Oklahoma State University Athletics
Customized Scooter Giveaway at OSU Winter Sporting Events
October 30, 2012 | Cowboy Wrestling
Oct. 30, 2012
Stillwater, Okla. — Oklahoma State alumni Malone and Amy Mitchell have announced they are offering all current OSU students the chance to win customized scooters again this year in a move that will continue to raise the level of student interest and participation in OSU's winter sports.
At every basketball game and wrestling event this academic year in Gallagher-Iba Arena, student ticket holders will be eligible to win a black Piaggio Typhoon 50. Counting all 2012-13 home men's and women's basketball games and wrestling duals, as many as 40 of the popular scooters will soon be cruising around campus.
The Mitchells, who rank among the university's most generous all-time donors, originally brought the idea to the OSU administration as a way to drive student interest and attendance during the 2009-10 season, and would like to do it again.
"We¹re grateful to the Mitchells for reaching out to the students through the athletic department," said Mike Holder, OSU's Director of Athletics. "They understand that students are the heart of the university, and a great way to keep the students connected to the university after graduation is through athletics."
Students must be currently enrolled at OSU and must be present at the event to win. The following information regards how students will be entered into the drawing for the giveaways:
* Men's basketball student ticket holders will be scanned upon entry of GIA. Names will be drawn prior to halftime and the scooter will be given away at halftime.
* Women's basketball game attendees will scan their student ID cards at a table set up in the east lobby near the escalators. Names will be drawn prior to halftime and the scooter will be given away at halftime.
* Wrestling dual attendees will scan their student ID cards at a table set up in the east lobby near the escalators and entries will be randomly drawn before the final match of every home dual.
The OSU men's basketball team, which has 18 home dates during the 2012-13 season, opens the year at home on Nov. 1 with an exhibition game against Ottawa, while the women tip off Nov. 7 against Central Oklahoma in the first of 17 home games. The Cowboy wrestling team's first home dual is scheduled for Nov. 25 against Penn, the first of five matches in GIA this season.
