2010 Bring Back WWU Football Ski to Sea Alumni Team

We will once again be representing our group at Ski to Sea this year, with both the Valhalla tent in Old Fairhaven ... and our very own Ski to Sea Alumni Team!

The 2010 Bring Back WWU Football Ski to Sea Alumni Team is comprised of:

•   Cross Country Skier TBA
•   Brad Meyer: Downhill Skier
•   Jason Stiles: Runner*
•   Greg Malo: Road Bike
•   Matt Cross & Spencer Dahlquist: Canoe
•   Miquel Perez: Mountain Bike
•   Ryan Wiggins: Kayak

*Team Captain

The Race will take place on May 30th this year, and while our racers are out on the course, our booth will be up at the Fairhaven Festival that day. 

Working the booth will be even more busy and fun this year; our booth space is slated to be right at the intersection of 11th and Harris, where over 20,000 people come annually to enjoy Ski to Sea and pass by. It is a prime location to promote our cause and our membership!

We are still looking for about four more volunteers to help us set up, tear down, and man (or woman) the booth throughout the day. It is a fun event where you have the opportunity to meet hundreds or thousands of people. Attendance is NOT required all day, so if you are going to be in the area and want to pitch in for a shift, please contact the webmaster or Kevin Beason for more information on how to lend a hand.

2010 Ski to Sea Alumni Team Sponsorship Opportunities

Of course this event is an expense, and we are always looking for partners to help us defray the costs. Would you like to make a small contribution to help our cause, while benefittting from our booth location and online presence? Depending on the level of the contribution, you may even qualify to have additional advertising at the 2010 Bring Back WWU Football Golf Classic on July 9th at Avalon.

Whatcom County's Ski to Sea race draws over 400 teams and over 25,000 spectators into Old Fairhaven. With our well-known Valhalla tent positioned conspiculously in Fairhaven, your business, group or message will receive maximum exposure to all who pass by.

Sponsorship of the 2010 Ski to Sea Alumni Team and Fairhaven Booth can be at one of three levels:

• Friends - Open Donation Amount
• Individual Racer Sponsor - $75
• Corporate Sponsorship - $200

Friend contributions are an open amount; however, those supporting our efforts at the Friend level via the online store only have the option to provide at $25 contribution. This contribution is tax deductable, and Friends will receive recognition as a Sponsor on our Web site. Supporters interested in contributing at the Friend level at a slightly higher or lower amount should contact site webmaster Kirk Kriskovich or Ski to Sea organizer Ken Cox.

Individual Racer Sponsorship is $75. Benefits include:

• Sponsorship signage at our Ski to Sea booth in Fairhaven
• Web site footer area ad for one year
• Rotating recognition in our e-mails (over 800 members) for one year
• Recognition at dinner at the 2010 Golf Classic (see below)
• Line recognition as a sponsor in print at the 2010 Golf Classic
• Recognition as a sponsor on our Web site
• This sponsorship is tax deductable

Corporate Sponsorship is $200. Benefits include:

• Title Sponsorship signage at our Ski to Sea booth in Fairhaven
• Web site ad (250x250) for one year
• Recognition in our e-mails (over 800 members) for one year
• Hole Sponsorship at the 2010 Golf Classic (see below) which includes:
  • On-course signage at Avalon Golf Links
  • Recognition in our e-mails about the golf tournament
  • Recognition at registration table
  • Recognition at dinner
• Recognition as a sponsor on our Web site
• Access to premium content on our Web site
  
• This sponsorship is tax deductable
  

If you have questions about sponsorships, giving, or benefits from getting involved, please contact us.

Current Sponsors

Join our growing list of sponsors at one or both of these events. Some of our current Ski to Sea Sponsors include:

• Humanists of North Puget Sound
• Vince Mazzarella
• Chuckanut Brewery
• Jason Stiles of FOX Sports Northwest
• John and Patti Sontra, in memory of Boyde Long
• Northwest Business Monthly
• Ken Cox
• The Beason Family
  

Team Member Bios

To learn more about the 2010 Bring Back WWU Football Ski to Sea Alumni Team, and our efforts as an organization, visit our Ski to Sea Web site.

Brad Meyer
WWU 1991-95
Downhill Skier / Defensive Back

A defensive back while at Western, Brad received his B.A. in Recreation and is currently a district marketing manager for Samsung. Brad enjoys anything regarding skiing, camping, travel and spending time with his wife and two little girls.

Jason Stiles*
WWU 1991-95
Runner / Quarterback
*Team Captain

Jason was a 4 year starter at quarterback for Western from 1992-1995.  During his tenure, Jason led the Vikings to a number of 1sts.  In 1992, they made their first ever national playoff appearance.  Also in 1992, Jason was the quarterback for the play that won the first ever College Football Play of the Year at the ESPY awards give.  After a great playoff run in 1994, Jason led the Vikings to their first ever undefeated season and a #1 ranking in the national polls in 1995.  In that same year, Jason was named Senior Scholar Athlete for theVikings as well as honorable mention All-American.  Jason remains the career passing leader at Western, still holds 6 passing records, and in 2000 was named 1st team All-Century.

After graduating, Jason had a 3 year professional career.  In 1996 he played in Germany, where he led his team to an 8-2 record. In 1997 and 1998, Jason was a part time starter in the Arena Football League where in his first start he threw 5 touchdown passes against Anaheim and competed against 2-time Super Bowl MVP Kurt Warner.

You might best recognize Jason Stiles as an on-air host for College Football Northwest on Fox Sports Northwest.  In addition to this show, Jason is also a color commentator for FSN at Pac-10, arena football and high school championship games.  Prior to that, Jason did the radio broadcasts for 9 years for Western Washington University.

In between football broadcasting season, Jason manages to keep himself busy as a successful surgical sales representative in the Northwest.  He also spends time coaching quarterbacks in the off-season in small group sessions throughout the greater Puget Sound. 

Jason resides in Snoqualmie with his wife Andrea, 3 year old daughter and 3 month old son, Colton.

Greg Malo
WWU 1991-95
Road Bike / Defensive Back

Greg graduated with a B.A. in Exercise Science from Western Washington University and an M.S. in Sports Science from Lousiana Tech. He was both a player and later a position coach for the Vikings.

Miquel "The Rez" Perez
WWU 1995-2000
Mountain Bike / Defensive Back & Kick Returns

Miquel (or Mike to his friends), completed his degree in Secondary English Education at WWU, M.Ed. from the University of Hawaii at Manoaand, and is currently the Athletic director at Federal Way High School. Miquel works with another WWU alum at Federal Way HS, John Meagher.

Miquel and wife Sonya (formerly Josesph, and one-time WWU softball players who was MVP of the 1999 National Title softball game in 1999) have a daughter, Kailana McKinley, 5 months old. They live in Auburn, Washington. 

It is difficult to think of Miquel without also thinking of the friends he made and hung out with constantly at WWU, such as Orlondo Steinauer, Michael Johnson, Ryan Wiggins, John Frazier, and Michael Rillo. Miquel, when speaking of his friends, often makes mention of one of the first things he was told by then Head Coach Rob Smith, at the team's first meeting at camp his freshman year:

"Some of your best friends you will ever have are sitting in this room." — Coach Rob Smith      

Ryan Wiggins
WWU 1993-98
Kayak / Running Back

Ryan is currently teaching middle school math in Tacoma and coaching track and football.  He is also the executive officer of the 349th Chemical Company, Seattle, WA. He and his wife Anke, who is from Berlin, Germany, have a 2-year-old son, Miles.

Best memories of WWU football include the trip to the national championship, the bus rides to Oregon and the friendships I made. He says he thinks often of a quote from his position coach, Terry Todd Sr., who said, “It is what you do on the ordinary days that make the extraordinary days possible.”