The Victor E. Ball fundraiser gets a star-studded panel: Chicago Bears’ Pro Football Hall of Famer, Dan Hampton; twenty-two season MLB veteran and former Chicago Cub, Bill Buckner; three-time NBA Champion Bill Wennington of the Chicago Bulls, according to a Jan. 31 NIU Media Services press release.
The goal for this event is to raise funds for Huskies’ Athletes, the event started in 2005 by NIU Associate Vice President and Director of Athletics Sean T. Frazier.
"Having support for the quality of experience for our student-athletes is job one," Frazier said, according to NIU Media Services. "This event was born based on need — from cost of attendance to facilities to day-to-day operations, it's so important, so critical that we have the resources that are necessary to remain competitive.