From Ask CoSIDA: Has any other football team from NCAA Divisions I, II, III or NAIA put on a “Pink” game for cancer similar to what volleyball and basketball teams do in the winter?
The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point wore jerseys with pink numbers in honor of cancer research on Sept. 25 versus Albion. The game-worn jerseys will be auctioned off, with all proceeds going to charity.
Do you know of another football team - any division - which has done this, or is Wisconsin-Stevens Point the first collegiate football team to do so?
Please contact with information:
Mitch Capelle, Wisconsin-Stevens Point Assistant AD for Media Relations (
mitch.capelle@uwsp.edu; 715-346-2840)
STEVENS POINT, Wisconsin - In what is believed to be the first-ever "Pink Game" in NCAA Football history, the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point along with several local sponsors raised over $20,000 for two major players in the fight against cancer.
The Pointers donned white jerseys with pink numbers in a show of support for two charities, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation of Central Wisconsin and Bill Schroeder's Circle of Friends Foundation. Each charity received half of the proceeds from the sale of the Pointers game-worn jerseys and pink t-shirts that were sold at the event.
Team Schierl Companies including Subway, The Store and Schierl Tire & Service, along with Eastbay, U.S.-Venture, Fuze, Ice Mountain Water and Schoep's Ice Cream helped make the event a tremendous success.
Video and photo galleries available here:
http://athletics.uwsp.edu/news/2010/9/25/FB_0925105608.aspx