Meeting Notes from March 29, 2018
One of our guests, Gary Richard, told us about the Folsom Historical Society Golf Tournament on Friday, April 27 at the Empire Ranch Golf Course in Folsom. Ticket price is $125 which includes golf, carts, range balls, light breakfast, and lunch. Registration is available at
Golf Tournament.
Steve Miklos talked about the campout at Stampede Reservoir, June 14 to June 17. The campout is listed on our events and further announcements will be coming soon.
April 10 is the Area Speech Contest and our winner, Joyel Joseph, will compete to go to the finals at the District 5180 Conference in May.
Garry Parlier thanked Rich Rider for getting business leaders in our community to be mentors at the Leadership Conference on April 16.
Wine and Dine tickets will be available at our next meeting, April 5.
Since we didn't have a fine master this week, President Paul Bonaventure presented permanent badges to four new members and charged them $20 for the badge, a club tradition.
President Paul and Steve Miklos President Paul and Terry Cecchi
Murray Peters and President Paul Rachel Zirin and President Paul
Andrew Vierra introduced our speaker, Andrea Becker. Andrea spoke about her athletic career and as a consultant coach for USA Men's Volleyball. She joined the USA Volleyball Team in March, 2013. During her time with the team, they won the 2016 Olympic bronze medal, the 2014 FIVB World League title and the 2015 FIVB World Cup title.
Andrea received her PhD in Sport Studies from the University of Tennessee in 2007 where she also worked in the athletic department providing sport psychology services to athletes, coaches and teams. In her final year at Tennessee, she was honored with the Edward A. Capen Research Award and the Extraordinary Professional Promise Award.
She received her BS and MS degrees in Kinesiology and Sport Performance from Sacramento State, where she was honored with the A.W. Hobt Teaching Award for the 2004-05 academic year.
A native of Martinez, Calif., Becker played four seasons of softball for the Sacramento State Hornets (1997-01), serving as a team captain each of her final two years. She appeared in 118 career games with the Hornets, including 102 starts (63 at second base, 39 at shortstop). Always one of the toughest players on the squad, Becker played her entire career with a herniated disc and degenerative disc disease, an injury which forced her to redshirt in 1997.
Andrea is currently an Associate Professor at Cal State Fullerton in Sports Studies.
