By Daniel Johnson, Sports Editor
Students who attend the ACU football team’s final home game against Texas A&M-Kingsville on Saturday might walk away with $200.
Thanks to a donation from a member of the ACU Letterman’s Association, ACU athletics will give away up to $1000 to lucky students who come to Saturday’s game.
“This is the last one,” said athletic director Jared Mosley. “Sometimes on the last home game in years past, we’ve seen a little dip in attendance just because it’s nearing the end. We’re hoping that with the afternoon game and this promotion we’ll have a good crowd to support the guys.”
Because there are two entrances on the home side of Shotwell, Mosley said only the students that enter through the west side of the stadium will be counted.
If 100 students attend, one student will be given $200; if 250 students are counted, two students will be given $200. If 500 students attend, three students will receive $200; if 1,000 students attend, four students will walk away with $200 and if 1,500 students attend five students will be given $200.
The contest will end five minutes into the first quarter.
“Hopefully we can get a few people out with that,” Mosley said.
A member of the ACU Letterman’s Association, who wished to remain anonymous, provided the funds for the promotion, and Mosley said if it is a success the athletics department will considering continuing rewards for attendance at other ACU sporting events.
“I think it’s something we definitely have an interest in doing again,” Mosley said. “We’ve always talked about ways to reward students for attendance.”
In addition to the money giveaways, Saturday’s home game is “Take a kid to a game,” day.
All students under 12 years of age will not be charged at the gate, and Mosley said he sees it as a great opportunity for students to bring family members, or their little brothers or sisters in conjunction with Brig Brothers Big Sisters of Abilene or Wildcat Kids.
“Take a kid to a game” is a NCAA promotion that Mosley said ACU has done for years.
“In years past we have a lot of ACU students who have little brothers or sisters and bring their kids with them to the game.”
ACU and Kingsville will kick off at 2 p.m.
