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Steve Spurrier

Head Football Coach, University of South Carolina


Career Highlights:Steve Spurrier is one of the most successful collegiate coaches of all time…He has coached a national championship team, won seven Southeastern Conference titles, and won nearly three-fourths of his college games coached…Spurrier is starting his 21st collegiate season, his seventh season as head coach at the University of South Carolina…Throughout his collegiate career he has compiled a 186-73-2 (.716) record, including a 44-33 mark at South Carolina…In 2010, Spurrier’s team had several milestones en route to a 9-5 season, including the school’s first SEC Eastern Division title and first appearance in the SEC Championship Game…The Gamecocks also defeated the nation’s No. 1 team Alabama for the first time in school history, and finished the season ranked 22nd in both major polls…Spurrier was named SEC Coach of the Year for the seventh time, his ninth overall Coach of the Year honor…Spurrier made his college head coaching debut with the Duke Blue Devils in 1987 and led them to the 1989 Atlantic Coast Championship before returning to his alma mater, the University of Florida in 1990…In 12 years at Florida, Spurrier’s teams won seven SEC championships, one national title (beat Florida State in 1996) and finished ranked in the nation’s top 10 nine times...Spurrier amassed an incredible 122-27-1 (.817) record at Florida...Prior to South Carolina, Spurrier was head coach of the NFL’s Washington Redskins (2002-03) and returned to the college coaching ranks after a one-year absence on the sidelines…Not expected to have a winning season in his first year at South Carolina in 2005, Spurrier led the Gamecocks to a five-game SEC winning streak including historic wins at Tennessee and against then 12th ranked Florida…He was named SEC Coach of the Year by Associated Press…That season, he led the 7-4 Gamecocks to the Independence Bowl, where they lost to Missouri...In 2006, Spurrier led the Gamecocks to an 8-5 record and a win over Conference USA champion Houston in the Liberty Bowl….His 2007 squad got off to a quick start with wins over SEC rival #11 Georgia, as well as beating then undefeated #8 Kentucky, and climbed to #6 in the National and BCS rankings before stumbling down the stretch…With a 7-6 record in 2008, Carolina returned to a New Year’s Day bowl for the first time since the 2001 season…The Gamecocks followed that with another 7-6 record in 2009, their sixth consecutive non-losing season…Spurrier won the prestigious Heisman Trophy in 1966 after serving as Florida’s starting quarterback for three seasons…He was a First-Team All-American in 1965 and 1966…Spurrier was a first-round draft pick of the San Francisco 49ers in 1967 and played 10 NFL seasons including a stint with Tampa Bay…His first head coaching position was with Tampa Bay of the USFL.

Tim Tebow

NFL Quarterback, Denver Broncos


Career Highlights:Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow was one of the most decorated players in college football history at Florida where he won two BCS National Championships and was the first-ever sophomore winner of the Heisman Trophy in 2007…Tebow ranks second in NCAA history with a 170.8 career passing efficiency rating (661-995, 9,285 yards, 88 touchdowns, 16 interceptions)…He became the first player in NCAA history to pass and rush for at least 20 touchdown in a season…Tebow set SEC career records for total offense (12,232 yards), rushing touchdowns (57) and touchdown responsibility (145)…He is just the second player in history to win consecutive Maxwell Awards (2007, 2008) as the nation’s best player…Tebow also won the Davey O’Brien Award as the nation’s best quarterback, the James E. Sullivan Award as the nation’s most outstanding athlete in any sport, AP Player of the Year, and Sporting News Player of the Year…Other accolades include two-time First-Team All-American (2007, 2008), Second-Team All-American (2009), three-time First-Team All-SEC (2007, 2008, 2009), First-Team Academic All-American( 2007) and Manning Award winner (2008), in addition to many others…Tebow is the only three-time recipient of the Florida Gators most valuable player award as chosen by his teammates…In the 2010 Sugar Bowl, Tebow’s last college game, he had 533 yards of total offense (a record for a Bowl Championship Series game) and accounted for four touchdowns in a 51-24 Florida win over Cincinnati…Tebow was drafted in the first round (25th overall) in the 2010 NFL Draft by the Denver Broncos…He finished his rookie season playing six games as a back-up before starting the last three games of the Bronco’s season...Tebow threw for a total of 654 yards, five touchdowns and three interceptions…He also rushed for 227 yards and six touchdowns and was a two-time NFL Rookie of the Week (Weeks 10 and 16) in 2010…Tebow became the first quarterback in NFL history to rush for a touchdown in each of his first three career starts.

Joe Theismann

Former Super BowlChampion Quarterback


Career Highlights:A 12-year NFL veteran quarterback, Joe Theismann led the Washington Redskins to the 1983 Super Bowl title with a 27-17 win over the Miami Dolphins…Theismann played 163 consecutive games for the Washington Redskins from 1974 to 1985, and was named the league’s MVP in 1983…He holds Redskins records for passing yardage (25,206), completions (2,044) and attempts (3,602)...Theismann was selected the NFL’s Walter Payton Man of the Year in 1982 for his community service and dedication to the health and welfare of children…He was named to the Pro Bowl in 1982 and 1983…Theismann’s career ended in November 1985 when he suffered a comminuted compound fracture of his leg while being sacked by New York Giants linebackers Lawrence Taylor and Harry Carson during a Monday Night Football game…The injury was voted the NFL’s “Most Shocking Moment in History” by viewers in an ESPN poll…Prior to the NFL, he was a Canadian Football League star for the Toronto Argonauts (1971-73)…An All-American at Notre Dame, Theismann led the Fighting Irish to consecutive Cotton Bowls…He still holds the Irish school record for most passing yards in a single games with 526 against USC in a torrential downpour in 1970...Runner-up to Jim Plunkett in the Heisman Trophy balloting, Theismann was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2003…Following his football career, Theismann spent two seasons as an NFL analyst for CBS Sports before moving on to ESPN…At ESPN he served as an NFL analyst and Sunday Night Football commentator for many years and also was frequently heard on ESPN Radio…In addition, he appeared in studio on Sunday NFL Countdown (1988 to 1997) and on Monday Night Countdown (1993 to 1997)…Theismann also has worked Washington Redskins pre-season games on CSN…Theismann’s first television experience came in 1976 when he served as an analyst for University of Maryland basketball telecasts…Currently, Theismann is an analyst for the NFL Network’s Thursday Night Football….He also serves as co-host of the weekly show “Playbook”…Theismann is also a majority owner of the Florida Tuskers football franchise in the United Football League.

Billy Joe Tolliver

Former NFL Quarterback


Career Highlights:Billy Joe Tolliver has won three American Century Celebrity Golf Championships including last year’s event with a new point record of 84 points…He also won the tournament in 1996 and 2005, and has posted eight other top-five finishes in the past 13 years…Recognized as a colorful, hard-nosed quarterback, Tolliver enjoyed a productive 12-year NFL career…A second-round draft pick of the San Diego Chargers in 1989, Tolliver started the final four games of his rookie season with the Chargers, including a 24 of 39 performance at Washington for a career-best 350 yards and two touchdowns...His 350 yards were the fifth highest total by a rookie quarterback in NFL history…Tolliver had a streak of 140 straight passes without an interception in 1990, the second longest in team history, behind only Dan Fouts’ club record 168…Throughout his career, Tolliver also played for the Atlanta Falcons, Houston Oilers, New Orleans Saints and Chicago Bears…Tolliver still holds several single-game passing records for Texas Tech including yardage (446) and touchdowns in a single game (5)…He threw for a SWC-record 244 yards as a freshman in his first collegiate game vs. Texas Christian University…In addition to his success at Lake Tahoe, Tolliver won the 2003 Tom Dreesen Celebrity Invitational with partners Jim McMahon and Tom Dreesen and also the 2003 CPT Kiawah Island Pro-Celebrity Challenge with Hank Kuehne and Mark Rypien…Tolliver also won the 2002 Mohegan Sun Team Championship with partner John Congemi…He has been playing golf since 1987, when he was introduced to the game by his cousin while a sophomore at Texas Tech.

Jack Wagner

Actor


Career Highlights:A perennial contender in the ACC Celebrity Golf Championship, Jack Wagner is one of America’s most popular soap opera stars, playing the brash and daring sea captain Dominick Marone on CBS’s daytime show “The Bold and the Beautiful” since 2003…He was nominated for an Emmy in 2005 for “Outstanding Lead Actor”…Wagner also was nominated for an Emmy for his role as popular Frisco Jones on the daytime drama “General Hospital” which he starred in for several years…Although, he is still most recognized for his notable role as Dr. Peter Burns on the popular Fox series “Melrose Place” from 1994 to 1999…Wagner received rave reviews for his portrayal of Tony in the National Touring Company production of “West Side Story”…He jumped on the entertainment scene by launching a highly successful recording career with his gold hit, “All I Need”…Wagner has recorded five albums including his most recent CD a few years ago entitled Dancing in the Moonlight of which he wrote most of the 12 songs including the single “Going Back Again”…Wagner has starred in several movies made for television and also hosted the Miss Universe Pageant twice (1998&1999)…He has previously starred on Broadway as the title characters “Jekyll & Hyde”...Wagner is one of only five players who has played in all 22 celebrity tournaments in Tahoe dating back to 1990…He finally broke through winning the 2006 American Century Celebrity Championship…A tournament favorite, Wagner has posted 15 top-10 finishes in the tournament, including finishing second twice (last year and 2003)….Wagner also has played well on the Celebrity Players Tour through the years with multiple victories including the 2002 Mellon Mario Lemieux Celebrity Invitational, 2001 Dodge Celebrity Invitational, 1997 San Juan Celebrity Invitational and the 1995 East Austin Youth Classic at Barton Creek…He was introduced to the game by his father at age eight…He won the Missouri State Junior Golf Championship his junior year in high school…Wagner also has captured numerous club championships at Bel Air Country Club in Los Angeles.

Wes Welker

All-Pro Wide Receiver, New England Patriots


Career Highlights:One of the most effective young wide receiver threats in the NFL, Wes Welker of the New England Patriots was named to his third straight Pro Bowl this past season…Since joining the Patriots, Welker leads the NFL with a total of 432 receptions (112 in 2007, 111 in 2008, 123 in 2009 and 86 in 2010). A First-team All-Pro selection in 2009, Welker finished first in the NFL with 123 receptions, a Patriots single-season record that eclipsed the 112 catches he had in 2007…Welker owns the top three single-season reception totals in Patriots history…His 123 receptions in 2009 match Herman Moore (Detroit in 1995) for the second most receptions in a single season in NFL history, behind Marvin Harrison’s NFL record of 143 receptions in 2002…Welker tied an NFL record in 2009 with seven 10-plus reception games…Welker is one of only four players to catch 100 passes in three consecutive seasons...Welker and former teammate Randy Moss became the first Patriots players to have three straight 1,000-yard seasons and just the sixth pair in NFL history to have three straight 1,000 yard seasons…A seven-year player, Welker has played for the San Diego Chargers (2004), Miami Dolphins (2004-2006) and the New England Patriots (2007 to present)...Welker is one of only two players in NFL history to ever have converted a field goal, converted an extra point, recorded a tackle, and fielded a punt and kickoff return all in the same game…He is the Dolphins’ all-time kickoff return leader, both in total returns and yardage, and their all-time leader in total punt returns (he is second in yardage)…Welker holds the three highest single season reception totals in Patriots history…Welker also set an NFL record for most catches in a first season with a new team…He finished the season with 1,175 yards and eight touchdowns and was voted to his first AP All-Pro Team (second team)…In his first two post-season games, Welker had 16 receptions for 110 yards and two touchdowns…He tied a Super Bowl record of 11 receptions in a single game in the Patriots’ 17-14 loss to the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII…In addition to the 2008 Pro Bowl honor, Welker has received other accolades including being a two-time All-Pro selection (2007, 2008), 2008 Pop Warner Inspiration to Youth Award honoree, and the 2007 New England Patriots 12th Player Award winner…Welker was a four-year letterman and three-time All-Big 12 Conference First-Team choice at Texas Tech…He finished his career with 259 receptions for 3,069 yards and 21 touchdowns, 559 yards rushing and a touchdown on 79 attempts and 152 punt returns for 1,761 yards (11.6 average) and eight touchdowns…Welker’s reception and receiving yardage totals are school career records…He left Texas Tech as the NCAA career record-holder for punt return yards, as well as the single-season holder for returns (57 in 2002)...Welker has established the “83 Foundation” to provide underprivileged children in his hometown of Oklahoma City the opportunity to play football.

David Wells

Former MLB All-Star Pitcher


Career Highlights:All-Star pitcher David Wells is best known for being one of only 20 pitchers to have pitched a perfect game in the past 130 years of major league baseball…On May 17, 1998 while pitching for the New York Yankees, Wells shutout the Minnesota Twins 4-0 at Yankee Stadium…Nicknamed “Boomer” for his physique, Wells has been one of the games better left-handed pitchers, especially during his years with the New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays...A journeyman, Wells played for nine different teams during his 21-year career (Toronto, Detroit, Cincinnati, Baltimore, New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, San Diego, Boston, Los Angeles Dodgers)…He debuted for the Blue Jays in 1987 as a reliever and finally secured a job as a starter when he was 30 years old…A three-time All-Star, Wells won World Series Championships with the Toronto Blue Jays in 1992 and the New York Yankees in 1998…He was named the American League Championship Series MVP against the Cleveland Indians in 1998…Wells owns a career record of 239-157, including a 173-99 mark since 1995…He is 82 games over .500 for his career, a record superior to many of the finest pitchers in baseball history…His career ERA of 4.06 is better than the average for the big-hitting era in which he has had his best success…Wells posted career bests of 20 wins in a season and 169 strikeouts with the Blue Jays in 2000…Other career bests include 16 strikeouts in one game while with the Yankees against the Oakland A’s on July 30, 1997…Beginning in 2009, Wells began working for MLB on TBS doing regular and post-season coverage.

Ken Whisenhunt

Head Coach, Arizona Cardinals


Career Highlights:As Head Coach of the Arizona Cardinals for the past four seasons, Ken Whisenhunt has compiled a 32-32 record, won two NFC West titles and had a Super Bowl appearance…The Cardinals have had back-to-back winning seasons for the first time since the 1975 and 1976 seasons winning 13 of 18 NFC West games in 2008 and 2009…In 2009 the Cardinals won 10 games for the first time since 1976 – with six of those wins coming on the road, the most since 1963…Whisenhunt led the team to its first Super Bowl in franchise history in February 2009, his second season with the team…In one of the most exciting games in recent history, the Cardinals fell to the Pittsburgh Steelers in the final minute of the game 27-23…Whisenhunt became a head coach for the first time when he was hired by Arizona on January 14, 2007…In his first season in 2007 the Cardinals showed improvement by finishing 8-8 after finishing 5-11 the previous two seasons…In 2008, in his second season they finished 9-7 and won the NFC West Division championship, the Cardinals’ first division title since 1975 and the club’s first playoff berth in 10 years…After defeating Atlanta and Carolina in the first two rounds of the NFC Playoffs, the Cardinals beat the Philadelphia Eagles to advance to the Super Bowl for first time in franchise history…Whisenhunt came to the Cardinals with 10 years of experience as an NFL assistant coach…He began his coaching career at Vanderbilt University, where he coached special teams, tight ends and the backs from 1995-96...In 1997 Whisenhunt returned to the NFL as tight ends coach for the Baltimore Ravens followed by stints with the Cleveland Browns in 1999 and the Jets the following season…Whisenhunt then spent five seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers, first as tight ends coach and then as the offensive coordinator…He played an integral role in the Steelers Super Bowl victory in 2006…Whisenhunt was drafted in the 12th round of the 1985 NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons out of Georgia Tech…He went on to play nine NFL seasons with the Atlanta Falcons (1985-88), Washington Redskins (1989-90), and the New York Jets (1991-93)…In 74 career games (37 starts), he caught 62 passes for 601 yards and six touchdowns…As a walk-on in college at Georgia Tech, Whisenhunt finished his college career ranked second on the Yellow Jackets receiving yardage list (1,264 yards) and fourth in career receptions (82)…He was a consensus All-ACC and honorable mention All-America selection as a senior in 1984 when he averaged 19.1 yards per catch.

Jamie Widdoes

Actor/Director


Career Highlights:Jamie Widdoes is most recognized from the 1978 hit-comedy film “National Lampoon’s Animal House,” where he played senior student and Fraternity President Robert “Hoover” alongside John Belushi…He followed that up by starring in the 1979 hit TV series spin-off “Delta House”...Throughout his career, Widdoes has guest starred in numerous television series including “Remington Steele,” “Night Court,” “Dave’s World,” and “My Wife and Kids”…He also starred as the father of the Stan Pembroke in the 1984-85 seasons of “Charles in Charge”…For the past 12 years, he made the move to behind the camera as has directed and/or produced many episodes of several television series including: “Just the Ten of Us,” “Empty Nest,” “Anything But Love,” “Harry and the Hendersons,” “Boston Common,” “Brother’s Keeper,” “Reba,” “8 Simple Rules,” “The King of Queens,” “Til Death,” “The Bill Engvall Show,” and “Two and a Half Men”…Widdoes attended New York University’s prestigious Tisch School of Arts and graduated in 1976…He began his acting career performing on the New York stages in productions such as the 1977 Equity Library Theatre revival of “Wonderful Town” and the 1982 Broadway musical “Is there life after high school?,” for which he won a Theatre World Award.

Deron Williams

NBA All-Star Guard, New Jersey Nets


Career Highlights:Deron Williams of the New Jersey Nets is one of the NBA’s most exciting young point guards…A two-time NBA All-Star in 2010 and 2011, Williams made the All-NBA Second Team in both 2008 and 2010…Williams won a gold medal as part of the Team USA at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing…He was a member of the All-Rookie First Team in 2006 and became only the third player in NBA history to have 1,500+ points and 800+ assists while shooting .500 percent from the field in a single season in 2007-08 (along with Magic Johnson and Kevin Johnson)…Williams was drafted third overall in the 2005 NBA Draft by the Utah Jazz, where he played the first five and half seasons before being traded to the New Jersey Nets on February 23, 2011...In 451 career games, including 418 starts, he holds averages of 17.2 points, 3.2 rebounds, 9.2 assists and 1.1 steals in 35.7 minutes per game…Williams has shot .463 (2,784-6,017) from the field, .355 (527-1,486) from three-point range and .808 (1,661-2,056) from the free throw line…Williams ranks fourth on Utah’s career assists list (4,003), fifth for three-pointers made (511) and fourth for three-pointers attempted (1,427)…Williams led the Jazz to the Western Conference Finals in the 2007 NBA Playoffs…In the 2010 NBA Playoffs, Williams became the first player in NBA history to record at least 20 points and 10 or more assists in five straight games in a playoff series against Denver…Williams also won the Skills Challenge title at the 2008 NBA All-Star Game…Williams played collegiate ball at the University of Illinois for three seasons (2002-05) where he left as the second all-time leader in assists in school history with 594…Named First Team All-Big Team as both a sophomore and junior, he averaged 11.0 points, 3.3 rebounds and 5.9 assists in 101 career games for the Illini…As a junior, Williams led the Illini to a 37-2 record, a Big Ten title, and the 2005 NCAA National Championship game…He was named to the NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team and was named Most Outstanding Player of the Chicago Regional…Williams earned consensus Second Team All-American honors and was a Wooden Award finalist…As a junior, Williams averaged 12.5 points, 3.6 rebounds and 6.8 assists, where he led the Big Ten and ranked 11th in the nation in assists...Williams became the first player in Big Ten history to lead the conference in assists in each of his first three seasons (conference games only)…His 264 assists set a single-season school record…In the 2005 NCAA Championship Game loss to North Carolina, he tallied 17 points and seven assists.

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