The Griffon News

There were nine talented guys on stage in suit and tie, costumes and swimsuits, but only one of them would walk away as Mr. Missouri Western.

Alpha Gamma Delta sponsored Mr. MWSU in Potter Hall Theatre April 15.

This competition has four categories; talent, formal wear, swim-suit and costume dress.

All nine contestants were sponsored by different fraternities and sororities and each of them were given jars to go around campus to collect donations from students.

Phil Bluett, sponsored by the National Pan-Hellenic Council, collected the most money out of all the other contestants with a total of almost $200.

Ricky Winder was the big winner of the talent contest by rocking out some cool beats on his drum set.
“It was a good experience and I’m glad Alpha Sigma Alpha sponsored me,” Winder said. “The AGD girls did a great job hosting this event.”

David Wyble was the overall winner and took the lead in all the other categories with a  lot of style wrapped up in a cool attitude.

He came out dressed disco-style for the costume competition. For the swim-suit he was sporting flip flops and some slick trunks and he topped off the formal sharp-dressed in suit and tie.

Wyble was very humble about his success in the competition and said he didn’t feel like he deserved to win all the categories that he did.

“I was competing with some of my fraternity brothers so it was more fun than competition, but I don’t feel like I should have walked away with as much as I did,” Wyble said.

All contestants received a certificate of participation.

Wyble got the crown and a trophy presented by last year’s winner Keith Langabee.

The contestants were judged by three lady faculty members; Suzanne Kissock, Sandy Rogers and Tay Triggs.
Category winners got framed certificates signed by AGD president Crissy Rehm and philanthropy coordinator Heather Blecha.

This was Blecha’s first year experiencing this event.

“I didn’t know what to expect, but everything went really well,” Blecha said.

They raised $988 that will be sent to the AGD foundation in Indianapolis, Ind., to be distributed to several different diabetes research institutes.

Very special guests in attendance were the William Jewell College AGD chapter from Liberty, Mo.
The event was held as the sororities national fundraiser for diabetes awareness and all proceeds go to diabetes research.

AGD was very pleased with the turnout and they plan to continue hosting projects like this to raise money for a good cause.

Other diabetes fund raising events that AGD has hosted are the teeter-totter marathons usually held in the fall.

AGD sorority was established at Western in 1995 and has been actively involved raising money for diabetes research.

AGD was responsible for purchasing the awards and all other supplies with money that came from their sorority’s budget.