GameAbove set to provide three EMU students with up to $15,000 in aid for Wintertime 2022 semester

YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) — The Eastern Michigan Academy Department of Athletics and GameAbove announced today, Dec. ix, the addition of three scholarship giveaways that will have place during George Gervin Day Saturday, Dec. 11, confronting Florida International University.

Iii EMU students that are in attendance will walk away with up to $15,000 in tuition help that will be applicable towards the Winter 2022 semester. The winners will be selected through a random, raffle-mode drawing. All currently enrolled Eastern Michigan students will be eligible to win, merely must be in attendance at the game and entered into the cartoon (past turning in a ticket which will exist provided for complimentary at the event) to collect the prize.

This incredible commitment to EMU and its students comes in addition to a previously committed $75,000 in gift carte du jour giveaways that GameAbove has pledged for Gervin Solar day. GameAbove is giving the first ane,000 EMU students attending the game $75, in honor of Gervin being selected to the NBA's 75th Ceremony Team. GameAbove is offering a matching donation of $100 in Gervin's name to the EMU Pupil Emergency Fund for each EMU faculty or staff member who attends the event. Visit https://www.gameabove.com/george-gervin-day/ to learn more on rules and eligibility.

Additionally, 50 George Gervin bobbleheads will exist awarded leading up to and throughout the game, as well as 3,500 commemorative t-shirts and rally towels.

Fans tin buy tickets to the December. 11 competition for 24 percent off in accolade of Gervin'southward EMU bailiwick of jersey number, 24.

Recently announced, Gervin will be the subject of a currently untitled documentary directed past One9 and produced by MSM, alongside GameAbove Entertainment and its subsidiary Front Runner Films. Mike Tollin, the producer of The Final Dance, will exist heading the production equally well.

Gervin, a member of the 1,000 betoken club at EMU (1,044), was drafted into the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1974 by the Phoenix Suns in the tertiary round, 40th overall. He went on to play ten seasons in the NBA, generally with the San Antonio Spurs, before ending his career with the Chicago Bulls. The Detroit native was an all-star for nine consecutive seasons in the league, 1976-85, and was a four-time scoring champion (1977-78, 1978-79, 1979-lxxx, 1981-82). Furthermore, the Iceman was an NBA offset-team selection five times, and second-team twice.

In 1986 Eastern celebrated Gervin by retiring his No. 24 jersey in the rafters and was inducted into the Due east-Social club Hall of Fame in 1993. In 1996, he was enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, as well as being selected as one of the NBA'due south top-50 players of all time. The Eastern alum all the same holds the career-scoring boilerplate record at 26.5 points per game and was recently named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team.

GameAbove is an informational board of EMU alumni who are committed to making a departure at EMU. Gervin happens to likewise be a member.

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George Gervin Mean solar day Presented By GameAbove
Who: EMU and NBA Legend George Gervin returns to campus
When: Saturday, December. 11 - 1p.m.
Where: EMU Convocation Center (799 Due north. Hewitt Rd. Ypsilanti, Mich.)

Gameday Details:

  • Wear white against FIU as EMU will attempt to "ice-out" the Convo in accolade of the "Iceman"

  • GameAbove is giving the first 1,000 EMU students attending the game $75, in laurels of Gervin being selected to the NBA's 75th Anniversary Team.

  • GameAbove is offering a matching donation of $100 in Gervin'due south name to the EMU Student Emergency Fund for each EMU faculty or staff member who attends the event. Visit https://www.gameabove.com/george-gervin-twenty-four hours to learn more than on rules and eligibility.

  • 50 George Gervin bobbleheads will be awarded leading up to and throughout the game.

  • 3,500 commemorative t-shirts and rally towels. Further information volition exist fabricated available in the weeks to come

  • Fans can buy tickets to the December. 11 contest for 24 percentage off in honor of Gervin's EMU jersey number, 24

Scholarship Eligibility Details
To be eligible, students must exist enrolled at Eastern Michigan Academy during the Winter 2022 semester. Pupil-athletes are not eligible. The scholarship will apply to Wintertime 2022 semester charges afterward the add/drop date. Final scholarship amount may vary depending on the winning educatee's tuition charges and/or other existing awards/scholarships.

About GameAbove
GameAbove at EMU'southward primary focus is to help shape, inspire and support the electric current and future students of Eastern Michigan Academy by reaching new heights in learning through transformation and inspiration in the educational experience. The GameAbove family of organizations volition also help improve the college education feel by exploring and supporting innovative financial models to sustain universities, creative giving within the community, enhancing the campus environment, elevating athletics, and promoting pioneering academic programs. For more information, visit gameabove.com.

About Eastern Michigan University
Founded in 1849, Eastern is the second oldest public academy in Michigan. It currently serves more than than sixteen,000 students pursuing undergraduate, graduate, specialist, doctoral and document degrees in the arts, sciences and professions. In all, more than 300 majors, minors and concentrations are delivered through the University's Colleges of Arts and Sciences; Business concern; Education; Engineering and Technology; Health and Homo Services; and its graduate school. EMU is regularly recognized by national publications for its excellence, diversity, and delivery to applied education. For more information about Eastern Michigan University, visit emich.edu.