Capacity Attendance Expected for Yellowjacket Athletics Scholarship Dinner Auction (Nov. 5, 2003)

BILLINGS, MT – The MSU Billings Department of Intercollegiate Athletics will hold its Sixth Annual Scholarship Dinner Auction on Thursday evening, November 6, with a sellout crowd expected to attend.  All of the money raised from the auction is earmarked for student-athlete scholarships.

Check in for the event will run from 5:45 to 6:45 p.m. with a prime rib dinner and silent auction beginning at 6:50.  The live portion of the auction, which includes 36 lots, is scheduled to run from 7:15 to 8:30.

Over fifty silent lots will be up for bid, including autographed sports memorabilia, assorted gift baskets, spa and salon packages, college and professional sports ticket packages, and hotel packages. 

The live auction, which will be run by auctioneer Jim McSwain, includes golf packages; private hunting and fishing trips; weekend getaways to locations such as Yellowstone Park, Jackson Hole, Green River, and four Salt Lake City ski resorts; NFL game tickets, a Mercury Sable; several dinner and hotel combinations; and collectible art.

Individual tickets for the Yellowjacket Scholarship Dinner Auction cost $30, and eight-person tables are $200.  For more information call 657-2061 or 657-2369.