For Immediate
Release: Tuesday, September 24, 2002
Contact: Dave Geringer, UTPA Director of Athletic Media Relations, (956)
381-2240
EDINBURG, TX-The University of Texas-Pan American’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee has donated more than 80 textbooks to the Texas-Pan American Library Collections Division.
The committee members making the donation were accompanied by UTPA Academic Counselor/Life Skills Coordinator for Athletics Dawne Hill, and the donation was officially received by UTPA Library Director of Collections and Development Dr. Farzaneh Razzaghi.
“I would like to thank the student-athletes for considering the library for these books,” said Razzaghi. “I appreciate the donation, and we will make sure that these books are put to good use. It was very nice of the athletic department to think of us.”
“The UTPA Library offers an extremely worthwhile medium
where we can donate used textbooks to a worthy cause,” said UTPA Assistant
Athletic Director for Academic Support and Student Services Chris Uchacz, who
serves as the SAAC’s advisor. “The SAAC unanimously voted to donate the
textbooks to the UTPA Library for use by other students.”
SAAC members participating in the event were SAAC President Cynthia Kasper
(Volleyball, Sr. Austin, TX/Connally HS), SAAC President-elect Matt Hall (Men’s
basketball, So. Katy, TX/Katy HS), Jennifer Arriola (Women’s basketball, So. Rio
Rico, AZ/Rio Rico HS), Jessica Brown (Women’s tennis, Jr. Sioux City, IA/North
HS), Deanah Chavez (Women’s cross country/track and field, Fr. Edinburg,
TX/Edinburg HS), Rachel Drury (Women’s track and field, Sr. Moscow, ID/Moscow
HS), Matt Eichel (Baseball, So. Grapevine, TX/Grapevine HS), Marlin Manley
(Men’s track and field, So. Hampton, VA/Bethel HS)), Jaclyn Muszynski
(Volleyball, Jr. Walnut, CA/Walnut HS), and Ben Piper (Men’s golf, Jr. Lubbock,
TX/Coronado HS).
PHOTO ID: BACK: Matt Eichel (Baseball), Ben Piper (Men's Golf), Jennifer Arriola (Women's Basketball), Marlin Manley (Men's Track and Field), Matt Hall (Men's Basketball), Jaclyn Muszynski (Women's Basketball). FRONT: Cynthia Kasper (Volleyball), Jessica Brown (Women's Tennis), Rachel Drury (Women's Track and Field), Deanah Chavez (Women's Cross Country/Track and Field).