Toros Talent Show Helps "Make-A-Wish" Come True

Carson, CA -- Songbird Mariah Carey, The Dreamgirls, TLC and dancers from Michael Jackson's “Thriller” video all made appearances in Carson yesterday as Cal State Dominguez Hills student-athletes joined together for the first-ever “Toros Talent Show” last night in the Torodome, with all donations from the event going towards the "Make-A-Wish" foundation.

A brainchild by CSUDH Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) members Jamaal Barnes and Alana Bailey, along with CSUDH baseball head coach Murphy Su'a, the “Toros Talent Show” was created after the trio attended the National SAAC Leadership Conference last fall, and envisioned this event in order to enable student-athletes from all 11 CSUDH sports to bond and help raise money for the “Make-A-Wish” foundation.

After an icebreaker mixing all sports saw two human chains passing a hula-hoop around its circle, volleyball's Tiffany Bull kicked off the festivities with a stirring rendition of Carey's “I'll Be There,” after which the baseball team kicked it old school with a demonstration the '80s classic dance, “The Hustle.”

Volleyball took the stage next by lip-syncing a track from “The Dreamgirls,” which was followed by an impromptu blues jam session led by CSUDH athletic trainer Ethan Kreiswirth on bass and Su'a on drums.

Track and field performed a sultry routine to TLC's “Creep,” while men's basketball followed with their version of Shai's “If I Ever Fall in Love,” with women's basketball's Brigayle Iglehart as the object of their affection.

Women's basketball capped the performances with a show-stopping dance routine taken from Michael Jackson's “Thriller,” complete with appropriate attire, after which Su'a and members of the CSUDH Athletics staff helped close the evening by singing the Temptations' classic “My Girl.”

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