Celebrity Participants

Bill Engvall - Comedian, Recording Artist, Actor and TV Host
Bill Engvall is a Grammy nominated and platinum selling recording artist. He is one of the top touring comedians today, a television and film star as well as a published author. Most recently Bill assumed a new role as host the show LINGO on the Game Show Network. Prior to this Bill starred in and executive produced the half hour sitcom for TBS entitled The Bill Engvall Show, which ran for three seasons on TBS. Bill was also the host of one of the top rated shows on CMT, Country Fried Home Videos. He was also the star of Bait Shop which co-starred Billy Ray Cyrus and Delta Farce with Larry the Cable Guy and D.J. Qualls.

Before his big screen debut, Bill was one of the stars of the sketch comedy show, Blue Collar TV, on the WB network. The show came about due to the huge success of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour. Bill starred in the concert films Blue Collar Comedy Tour, The Movie, Blue Collar Comedy Tour Rides Again and Blue Collar Comedy Tour- One For The Road. Along with his Blue Collar movies, Bill also has three solo specials which aired on Comedy Central, Aged and Confused, 15° Off Cool and Here’s Your Sign, Live. For more, visit www.billengvall.com

Sean Adams - ESPN Radio – Austin, Author, and former NCAA All-American Athlete
Sean Adams, a former NCAA All-American athlete, turned his love of sports into a life working with others through the medium of sports.

His first book, Sports for Life: Daily Sports Themes for Life Success, was published in 2006. His second book, based solely on attitude and titled, It’s Okay to be Crazy, was published in January of 2010.

Adams is a sportswriter, covering conferences across the country from the Atlantic to the Gulf to the west coast for the past 11 years. During the last 7 years, Sean focused his writing on the Texas Longhorns and the Big 12 Conference for Orangebloods.com.

He has also been part of television shows and specials for FOX, ABC, the NFL Network, CBS and other media outlets on everything from sports history to the economic impact of sports on society to the socialization of the modern athlete to the college campus to training athletes on how to manage the spotlight, the media and social media.

Sean has partnered with the NCAA for the NCAA National Convention, the NCAA Leadership Academy, the NCAA Champs Life Skills Workshop and the NCAA Community Engagement Workshop.

Each afternoon he hosts the top-rated show “The Adams Theory” on Austin’s #1 sports radio station, 104.9 – ESPN Austin. For more, visit http://www.seanadams.net/

Tera Hampton - HGTV Design Star
Born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas, Tera calls herself “the quintessential all-American Texas girl,” and, as the daughter of a high school football coach, says she understands the seriousness of competition. Tera, who says she plays to win, owns a successful design business in Georgetown that specializes in home staging, color consultation and interiors. She characterizes her approach to design as “taking what you have and making it better,” and often spends little or no money to create great designs by rearranging items her clients already own. This married mother of three says she has a strong faith in God, family and community and enjoys using her skills to help those in need because it “feels good to make a difference.” For more, visit http://sensibleredesign.com/

Bobby Bones and Lunchbox – 96.7 Radio Show Hosts
Bobby Bones of 96.7 KISS FM (KHFI-FM) is the host of “The Bobby Bones Show” in Austin, Texas. A market favorite, Bobby Bones is often voted "Austin Radio Personality of the Year" by listeners in Austin. In 2006, he was selected to co-host Live with Regis and Kelly in place vacationing Regis Philbin. Recently, Bobby and his close friend Andy Roddick, signed a deal to co-host a national sports show that can be heard Saturdays from 12-3 pm locally on AM 1300 and nationally on Fox Sports.

Lunchbox (or LB as he is known on-air) is currently co-host and sidekick to Bobby Bones on the popular morning radio show. LB has not revealed the true story behind his nickname, but insists that when he was a child, he was caught shoplifting a superhero lunchbox. Ever since he was caught, family and friends have referred to him as Lunchbox. Lunchbox has appeared in the popular NBC TV show Friday Night Lights. When LB is not working, he volunteers his time with the local Meals on Wheels program.

The radio program is nationally syndicated currently airing in nine markets and is heard locally on 96.7 KISS FM on weekdays from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. For more, visit www.bobbybones.com.

Jeff Kent
Jeff Kent is a retired Major League Baseball second baseman. In addition to being the 2000 National League MVP, Kent was a five-time All-Star and four-time Silver Slugger before retiring from Major League Baseball in 2009. During his career, he drove in more than 100 runs eight times (a record at the position), scored at least 100 runs three times and had at least 20 home runs 12 times. In 2008, he passed Ralph Kiner, Gil Hodges and Carlton Fisk on the all-time home-run list and passed Billy Williams, Dave Parker and Mickey Mantle on the all-time RBIs list. He's tied with Eddie Murray for 22nd on the all-time doubles list with 560.

During his 17-year career, he played for the Toronto Blue Jays, New York Mets, Cleveland Indians, San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Houston Astros.

While with the Astros, Kent hit his 288th home run as a second baseman, surpassing Ryne Sandberg as the all-time home run leader at that position. A record his still holds.

In possibly his finest moment as an Astro, Kent hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth in Game 5 of the 2004 National League Championship Series to put Houston ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 in the series. However, the Cardinals would win games 6 and 7 in St. Louis to capture the pennant.

In recent years, Kent has been critical of players who used performance-enchancing drugs and continues to advocate for widespread testing to ensure a level playing field.

Since his retirement in 2009, he appeared as a contestant on the Summer 2009 television series Superstars, where he was teamed with actress Ali Landry in a series of sports competitions. They finished in fifth place in the competition.

Kent makes his home in Austin, TX with his wife and four children.

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