Around the Water Bowl -- Terrier Talk
Edition 219 – January 7, 2009
Number of the Week – 287 (See Below)
BASKETBALL: Women host Elon Saturday; Men return home Jan. 15
The Wofford women's basketball team hosts Elon in a Southern Conference match-up Saturday at 3:00 p.m. inside the Benjamin Johnson Arena. It's Girl Scout Day at Wofford, all Girl Scouts will be admitted to the game free as part of the Cookie Sales Kick-off Rally that precedes the game.
The Terrier men return to the BenJo after road games at Chattanooga (Thursday) and Samford (Saturday) to face College of Charleston on Thursday, January 15 at 7:00 p.m. It will be Pine Street School Night and the Wofford men's and women's tennis teams will take to the floor at the half and will be introduced to the crowd. Fans will have a chance to win some special prizes at the end of the tennis exhibition.
Recycle an old phone book for a free ticket!
Through a partnership with the AT&T Real Yellow Pages, Wofford Basketball is hosting a phone book recycling event on Saturday, January 17 inside the Benjamin Johnson Arena. Bring your old phone books to be recycled and receive a voucher good for free admission to the Terriers next home basketball game! There will be free koozies from the AT&T Real Yellow Pages as well. The first game of the doubleheader begins at 3:00 p.m. as the women host College of Charleston followed by the men vs. The Citadel at 7:00 p.m.
Davidson game tickets
Reserved seats for the men's basketball game against Davidson Thursday, February 12 are sold out. General admission tickets remain. Adult general admission is $8.00 and children age 3-12 are $5.00. To purchase tickets, call 864-597-4090 Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. Purchase your tickets soon as the game is expected to sell-out in advance. The contest will be televised on MASN (Mid-Atlantic Sports Network, check your cable or satellite provider).
TERRIER SPIRIT: Cheerleaders to host clinic February 7
The Wofford College cheerleaders will host a Spirit Clinic on Saturday, February 7 for girls age 5-10. The clinic will begin at 1:00 and concludes during the Wofford-Furman women's basketball game that tips off at 3:00 p.m.
Click here for a registration form.
BASKETBALL: New ticket "mini plan" announced
The Wofford Athletic Ticket Office and Wofford Sports Marketing have launched a new ticket initiative called "Pick 5 for $45."
Fans who want the same great seat to watch the Terriers play, but need the flexibility to create their own schedule now have a new option! For $45, fans may purchase a reserved seat ticket for any five of the Terriers remaining home games!
Included in the nine remaining home games are two televised games on SportSouth (Chattanooga and Georgia Southern) as well as in-state rivals College of Charleston, The Citadel and Furman. (Tickets for the February 12 showdown with Top 25-ranked Davidson would be general admission.) The "Pick 5" plan is available for a limited time only!
Special ticket packages for groups of 15 or more are also on-sale. For a ticket brochure or to order call the Wofford Athletic Ticket Office at 864-597-4090.
TERRIER TALES: Reading program for youth reaches halfway mark
The Terrier Tales Reading Program has reached the halfway point in the year and it's not too late to get your child involved! The Terrier Tales program is open to all children in grades K through 8.
This fall, nearly 900 students have enrolled in the program with over 50% having completed reading five books. To participate, simply check out a book at any of the ten Spartanburg County Public Libraries. Upon completing the book, the child returns to the branch with their bookmark to have it stamped by the librarian. Once your child completes five books and receives five stamps, the bookmark becomes a free ticket to any home men’s or women’s basketball game!
When the bookmark is turned in at a game, Wofford will then mail the child their next bookmark to continue participating in the program. The program is designed to reward children for reading during the school year and is sponsored by the Spartanburg County Public Libraries and Wofford College Athletics.
Wofford will award $250 to the school with the highest participation (bookmarks returned at athletic events). The award will come with a visit from staff, coaches and student-athletes from Wofford in the spring. The child with the highest participation (bookmarks returned at athletic events) will get to throw out a ceremonial first pitch at a 2009 baseball game and receive a Terrier prize pack.
At the conclusion of the football season, Mayo Elementary School - last year's participation winner - is the leading participant, but it is certainly not too late to take advantage of the program as seventeen men's and women's basketball games remain on the schedule ending March 2nd.
For complete details, contact marketing and promotions assistant Lisa Cherry at 864-597-4023 or CherryLJ@wofford.edu.
Number of the Week -- 287
In December, the Wofford Athletic Media Relations department added its newest member. Kim Tonkin joined the Terriers staff as the assistant athletic media relations director. Originally from Marietta, Ga., Kim serves as the executive director of Carolina One Volleyball, a local non-profit youth volleyball organization. The "number of the week" is the team-leading number of digs she recorded her senior year while playing volleyball at Furman. She graduated with a B.A. in Engish and Linguistics from Furman and served as a Sports Information Assistant there for the last year and a half before joining the Wofford staff.
Contact Wofford Athletics
(864) 597-4090 – Athletic Ticket Office
(864) 597-4496 - Terrier Club
(864) 597-4110 - Wofford Sports Marketing, Director, Lenny Mathis
(864) 597-4023 - Wofford Sports Marketing, Assistant, Lisa Cherry
(864) 597-4188 - IMG College Wofford Account Executive, Adam Smith
“Around the Water Bowl – Terrier Talk” is a service of Wofford Sports Marketing.
For questions or more information about this newsletter, call (864) 597-4110 or send an e-mail to mathisld@wofford.edu.