May 25, 2011
EVANSTON, Ill. -- The Northwestern Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) will host an Evanston Fire Department versus Northwestern Police Department kickball game at 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 31, in Trienens Hall due to poor weather in the forecast.
"For over a year, SAAC has wanted to have a kickball game, and with the involvement of Evanston Firefighters and Northwestern Police, we finally made it a reality," said SAAC co-president Carolyn Edwards. "The goal of the event is to show our appreciation to the Fire and Police forces that help Northwestern student-athletes on a daily basis, to build relationships in our community and to have some fun competition."
The game will feature one Northwestern student-athlete from each of the school's 19 varsity athletic programs interspersed on the teams of firefighters and police squads. NU associate head softball coach Caryl Drohan will coach the police team while head baseball coach Paul Stevens will lead the firefighter team.
The game will be played under the official kickball rules of the Players Sports Group. The winning team will walk away with the first-place Golden Gatorade Cooler.
The student-athletes participating in the game are:
Team Purple (police):
Henry Brooke (baseball)
Drew Crawford (men's basketball)
Carolyn Edwards (women's soccer)
Sophie Ewald (cross country)
Nida Hamilton (women's tennis)
Jonathan Harris (men's soccer)
Rebecca Lederhausen (women's golf)
Brittany Orban (women's basketball)
Kelly Quinn (softball)
Tim Smith (men's swimming)
Team Gray (firefighters):
Jeff Budzien (football)
Meghan Cavanaugh (women's swimming)
Sam Chien (men's golf)
Ben Kuhar (wrestling)
Colleen Magarity (women's lacrosse)
Kaylee Pohlmeyer (field hockey)
Camille Provencal-Dayle (women's fencing)
Madalyn Shalter (volleyball)
Spencer Wolf (men's tennis)
Fans are welcome and encouraged to attend this free and family-fun event! Trienens Hall is located northwest of Ryan Field and directly west of Welsh-Ryan Arena at 1501 Central Street in Evanston. Parking is available free of charge in either lot east or west of Ryan Field.
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