Support CSU Bakersfield Athletics

To provide the maximum allowable financial support to talented and worthy scholar-athletes in a wide variety of sports.

• Champions made in the classroom: Our scholar-athletes are leaders among their peers, having a higher grade point average and graduating at a higher rate compared to the entire CSUB student body.
• Champions made in the community: Our scholar-athletes give back to the community, devoting thousands of hours to community service projects throughout Kern County last year.
• Champions made in competition: Our scholar-athletes have a proud history of winning, with 7 WAC championships, 352 individual WAC honors, 400 Academic All-WAC honors, 65 DI All-American honors, and 30 DII National Championships.
• Currently, we offer about half of the scholarships the NCAA allows us to award. We need your support to close the gap. With your contribution, you can make a difference in the lives of CSUB scholar-athletes, helping them succeed in the classroom, give back to the community, and elevate our standings in competition.

Executive Committee

• Dixon Kummer, President
  Attorney with Dixon G. Kummer, Attorney at Law
• Joel Andreesen, Vice President
  Attorney with Rodriguez & Associates
• Kelli Davis, Membership Chair
  Agent at State Farm Insurance
• Jon-Lee Hawarden, Fundraising and Events Chair
  Manager of Business Development at Emser Tile

Directors

• Alan Wade, Retired State Farm Executive
• Barney Storms, Marketing Specialist at KGET, CW, & Telemundo
• Coby Vance, Director with Cushman & Wakefield Pacific
• Don Bynum, Vice President of Marketing with Gregory D. Bynum & Associates, Inc.
• Geoff King, President of Barbich Hooper King Dill Hoffman
• Greg Bynum, President of Gregory D. Bynum & Associates, Inc.
• Jeannine Johnson, CEO of It’s YOUR Party Event Services
• Jesse Valencia, Vice President & Relationship Manager at Citizens Business Bank
• Jim Darling, President of Jim Darling Public Relations
• Joseph Coutts
• Kamal Bhakta, Director of Operations at Capstone Partners
• Mike Mazzei, COO of Kern Ice & Cold Storage
• Patrick Wade, Owner & CEO of Precision Pharmacies, LLC
• Robin Rossi, Mortgage Lender with San Joaquin Mortgage
• Russ Johnson, President of Safety Network Traffic Control Services, Inc.
• Selena Alvarez, Agent at New York Life
• Dr. Valerie Civelli-Caudillo, Peripheral Vascular Disease Program Coordinator at Centric Health

Past Presidents

• Coby Vance, 2015–2017
• Derek Holdsworth, 2013–2015
• Alan Wade, 2010–2013
• Robert Reed, 2008–2010
• Scott Hair, 2006–2008
• Tony Tarango, 2005–2006
• Janice Zaninovich, 2004–2005
• Roger Fessler, 2002–2004
• Kevin Small, 2000–2002
• John Petrini, 1998–2000
• Karen DeWalt, 1996–1998
• Mike Neal, 1994–1996
• Mel Atkinson, 1992–1994
• Ken Vaughan, 1988–1992
• Rachel Games, 1986–1988
• Dick Foster, 1984–1986
• Bill Zingg, 1982–1984
• Cal Peterson, 1980–1982
• Don Edmonston, 1978–1980
• Jim Sughrue, 1976–1978
• Dick Frasch, 1972–1976
• Ken Pratt, 1971–1972