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Jeff Frnka played basketball for the Bobcats from 1975-77, earning three letters as a student-athlete for coach Vernon McDonald. As a junior, the 6-foot guard averaged 8.6 points per game off the bench and was tabbed “super sub” by local sportswriters. Frnka was elected team captain as a senior and his 10.4 points per game helped earn him first team all-conference honors. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from Texas State University in 1977.
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After graduation, Frnka took on a position of sports editor at his hometown newspaper in Eagle Lake, Texas. He later established and operated a commercial printing business and for the past 21 years has been employed by the United States Postal Service in Eagle Lake. An active member of the community, Frnka has served as a board member of the Eagle Lake Chamber of Commerce and the local library. As a member of a theatrical group, he helped raise more than $20,000 for the local museum. In 1995, he organized a celebration honoring the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II which hosted more than 70 veterans from the Eagle Lake area. And for the past 10 years, Jeff has helped design and produce fireworks shows for the Fourth of July and New Year’s Eve celebrations in his hometown.
Frnka is currently serving as a board member on the Vernon McDonald Men’s Basketball Endowment at Texas State. He is a member of the Bobcat Club and has attended numerous “T” Association events and football games over the years accompanied by Ted Brunner, also of Eagle Lake and fellow “T” Association member who was 1934 graduate who passed away in July at the age of 99.
Jeff is the son of Fred and Eunice Frnka of Eagle Lake and attended Eagle Lake High School before graduating from Rice Consolidated High School in 1972.
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