Pirate Casino Night on Feb. 20, one of two signature fundraising events for Peninsula College athletic scholarships, was the most successful in its four-year history.

A sold-out crowd of Pirate fans filled the Club Seven room at 7 Cedars Casino where a live auction, silent auction, ticket sales and donations produced more than $25,000 for scholarships.

The keynote speaker for the event was former Pirate goal keeper Angel Guerra (pictured), of Wenatchee, who spoke of his struggle as a young man to find a pathway to higher education.

The college also recognized its Pirate Athletics Hall of Fame members who were in attendance and announced the next five members, who will be inducted on June 4. The two-year-old Hall of Fame currently includes the 1970 Pirate men’s basketball team, the late Dr. Wally Sigmar, the late Art Feiro, Kathy Murphy-Carey and Jerry Allen. Honored at the June 4 induction ceremony will be the 2010 men’s soccer team, Jim Clem, the late Jim Lunt, Rosemary Moorhead and Scooter Chapman, whose announcement at the event was a surprise to him.

For more information, contact Rick Ross at rross@pencol.edu.