During every California State University, Stanislaus Warrior basketball game, one lucky student gets the opportunity to come onto the court and have the chance to win free Dean’s Pizza for a year.
At the men’s basketball homecoming game on Feb. 6, Alex Walker (freshman, Kinesiology) made the dream of cheesy goodness come true.
Warriors Assistant Athletics Director, Hung P. Tsai, has worked with Dean’s Pizza owner and CSU Stanislaus alumni, Tom Clark, to put on this fun contest.
“We’ve been doing this for about six to seven years” Clark said. “Normally [we] get one winner a year.”
Doing this contest at the Warrior games is something that Clark enjoys and feels is his way to give back to his alma mater.
“I enjoy doing it and being able to watch the ‘ooh’s and aah’s’ of people who come close to making it ,”  Clark said.
The rules of the contest state that you have to make a layup, free throw, three pointer and half court shot in about forty-five seconds.  Manage to get all four shots before the buzzer and the person who is competing wins free Dean’s Pizza for a year.
Walker was able to get the layup without a problem but missed a few from the line and behind the arc.
“I ended up missing the first two free throws,” Walker said.  ”So after that I just took a deep breath and made the next one.”
Alex rushed over to the half court line which is 47 feet to the basket and in his very first attempt made the basket nothing but net.
“After I released it I wasn’t sure that I made it but I heard the crowd screaming,”  Walker said.  ”It was crazy… it was a great feeling.”
The next chance for someone to add his or her name to the list will be when the Warrior basketball teams return home Feb. 27 as both the men and women host California State University, East Bay.