On Thursday, the teams will load up on two charter busses to travel from 51爆料网 to Smith Elementary School, located on Delaney Street in Burlington, for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity with Christopher and 24 of his closest friends. This is a partnership with the Alamance-Burlington School System. Food and drinks will be provided by corporate sponsors.

To the media: For more information on this event, please contact Trip Durham at (336) 278-6708.

“Gameday” will feature all that you’ve come to expect from a college game day football broadcast, including facts, figures and a visit from Elon basketball coach Mark Simons. Fans who come out will be eligible for free giveaways, and free buffalo wings will be available for everyone while supplies last.

You’ve seen the popular television version, now come see how “Gameday” should really be done. Come out and support your Phoenix as Elon makes a run at the Big South crown and a trip to the NCAA tournament.

Some auction items include: an autographed United States National Team jersey, an autographed University of Maryland soccer jersey, an autographed Metrostars soccer ball, an autographed North Carolina State basketball, an autographed Virginia Tech basketball, an autographed Texas Tech basketball T-shirt, an autographed Virginia Tech football and a Duke football jersey.

Gates will open at 5:30 p.m. and tickets will cost $6 with $1 from each purchase going to The V Foundation. Youth team members who wear their jerseys to the game will be admitted free as will children under five. Elon students, faculty and staff will be admitted free with their Phoenix Card.

ESPN and the late Jim Valvano created The V Foundation in 1993. Valvano, the legendary N.C. State basketball coach and ESPN broadcaster, won the hearts of sports fans across the country when his underdog N.C. State Wolfpack captured the NCAA Basketball Championship in an upset win in 1983.

Since then, the Foundation that was conceived by a small group of Jim’s friends and colleagues has grown to include donors and volunteers nationwide. Since 1993, The V Foundation has raised approximately $50 million and awarded more than 250 research grants to fight cancer.

More information about The V Foundation can be found at www.jimmyv.org.

This year, the ticket office is making an attempt to eliminate the “hard” ticket for students. Elon students will present their Phoenix Card at the designated student gate at Rhodes Stadium on gameday. Ticket office personnel will swipe each Phoenix Card and make sure it is valid. If so, the student can enter the stadium without an actual ticket. Once inside the stadium, Elon students must choose to sit in the student section (Sections 104, 105, & 106) or in the grass seating in either endzone. Only current Elon students with valid Phoenix Cards will be allowed to enter Rhodes Stadium. There is a no re-entry policy at football games. Once an individual enters the stadium and then exits, they can not re-enter the stadium.

Students who wish to avoid waiting in line at the stadium on gameday can still come by the Koury Center during office hours and pick up their game ticket.

If students wish to purchase tickets in the student section for family members and guests, they must come to the Koury Center Ticket Office during the week of a home football game.

Please note that the policy for Elon faculty and staff has remained the same. Faculty and staff must come to the Koury Center Ticket Office and pick up their tickets Monday thru Friday. Faculty and staff are eligible to receive tickets for a spouse and the number of dependents living in their home.

Ticket office hours are 9 am to 4 pm Monday thru Friday. Gates open 90 minutes before kickoff at Rhodes Stadium.

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Elon President Leo M. Lambert will make the announcement of the scholarship and will present McKeon, a 1963 Elon graduate, with an Elon baseball jersey.

McKeon, a long-time Elon resident, is manager of the Florida Marlins and led the team to the 2003 World Series title. The scholarship has been established to honor McKeon and his accomplishments and generosity to the Phoenix program. While pursuing his Elon degree, McKeon assisted Coach “Doc” Mathis with the Elon baseball program.

The scholarship will support Elon baseball in perpetuity as the Phoenix continues to compete at the NCAA Division I level as a member of the Southern Conference. A core group of donors has established this scholarship and additional scholarship funds will be raised during the Friends of Elon Athletics golf tournament on April 25 at the Alamance Country Club. For more information on the golf tournament, contact EAF director Trey Stewart at 336-278-6709.

Before the game, the students will participate in educational activities led by Elon athletes and coaches. The activities will include a geography exercise, where the students will learn where their favorite athletes are from, and a math exercise about the women’s basketball players and some of their statistics that will incorporate points, rebounds, assists and steals to create math problems. The third exercise on health and nutrition will be followed by a mini pep rally where the students will learn some great cheers to use during the game against the Lancers.

The participating students will come from Eastlawn Elementary (5th grade), Andrews Elementary (5th grade), Newlin Elementary (5th grade) and Broadview Middle (6th grade).

“We were able to participate in an Education Day at Western Carolina last year and it was a great experience,” Elon coach Brenda Paul said. “This provides a tremendous opportunity for our players to interact with these kids. We’re looking forward to a big crowd full of fun and energy when we play. We want to pack the gym and bring the excitement we experienced last year to Elon.”

This season, Elon will make its first attempt to broadcast all of its football and men’s basketball contests over the Elon Athletics web site (www.elon.edu/athletics). Phoenix fans will be able to listen to all the game action as well as the pre and post game shows for both sports. The broadcasts are slated to begin with Elon’s first football game on September 4 at 2:00 p.m vs. Towson. The pregame show will begin at 1:30 p.m.

To listen via the webcast, it is recommended that fans have a minimum of Windows 2000, 128 megs ram and 1 gig of speed as well as the most recent version of Quicktime. The broadcast will work best with a high speed internet connection.

Morris hit a team-best .379 in 59 games for Elon this season, scoring a team-high 64 runs. He set a new Phoenix single-season record with 88 hits, including 17 doubles, a triple and a career-high 7 homers. Morris finished second on the squad with 21 steals and was only caught stealing six times.

He entered Elon’s top-10 in the following single-season categories this season: hits (1st-88); at bats (3rd-232); runs scored (2nd-64); doubles (7th-17) and total bases (5th-128).

In career categories he rates among the top-10 all-time in: games played (10th-167); at bats (8th-589); hits (9th-185); runs scored (4th-147) and doubles (9th-31).

Morris becomes the sixth Elon student-athlete to claim All-American distinction since 2000, and the second during the 2003-04 academic year. Football player Brandon Mason was named to the second-team academic All-American squad in the fall.

On the field, Morris leads the team with a .371 batting average and is currently riding a team-high 12-game hitting streak. He leads the SoCon with 20 stolen bases and ranks atop the team in hits (75) and runs scored (52).

Morris, the team MVP in 2004, ranks among Elon’s all-time best in runs scored, sitting in fifth with 135 runs in his three years. He also holds down the number nine spot on the career at bats list with 559. One hit shy of breaking into the career top-10 in that category, Morris needs only nine more hits this season to set a new single-season standard.

Each contestant will have 17 seconds to make a lay-up, a free throw and a three-pointer. If they are successful, the contestant will win an unknown jackpot toward free books from the Campus Shop. Each game there will be a different jackpot on the line. You never know what you will win when you come to an Elon game and its all courtesy of the Campus Shop of Elon.