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Oswego, NY — Scholarships are an important part of college life because they reward students for excellent work and achievement, or provide aid to other students who need the financial bonus to help further their school career. One of these scholarships is the Johnson Hall scholarship and it’s raised at a special event in Sheldon Hall called the Bidding Bonanza (or Bidbon for short).

Last week was the 21st annual Bidding Bonanza with dozens of items up for auction and several themed baskets being placed into a raffle. From HD televisions and beats headphones to Ozfest tickets and various gift cards, Bidbon had a lot of items for students to bid on and gathered a lot of attention from potential bidders with all proceeds from this event go to the Johnson Hall Scholarship.

The event is hosted by Johnson Hall residents and RA’s with the main auctioneer, Jerimiah Butler, being a first year student.

“It’s a fun event for everybody, we sold a lot of great stuff tonight, I even got these beats hadphones.” He commented.

The auction raised over $600 dollars for the scholarship which will be given to a lucky Johnson Hall resident next semester.

Talent: Derek Hempstead

• Year: Sophomore
• Hometown: Knox, NY
• About: Co-Host of The Fastbreak on WNYO, sports anchor for WTOP, sports anchor for WNYO, sports writer for nysportshub.com, staff writer for The Oswegonian.
• Favorite Team: Miami Heat

Talent: Isaiah Brown

• Year: Senior
• Hometown: Binghamton, NY
• About: Straight from the Hill, co-Host of The Fastbreak on WNYO, color Commentary/Analyst for men’s basketball, Lambda Pi Eta member, co-Host Mar and Prophet in the Evening on WNYO.
• Favorite Team: Miami Heat

Talent: Alex Masterson

• Year: Senior
• Hometown: Bayville, NY
• About: Co-Host of The Fastbreak on WNYO. Also an intramural referee.
• Major: Business Administration
• Favorite Team: New York Knicks

Talent: Sameer Kumar

• Year: Senior
• Hometown: Monroe, NY
• About: News/Sports Production Assitant, Sports Anchor for WTOP, co-Host of The Fastbreak on WNYO.
• Favorite Team: Brooklyn Nets

Producer: Tyler Mone

• Year: Senior
• Hometown: Mechanicville, NY
• Past Work: Audio Producer for Laker Connection, Next Evolution Media Consultant.

Position: Programming Director

Class Standing: Sophomore

Hometown: Huntington, NY

Contact Information: 

• rwillia8@oswego.edu
• robert.williamson@wtop10.com
• @BobOnTV (Twitter)
• (631)617-1630

Past Experience:

• Director, Sports anchor, all positions behind the camera

Fun Fact:

• I love to ski