The scholarships will be awarded May 8 at Miami University Hamilton.
The 33rd outing will be held June 5 at Hamilton Elks Golf Club, said Hare, who has served as co-chairman with Dale Lierman for three years.
Hare said the outing is a celebration of the awarding of the scholarships and serves as the scholarship’s only fundraiser. He said the goal is to raise $28,000 every year — the cost of the 14 scholarships — and that’s “a challenge.” But for the last three years, that goal has been exceeded, he said. He’d like to build up a reserve to fund the scholarships for years to come.
“The connection with Joe Nuxhall keeps bringing people back,” said Hare, who noted there is space for 140 golfers. “It’s alive and thriving.”
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HOW TO GO
WHAT: 33rd annual Joe Nuxhall Memorial Scholarship Golf Outing
WHEN: June 5
WHERE: Hamilton Elks Golf Club, 4444 Hamilton Middletown Road
COST: $300 per player. Includes golf with a celebrity, a gift package, lunch provided by JTM and dinner from Montgomery Inn.
TO REGISTER: Visit www.nuxygolf.com
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Kim Nuxhall, one of Joe’s sons, said his dad’s “biggest fear” was the tournament would stop after his death.
“It’s heart warming the support it still has,” said Nuxhall, who said the outing has raised close to $750,000.
As Hare, who served as Ross principal from 1985 through 1993, talked about Nuxhall and how he couldn’t afford to attend college, his voice cracked. He fought back tears.
“It always happens,” he said when asked about his emotions.
Known as the “Ol’ Lefthander,” Nuxhall was a longtime radio announcer and became the youngest player in modern Major League Baseball history when he pitched for the Cincinnati Reds at age 15 in 1944 during World War II. He died in 2007. He was 79.
Hare was asked what Nuxhall would think about the outing continuing 10 years after his death.
“Overwhelmed,” Hare said. “He was a very humble person.”
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