UMC Athletic Banquet April 19

CROOKSTON, Minn. – The University of Minnesota Crookston athletic department will host the UMC Athletic Banquet on Tues., April 19 at Brown Dining Hall with doors opening at 5:30 p.m. The cost for non-student-athletes and athletic staff to attend is $10. The ceremony will include a dinner, introduction of the M Club, as well as a keynote speaker. The speaker is Eric Curry, a NCAA Division I basketball referee, Executive VP of Sales and Customer Service for SunCountry Airlines and former Vice President of the Minnesota Twins Corporate Partnership Team.

The Golden Eagles will present their end of the 2015-16 season awards, including Male and Female Outstanding Athlete of the Year, Male and Female Student-Athlete of the Year and the Justin Knebel Memorial Award. In addition, the UMC All-Academic Team will be honored, as will the recipients of the NSIC Myles Brand All-Academic with Distinction recipients. It will also mark the introduction of the M Club, as senior student-athletes will become members of the inaugural M Club at Minnesota Crookston.

The 2016 banquet will be the return of the UMC Athletic Banquet after five years. For the past five years, the UMC athletic awards have been announced at the Student Awards Ceremony, which will be held this year on April 21. 

To capture the event, UMC junior student-athletes Tyman Hayashi (Kalihi, Hawai’I) of football and Baillee Hauser (Raymond, Minn.) of women’s golf, will be part of the first student takeover of social media for event. Be sure to follow us on social media as Hayashi and Hauser capture the event of the University of Minnesota Crookston Twitter (@UMNCrookston) and Instagram (@umncrookston). If you are present for the event or getting ready to head over to the UMC Athletic Banquet tweet or put your pictures on Instagram using the hashtag #spreadyourwings. The UMC Athletic accounts will also be sharing content that Hayashi and Hauser produce for the event.