MOUNT OLIVE-LIMESTONE BASEBALL DOUBLEHEADER TO SERVE AS FUND-RAISER FOR KEVIN WISE, JR. MEMORIAL ENDOWED ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP FUND AT MOUNT OLIVE COLLEGE
Courtesy of: MOUNT OLIVE COLLEGE
ATHLETICS
Office of Sports Information
Contact: David Shulimson, Sports Information
Director
April 8, 2013
SATURDAY’S MOUNT OLIVE-LIMESTONE BASEBALL
DOUBLEHEADER TO SERVE AS FUND-RAISER FOR KEVIN WISE, JR. MEMORIAL
ENDOWED ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP FUND AT MOUNT OLIVE
COLLEGE
MOUNT OLIVE, N.C. – Saturday’s
Conference Carolinas baseball doubleheader between nationally
second-ranked Mount Olive College and Limestone College will serve
as a fund-raiser for the Kevin Wise, Jr. Memorial Endowed Athletic
Scholarship Fund at Mount Olive College. Game one begins at noon at
Scarborough Field, followed by game two approximately 30 minutes
after the conclusion of the opener.
Kevin Wise, Jr. was a student at Southern Wayne High School and
a centerfielder on the Saints baseball team. Kevin had a promising
baseball future and had already secured a full ride to University
of North Carolina, the top-ranked Division I team in the nation
this season. He had even received an offer from the Atlanta Braves,
but opted to attend UNC.
On February 18, 2012, just two weeks after being announced as a
co-winner of the Jerry Narron Award at that year’s Hot Stove
Banquet, Kevin passed away unexpectedly.
To honor Kevin’s memory, his mother, Elizabeth Waters
Wise, and his grandparents, Charles and Elsie Swinson, have
established the Kevin Wise, Jr. Memorial Endowed Athletic
Scholarship Fund at Mount Olive College. The Scholarship Fund was
established this past February on the one-year anniversary of
Kevin’s passing.
This Saturday, baseball fans have an opportunity to watch
exciting action as the Trojans continue their quest for their
fourth consecutive conference title and their seventh NCAA Division
II Tournament appearance in the last eight years. Mount Olive tied
for third in the nation at the 2011 NCAA II National Finals at Cary
and won the 2008 NCAA Division II Baseball National Championship at
Sauget, Ill.
In addition, fans will have the opportunity to contribute to the
Kevin Wise, Jr. Memorial Endowed Athletic Scholarship Fund. All
proceeds from the games – gate, concession stand, collections
– will go towards the Scholarship Fund.
A devout Christian, Kevin had the verse Luke 1:37 tattooed on
his arm: “For with God nothing shall be impossible.”
MOC Director of Planned Giving Dwayne McKay says that Kevin’s
faith, along with the fact that Kevin’s mother and both of
Kevin’s aunts attended Mount Olive, make the Scholarship Fund
a fitting way to honor Kevin’s memory.
“Kevin’s understandings of the importance of an
education, his love of baseball and his faith in Jesus Christ are
all reasons the endowed scholarship at Mount Olive College is such
a perfect way to memorialize his life,” said McKay.
“And a Mount Olive College baseball game is the perfect
backdrop for a fund-raiser for a Scholarship Fund dedicated to
Kevin.
Those who want to contribute to the Kevin Wise, Jr. Memorial
Endowed Athletic Scholarship Fund at Mount Olive College, but are
unable to attend Saturday’s games can contact Dwayne McKay at
919-658-7757 or email him at dmckay@moc.edu.
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