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ACU freshmen are the first to participate in the newest football game tradition at Game Day 101. (Photo by Sarah Eunyoung Thompson)

Gallery: New students navigate the thrills and traditions with Game Day 101

August 23, 2023 by Sarah Thompson

Freshmen class of 2027 at their first tailgate and Game Day 101. The newest Wildcats learn the ACU fight song and meet various sports teams. This was the first class to start the tradition of firing confetti canons right at kickoff.

Members from Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers talk to an ACU staff member. (Photo by Sarah Eunyoung Thompson)
Wildcat Week Peer Leaders pose at the Gameday 101 Tailgate. (Photo by Sarah Eunyoung Thompson)
Freshmen get hyped for Game Day 101. (Photo by Sarah Eunyoung Thompson)

ACU’s Cross Country team throwing shirts during Game Day 101. (Photo by Sarah Eunyoung Thompson)
ACU’s Volleyball team throws shirts at Game Day 101 in promotion for their home games. (Photo by Sarah Eunyoung Thompson)
ACU’s Football team throws shirts into the crowd in promotion for their home games at Game Day 101. (Photo by Sarah Eunyoung Thompson)

Wildcat Week Peer Leaders throw cosmic brownies into the crowd at Game Day 101. (Photo by Sarah Eunyoung Thompson)
Peer leaders, Ainsley Mullins, sophomore psychology major from Katy and Vika Bychkova, from Conroe, practice their WCs at Game Day 101. (Photo by Sarah Eunyoung Thompson)
Families join for Wildcat Week Game Day 101. (Photo by Sarah Eunyoung Thompson)

Laney Aguilar, sophmore general accounting major from San Antonio, gives announcements at Wildcat Week. (Photo by Sarah Eunyoung Thompson)
Wildcat Week Peer Leaders Logan Caroll, sophmore management major from Boerne, Will Vogelsang, junior finance major from Mckinney and Johnathon Goode, junior biology major from Canton, show school spirit at Game Day 101. (Photo by Sarah Eunyoung Thompson)
Caroline Warber, sophmore business major representing the ACU Pom Squad on Game Day 101. (Photo by Sarah Eunyoung Thompson)

Wildcat Week Peer Leaders Brandon Belcher, sophomore engineering major from Euless, and Kendall Nordyke, sophmore education major from Hurst, show school spirit during Game Day 101. (Photo by Sarah Eunyoung Thompson)
ACU’s Pom Squad line up for Wildcat Week’s Game Day 101. (Photo by Sarah Eunyoung Thompson)
Freshmen launch purple confetti cannons at Game Day 101. (Photo by Sarah Eunyoung Thompson)

ACU freshmen are the first to participate in the newest football game tradition at Game Day 101. (Photo by Sarah Eunyoung Thompson)

 

Filed Under: Multimedia, Photo Galleries Tagged With: game day, gameday 101, Tailgating

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