Dec. 2, 2015
RENO, Nev. - The Nevada baseball team host its annual Bobby Dolan Baseball Dinner on Friday, Jan. 15, 2016 at the Silver Legacy Resort and Casino. First year head coach T.J. Bruce has announced that Chris Singleton, a former Nevada and MLB player and current ESPN analyst, will be the keynote speaker.
"We're thrilled to have Chris speak at this event," said head coach T.J. Bruce. "It'll be great to hear from and welcome back a former player and someone who has been tremendously successful on the field and in life. I'm also very excited myself to be around our fans and the people that support this program."
The event will begin at 4:30 p.m. PT with the VIP reception, followed by a 5:30 p.m. social hour and dinner at 6:30 p.m. The event will be held in the Reno Ballroom. Tickets are $150 per person and $1,500 for a table of 10. Additionally, a VIP package for a table of 10 including a private reception with Chris Singleton is available for $2,500.
The event will look back on Nevada's 41-win season last year and the first Mountain West title in school history, and will also look forward to a new era of Pack baseball with Coach Bruce leading the program.
For details to reserve tickets, call 682-6901 or CLICK HERE.
Singleton was a dual-sport athlete at Nevada as a two-year letter winner in baseball and a three-year letter winner in football. He played from 1992-93 for Pack baseball and played in 97 career games, helping Nevada post a school-record 43 wins in 1992 before finishing with a 28-19-1 record in 1993. Singleton finished with a .330 career batting average, 109 hits, 70 runs, 56 RBI and 34 stolen bases.
Singleton also played three seasons for Nevada football from 1990-92, helping the Wolf Pack post a 26-10 record in that span with three straight conference titles. He played in 28 games with 18 starts as a wide receiver, catching 86 passes for 1,526 yards and 11 touchdowns in his collegiate football career.
Singleton was drafted is the second round of the 1993 MLB Draft by the San Francisco Giants. Singleton reached the majors in 1999 and spent six seasons in the big leagues. With the Chicago White Sox in 1999, Singleton hit .300 with 17 home runs and 74 RBI before finishing sixth in Al Rookie of the Year voting. That season, he also became the first White Sox player in 15 years to hit for the cycle.
Overall, Singleton hit .273 with 45 homers in his MLB career. He played with the White Sox (1999-01), the Baltimore Orioles (2002), the Oakland Athletics (2003) and the Tampa Bay Rays (2005).
After retiring as a player, Singleton began a career within media covering baseball. He works as a color commentator on White Sox radio broadcasts for the 2006-07 seasons before being hired with ESPN to serve as an analyst for the show Baseball Tonight.
