Abbey Alum, Bill Ficke, Featured in Miami Herald
September 28, 2026
Former Belmont Abbey College basketball player, Bill Ficke, opened Big Bill’s New York Pizza in 1995. One week after the attacks on September 11th, the restaurant held its first fundraiser for a fireman’s fund in New York. Since that fundraiser, the restaurant has continued to hold fundraisers reaching up to $170,000 in donations in a single year!
