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wvu's baseball team goes to Oklahoma during a storm, decides to buy some goods with taxpayer money, and calls a local media outlet to publicize their deed.
Marshall athletics takes money and goods donated by their own coaches, players, employees, and local merchants, drives hours to deliver it, does the labor of unloading it, and doesn't mention it to any media outlets.
Marshall athletics takes money and goods donated by their own coaches, players, employees, and local merchants, drives hours to deliver it, does the labor of unloading it, and doesn't mention it to any media outlets.
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/s...untaineers-baseball-team-helps-tornado-relief
Mountaineers give tornado relief
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Oklahomans will have reason to root for a third team in this week's Big 12 baseball tournament.
Minutes after watching a deadly tornado sweep through Moore, Okla., on Monday, just a few miles from where they were staying for the tournament, the West Virginia Mountaineers were ready to help in the relief effort.
"After we saw it on the news, we got all the guys together and called the Oklahoma City and Moore police departments and told them we had a bus-full of 30 guys ready to do anything they needed," West Virginia coach Randy Mazey said.
When tornadoes hit near its hotel, the West Virginia baseball team shopped for supplies to help those in need. Courtesy of West Virginia baseball
What the victims needed most, though, were necessities. So Mazey and his team headed to the closest Walmart. There, each player took a shopping cart to load up with clothes, flashlights, batteries, shoes and more -- paid for by funds that had been privately raised for the baseball program.
"We were ready to do anything we could to help," outfielder Matt Frazer said. "It was Coach's idea to go to the store."
The Walmart trip also led to a fortuitous encounter.
As the team was checking out, it ran into a woman who had just lost her home in the storm.
"There was a three-hour period where she didn't even know if her two kids were alive," Mazey said. "When she found him, her next order of business was to buy them clothes."
Instead, the team had the woman, who introduced herself as Jamie, to get what she needed from their carts.
"That wasn't just a big thing for her, it was a big thing for us," first baseman Ryan McBroom said. "It was humbling to see what she had gone through -- she lost pretty much everything. It was the least our team could do."
Tuesday, the Mountaineers drove to the University of Oklahoma -- where more than 100 displaced victims temporarily were staying -- to drop off the rest of the supplies.
To get to Norman, the team had to drive past the area in Moore where the tornado had struck.
"It was unreal to see how powerful that tornado was," McBroom said. "You don't understand until you see it firsthand."
The Mountaineers have been in Oklahoma City since Sunday because they had stayed around for the tournament after ending the regular season last weekend with a series at Oklahoma State.
West Virginia was scheduled to play Kansas on Wednesday, but the start of the Big 12 tournament has been postponed to Thursday.
As they've arrived in Oklahoma City for the tournament, other teams -- including the Jayhawks, who dropped off loads of bottled water and diapers -- have chipped in to the relief effort.
The Texas A&M softball team, meanwhile, which plays the Sooners in a Super Regional in Norman beginning Thursday, brought with them a 30-foot truck packed with supplies and $4,685 it raised on its College Station campus.
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Looks like WVU did a bad thing, bad WVU people... bad espn
Mountaineers give tornado relief
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Oklahomans will have reason to root for a third team in this week's Big 12 baseball tournament.
Minutes after watching a deadly tornado sweep through Moore, Okla., on Monday, just a few miles from where they were staying for the tournament, the West Virginia Mountaineers were ready to help in the relief effort.
"After we saw it on the news, we got all the guys together and called the Oklahoma City and Moore police departments and told them we had a bus-full of 30 guys ready to do anything they needed," West Virginia coach Randy Mazey said.
When tornadoes hit near its hotel, the West Virginia baseball team shopped for supplies to help those in need. Courtesy of West Virginia baseball
What the victims needed most, though, were necessities. So Mazey and his team headed to the closest Walmart. There, each player took a shopping cart to load up with clothes, flashlights, batteries, shoes and more -- paid for by funds that had been privately raised for the baseball program.
"We were ready to do anything we could to help," outfielder Matt Frazer said. "It was Coach's idea to go to the store."
The Walmart trip also led to a fortuitous encounter.
As the team was checking out, it ran into a woman who had just lost her home in the storm.
"There was a three-hour period where she didn't even know if her two kids were alive," Mazey said. "When she found him, her next order of business was to buy them clothes."
Instead, the team had the woman, who introduced herself as Jamie, to get what she needed from their carts.
"That wasn't just a big thing for her, it was a big thing for us," first baseman Ryan McBroom said. "It was humbling to see what she had gone through -- she lost pretty much everything. It was the least our team could do."
Tuesday, the Mountaineers drove to the University of Oklahoma -- where more than 100 displaced victims temporarily were staying -- to drop off the rest of the supplies.
To get to Norman, the team had to drive past the area in Moore where the tornado had struck.
"It was unreal to see how powerful that tornado was," McBroom said. "You don't understand until you see it firsthand."
The Mountaineers have been in Oklahoma City since Sunday because they had stayed around for the tournament after ending the regular season last weekend with a series at Oklahoma State.
West Virginia was scheduled to play Kansas on Wednesday, but the start of the Big 12 tournament has been postponed to Thursday.
As they've arrived in Oklahoma City for the tournament, other teams -- including the Jayhawks, who dropped off loads of bottled water and diapers -- have chipped in to the relief effort.
The Texas A&M softball team, meanwhile, which plays the Sooners in a Super Regional in Norman beginning Thursday, brought with them a 30-foot truck packed with supplies and $4,685 it raised on its College Station campus.
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Looks like WVU did a bad thing, bad WVU people... bad espn
http://www.wvusports.com/page.cfm?story=23648
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Arizona Diamondbacks Managing General Partner Ken Kendrick has made a donation of $200,000 to the Mountaineer Athletic Club in the name of the WVU baseball program to the Oklahoma City tornado relief effort.
“We have all been saddened by the recent tornadoes in Oklahoma. The actions taken in the aftermath by the WVU baseball team demonstrated the true Mountaineer spirit by immediately helping the victims begin the recovery process,” Kendrick says. “I am now very proud to help support our baseball team’s efforts with the rebuilding process, which will hopefully bring some joy back to the Oklahoma City community.”
The funds will be appropriated to the Oklahoma City All Sports Association to help repair baseball fields in the Oklahoma City area that were damaged by devastating tornadoes during the past month.
“This is where we not only live, but where we play. The devastating and tragic tornado storms of May 2013 delivered an incredible and painful blow to our communities and their sports facilities infrastructure,” Oklahoma City All Sports Association Executive Director Tim Brassfield says. “Many of the youth baseball organizations are shut down or severely hindered due to the loss of so many baseball/softball fields. We will be forever grateful for a relationship with West Virginia University and their amazingly generous alum, Ken Kendrick. His contribution will be used to help boys and girls get active and back on the ball fields as quickly as possible as we rebuild the many, many complexes that were damaged or destroyed.”
A native of Princeton, W.Va. and a 1965 WVU graduate, Kendrick was inspired by the goodwill put forth by members of the WVU baseball program while the team was participating in the Big 12 Baseball Championship from May 23-25 in Oklahoma City.
Following a rare EF5 tornado that devastated nearby Moore, Okla. on May 20, the WVU baseball team jumped into action. The team went to a local store to buy essential items that were later handed out to victims that were staying at Oklahoma’s campus. On May 26, with one day to spare before coming back to Morgantown, the team took a bus into Moore and visited a neighborhood, helping victims sort through the wreckage of the demolished houses.
"I am proud of Coach Mazey and our baseball team for their efforts in Moore, Okla. There are more important things in life than a game, and our young men displayed that with great maturity," WVU Director of Athletics Oliver Luck said. "With the support of one of our passionate alumni, Ken Kendrick, the Mountaineer baseball program will continue to help the people of Moore rebuild, and I also hope to go there some time late this summer to lend a hand in this process. I cannot thank Ken enough for his generosity, and I know that he too was genuinely moved by our team's efforts. One day soon, kids will be playing baseball again in Moore, and that will certainly help in the healing process."
“I would like to thank Mr. Kendrick for his generous donation on behalf of the WVU baseball team,” Mazey says. “Unless you were there and witnessed what we experienced in the aftermath of the tornado, it’s hard to appreciate the gravity of the situation.”
The Oklahoma City All Sports Association will do an audit of the damages and determine how to allocate the funds. This summer, Luck and Mazey will travel to Oklahoma to lend a helping hand to work on the fields that were damaged by the tornadoes.
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Ken Kendrick must be a bad guy too...
Ken Kendrick stop giving money to people you don't know it might be considered "tax payer money"
...yeah, you clowns all know about "tax payer money"...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Arizona Diamondbacks Managing General Partner Ken Kendrick has made a donation of $200,000 to the Mountaineer Athletic Club in the name of the WVU baseball program to the Oklahoma City tornado relief effort.
“We have all been saddened by the recent tornadoes in Oklahoma. The actions taken in the aftermath by the WVU baseball team demonstrated the true Mountaineer spirit by immediately helping the victims begin the recovery process,” Kendrick says. “I am now very proud to help support our baseball team’s efforts with the rebuilding process, which will hopefully bring some joy back to the Oklahoma City community.”
The funds will be appropriated to the Oklahoma City All Sports Association to help repair baseball fields in the Oklahoma City area that were damaged by devastating tornadoes during the past month.
“This is where we not only live, but where we play. The devastating and tragic tornado storms of May 2013 delivered an incredible and painful blow to our communities and their sports facilities infrastructure,” Oklahoma City All Sports Association Executive Director Tim Brassfield says. “Many of the youth baseball organizations are shut down or severely hindered due to the loss of so many baseball/softball fields. We will be forever grateful for a relationship with West Virginia University and their amazingly generous alum, Ken Kendrick. His contribution will be used to help boys and girls get active and back on the ball fields as quickly as possible as we rebuild the many, many complexes that were damaged or destroyed.”
A native of Princeton, W.Va. and a 1965 WVU graduate, Kendrick was inspired by the goodwill put forth by members of the WVU baseball program while the team was participating in the Big 12 Baseball Championship from May 23-25 in Oklahoma City.
Following a rare EF5 tornado that devastated nearby Moore, Okla. on May 20, the WVU baseball team jumped into action. The team went to a local store to buy essential items that were later handed out to victims that were staying at Oklahoma’s campus. On May 26, with one day to spare before coming back to Morgantown, the team took a bus into Moore and visited a neighborhood, helping victims sort through the wreckage of the demolished houses.
"I am proud of Coach Mazey and our baseball team for their efforts in Moore, Okla. There are more important things in life than a game, and our young men displayed that with great maturity," WVU Director of Athletics Oliver Luck said. "With the support of one of our passionate alumni, Ken Kendrick, the Mountaineer baseball program will continue to help the people of Moore rebuild, and I also hope to go there some time late this summer to lend a hand in this process. I cannot thank Ken enough for his generosity, and I know that he too was genuinely moved by our team's efforts. One day soon, kids will be playing baseball again in Moore, and that will certainly help in the healing process."
“I would like to thank Mr. Kendrick for his generous donation on behalf of the WVU baseball team,” Mazey says. “Unless you were there and witnessed what we experienced in the aftermath of the tornado, it’s hard to appreciate the gravity of the situation.”
The Oklahoma City All Sports Association will do an audit of the damages and determine how to allocate the funds. This summer, Luck and Mazey will travel to Oklahoma to lend a helping hand to work on the fields that were damaged by the tornadoes.
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Ken Kendrick must be a bad guy too...
Ken Kendrick stop giving money to people you don't know it might be considered "tax payer money"
...yeah, you clowns all know about "tax payer money"...
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