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The Golden Pete Awards is de-
veloping a tradition all its own.
The annual end-of-academ-
ic-year awards show, in its fourth
year, has had a reputation of keep-
ing things fun and light. And this
year was no different.
Co-hosts Robbie Hummel and
Katie Douglas managed to lever-
age their legendary status as
Boilermaker student-athletes to
turn in strong performances as co-
hosts. As has been the norm, the
event has been full of self-depre-
cating humor, a few good-natured
inside barbs between players and
coaches and strong use of video in-
terspersed throughout.
"I thought it went well," Hum-
mel said the day after the April 24
event. "They have been working on
me to do this for a couple of years,
and it was really fun and easy to
do. They have it so well organized
that all you really have to do is ex-
ecute it and have fun with it."
While Hummel, a basketball star
for Coach Matt Painter from 2008-
12, had never met Douglas, a 2001
All-America guard, prior to the
event, he felt the two connected.
"Katie couldn't have been easi-
er to work with, and Ellie (Saxton)
and her staff made the whole thing
easy," Hummel said.
In the past couple years of the
Golden Petes, video has played an
increased role in the 100-minute
event.
This year, the show kicked off
Paul Sadler
Robbie Hummel and Katie Douglas had
fun as co-hosts of the fourth-annual
Golden Pete's. But it was a video of
Hummel, with student-athletes such as
Johnny Hill and Ryan Cline (inset) that
stole the show.
Tom Campbell
Golden
Petes
Celebrate
Season
Annual event focuses on
accomplishment, humor
BY ALAN KARPICK
AKarpick@GoldandBlack.com
