Homecoming 2011 highlights …

What a great day for Roadrunner alumni! With 56 alumni basketball players, 14 alumni coaches, and scores of alumni and friends, the 2011 Homecoming on March 5 was one of the most memorable to date.

What’s more, on that same afternoon former Richland County College President and UW-Richland Dean Emeritus Marjorie Wallace was celebrating her 90th birthday in, of all places, the Wallace Student Center on campus. As a result, many alumni got to drop in for a quick visit with this educational living legend.

This year the Alumni Association honored former Roadrunner coaches and, as indicated, 14 of them were on hand for the festivities, including:

Of course, there were the basketball games and this year the Red Teams won two of the three contests. Game results:

Older Men’s Alumni Game
Red Team 60 / Blue Team 49
(Reds Coached by Don Fitzgibbons [‘72] -- Blues coached by Ron Patterman [‘77])

Women’s Alumni Game
Red Team 50 / Blue Team 40
(Reds coached by Wanda Boldon [‘83] – Blues Coached by Lori (Mergen) Brokopp [‘96])

Younger Men’s Alumni Game
Blue Team 40 / Red Team 39
(Blues coached by Zach Thayer [‘05] – Reds coached by Brandon Ewing [‘05])

Fun, Frolic, and Friends followed at the Phoenix Center.

See you March 3, 2012 …

for HOMECOMING @ UWR!

Top right: Coaches
Top left: Blue Team younger men
Center left: Red team younger men
Center: Red team women
Center right: Blue team women
Lower: Don & Peg Klaas, Jim Allbaugh