Fresno State athletic director Thomas Boeh’s original 5-year contract, signed in 2005, includes a bonus clause based on 14 areas of performance.

He’s likely to fall short this past fiscal year in some areas.

For example, Boeh gets a 3% bonus of his base salary if the athletic budget has a surplus between $1 to $199,999. The bonus jumps to 5% if the surplus tops $200,000.

University officials said on the morning of June 25 that the 2007-08 budget was facing a deficit of about $585,000. The fiscal year ends June 30.

Of course, in the evening of June 25 the Fresno State baseball team beat Georgia 6-1 to win the NCAA baseball national championship. The Bulldogs’ storybook run through the tournament has sent merchandise sales soaring at The Bulldog Shop.

Enough to fill such a deep fiscal hole?