Cheer Scholarship Game Success!

KRAM1 · April 2, 2017

What a great day it was! This was the seventh year this game has been played, and each and every year we have raised more scholarship funds than the last, but this year was special. Through our great sponsors, our players, our donors and our silent auction bidders and buyers, we raised over $10,000 for the first time ever! And, funds are still coming in!

Yes, the white team won this year's game, but it was fairly competitive this year. At times I thought of renaming the game "roller derby basketball", but both teams survived with anyone getting hurt. Probably a few "sore guys" today, but smiling in their soreness knowing that they helped raise a record amount of scholarship money for these great student-athletes!

I would be hard pressed to imagine seven years ago that this event could raise over $10,000, but it just shows what the Mean Green family can do when they come together with a positive goal in mind. Too many people to thank here, but to all our donors, sponsors, players, Cheer Team parents, Student Affairs team, Athletic Department team, Advancement folks and spectators I say "thank you....thank you so much" for making this event a success...AGAIN! You have shown a bunch of student-athletes and their parents that the Mean Green Nation is a caring and generous bunch.

Thanks to all...stand by for bigger and better next year! Already working on it.

THOR · April 2, 2017

Outstanding!!! Amazed by the total...great job kramster and everyone else involved!!!

Andrew · April 2, 2017

1 hour ago, KRAM1 said:

What a great day it was! This was the seventh year this game has been played, and each and every year we have raised more scholarship funds than the last, but this year was special. Through our great sponsors, our players, our donors and our silent auction bidders and buyers, we raised over $10,000 for the first time ever! And, funds are still coming in!

Yes, the white team won this year's game, but it was fairly competitive this year. At times I thought of renaming the game "roller derby basketball", but both teams survived with anyone getting hurt. Probably a few "sore guys" today, but smiling in their soreness knowing that they helped raise a record amount of scholarship money for these great student-athletes!

I would be hard pressed to imagine seven years ago that this event could raise over $10,000, but it just shows what the Mean Green family can do when they come together with a positive goal in mind. Too many people to thank here, but to all our donors, sponsors, players, Cheer Team parents, Student Affairs team, Athletic Department team, Advancement folks and spectators I say "thank you....thank you so much" for making this event a success...AGAIN! You have shown a bunch of student-athletes and their parents that the Mean Green Nation is a caring and generous bunch.

Thanks to all...stand by for bigger and better next year! Already working on it.

Now you need to find a big time donor who is willing to match next years total ;)

KRAM1 · April 3, 2017

3 hours ago, Andrew said:

Now you need to find a big time donor who is willing to match next years total ;)

That would be fantastic...you have any ideas about who that might be?

4 hours ago, THOR said:

Outstanding!!! Amazed by the total...great job kramster and everyone else involved!!!

Thank you for participating. You are always the first to step up with a "yes". Appreciate you.

Andrew · April 3, 2017

36 minutes ago, KRAM1 said:

That would be fantastic...you have any ideas about who that might be?

Thank you for participating. You are always the first to step up with a "yes". Appreciate you.

haha idk. Former athlete who owes us? Tony Mitchell?

Maybe Benford wants to give back? He made a good chunk of change here. ;)

Edited April 3, 2017 by Andrew

GMG24 · April 3, 2017

10 minutes ago, Andrew said:

haha idk. Former athlete who owes us? Tony Mitchell?

Maybe Benford wants to give back? He made a good chunk of change here. ;)

Good lord... former athlete who "owes us"..... just quit posting.

Andrew · April 3, 2017

5 minutes ago, GMG24 said:

Good lord... former athlete who "owes us"..... just quit posting.

Every athlete should give back to their school and have school pride. It was great seeing Dak support Miss St. and I hope one day we have a big name athlete that shows up like that.

GMG24 · April 3, 2017

16 minutes ago, Andrew said:

Every athlete should give back to their school and have school pride. It was great seeing Dak support Miss St. and I hope one day we have a big name athlete that shows up like that.

Yeh bc Zach Orr and company haven't given back.......