwards Architects LLC, Tony Sipes, Heritage Machine and Welding, Sunbelt Rentals and Boitnott Landscaping for their technical expertise, labor and equipment, which was critical to the successful completion of the project.

Click on the photo above to see photos of the old cage, the new cages under construction and the final product.

The Wildcat Diamond Club, Coach Hawkins and his staff, and current/future Wildcats are very appreciative of everyone who was involved in making the batting cage project a reality!

Wildcat Diamond Club Board