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The Sixth Annual M Club Athletic Hall of Fame Gala at the Pacific Beach Hotel Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010, was a success with more than 512 friends of MPI Athletics in attendance. It is estimated that the evening netted the MPI Athletic Department nearly $100,000.
Dorothy Hanamaika'i Crowell, Class of 1955, was honored as a 2010 M Club Hall of Fame Honoree. Her commitment to our school has positively influenced the students, athletes, coaches, faculty and staff that she has worked with throughout the years.
Lia Young Hunt, Class of 1990, was also named a 2010 M Club Hall of Fame Honoree. Her outstanding achievements in volleyball at MPI, as well as the collegiate and professional levels, have brought great honor to Mid-Pacific Institute.
The featured speaker was UCLA football offensive coordinator Norm Chow. Guests enjoyed a fine dinner and browsed among 200 items at the silent auction.
The M Club has been the secret to our program's success since it was re-established in 2005. As well as being a major contributor to the Miyawaki endowed scholarship, the M Club's support has allowed the athletic department to address some of its most urgent needs.
Over the past five years, the M Club has helped to raise close to $450,000 to support the MPI Athletics Program. Some of the projects we were able to realize in 2008-09, thanks to the M Club and its generous supporters, include a new MPI Athletic Department truck, scoreboard for the softball field, resurfacing of tennis courts, new fence for the center tennis court, ankle braces, Speed & Quickness Clinic, summer weight room supervision, 2008-09 Varsity Athlete t-shirts, and partial funding of the softball batting cage, which was primarily sponsored and built by our dedicated softball parents and supporters.
