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AP file photo. CBS sportscasters Clark Kellogg, left, and Jim Nantz are seen before the men\u2019s national championship game between Butler and Duke on April, 5, 2010 in Indianapolis.<\/p>\n
YOUNGSTOWN \u2014 Youngstown State men\u2019s basketball\u2019s \u201cNight with Penguins\u201d fundraiser has brought a number of notable guests to the Mahoning Valley in recent years, and next month it\u2019s back for its fourth annual iteration.<\/p>\n
The event\u2019s past featured guests have included Hall of Fame college coach Bob Huggins in 2022, Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla in 2023 and former Celtics legends Robert Parish and Cedric Maxwell last year. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis event has become a staple for us,\u201d Penguins head coach Ethan Faulkner said. \u201cAs we all know, college basketball has changed over the last several years and the support that we need continues to go up. This is something that has really impacted our program in a positive way.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe anticipate just another big-time event. It\u2019s become one of the premier events in the area, and that\u2019s really a credit to Ed and Diane Reese and the staff at Tippecanoe Country Club for their support of the event, and also obviously, the people showing up and really making an impact on our program.\u201d<\/p>\n
This year, Clark Kellogg, a former Ohio State star and current CBS college basketball lead analyst, will be a part of the evening\u2019s festivities on Sept. 10 at Tippecanoe Country Club in Canfield.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re really excited about him,\u201d Faulkner said of Kellogg\u2019s participation. \u201cObviously a name that resonates with Ohio basketball fans with his playing career in the state, then obviously what he did at Ohio State and onto the NBA.\u201d<\/p>\n
A native of East Cleveland, Kellogg has long been regarded as one of the best high school basketball players to come out of the city. <\/p>\n
As a McDonald\u2019s All-American, he played at St. Joseph (now Villa Angela-St. Joseph) and led his team to a state runner-up finish in the 1979 state championship, in which he scored 51 points and grabbed 24 rebounds. Both marks remain an Ohio record for the state title game.<\/p>\n
After high school, Kellogg played for the Buckeyes for three seasons from 1979-82 and was picked by the Indiana Pacers with the eighth-overall pick in the first round of the 1982 NBA Draft.<\/p>\n
He was with the Pacers for five seasons, averaging 18.9 points and 9.5 rebounds per game. But due to chronic knee problems, he was forced to retire in 1987.<\/p>\n
Kellogg began his broadcast career in 1989 when he joined ESPN as a basketball analyst. He then began working for CBS Sports as a game analyst for the NCAA tournament in 1993, and in 1997, he joined the network full-time as an analyst for CBS\u2019s men\u2019s college basketball coverage of March Madness, where he\u2019s been since.<\/p>\n
\u201cClark Kellogg is a name that resonates with every Ohio basketball fan,\u201d Faulkner said. \u201cHe\u2019s going to be able to speak the language of college basketball and really help educate our fans about what college basketball looks like today. He\u2019s just a guy that we felt our fans would really enjoy being able to listen to, be able to talk to and spend some time with.\u201d<\/p>\n
For those interested in attending the event on Sept. 10, tickets for groups or individuals are available at various sponsorship tiers. For more information or to purchase tickets, contact YSU men\u2019s basketball chief of staff Rocco Nolfi at rfnolfi@ysu.edu.<\/p>\n
The money raised from the evening will go towards things like NIL, as well as operational support for day-to-day things within the program.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery piece of our program is impacted by this,\u201d Faulkner said. \u201cWhat we\u2019re doing in terms of fundraising is super important. There\u2019s an NIL piece to it, where we\u2019re trying to continue to recruit at a high level and retain our best players. But also operational support \u2014 we really want our guys to have a first-class experience here. We want to be able to do things that most mid-major programs aren\u2019t able to do, and in order to do that, obviously it takes financial support from a lot of different people, and our athletic department has been incredible with that.\u201d<\/p>\n
The evening will consist of a cocktail hour, dinner, a state-of-the-program address by Faulkner, a live auction of items and experiences and finally, a Q&A discussion with Kellogg. VIP-level sponsors will also have a meet-and-greet opportunity with Kellogg and coaches and players of the YSU men\u2019s basketball program.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe would love to have anybody and everybody that wants to be there,\u201d Faulkner said. \u201cThere\u2019s several ways to support. If you can\u2019t be there and want to support the program, there\u2019s ways that we can do that. It\u2019s just going to be a really exciting and fun night to spend with our supporters, but also have a major impact on our program.\u201d<\/p>\n
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