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SDSU Wins Third Showdown Series
5/31/2016 11:00:00 AM | General
Showdown Series raised $66,000 for Feeding South Dakota
SIOUX FALLS, S.D.—For the third time in the last four years, South Dakota Corn Utilization officials announced Tuesday that South Dakota State has captured the South Dakota Showdown Series.
The Jackrabbits earn bragging rights for the year after winning the point-based athletic and academic competition against the University of South Dakota, 16-11. SDSU won the inaugural Showdown Series, 14-13, in 2012-13 and, 18-9, in 2013-14.
"All season long both SDSU and USD have been able to showcase academic and athletic excellence with the help of the South Dakota Corn Utilization Council," SDSU Director of Athletics Justin Sell said. "As Division I institutions, we are proud to place a high value on sportsmanship and community service to meaningful organizations, such as Feeding South Dakota."
Presented by South Dakota Corn, the Showdown Series is structured against a point system in which each school can earn 24 points per year based on head-to-head competition and conference championships between SDSU and USD in a total of 17 men's and women's sports. Additionally, points were also awarded for student-athletes' GPAs and philanthropic efforts. For a complete breakdown of point totals against the sport won by the respective university, visit http://sdcornshowdown.com/.
"The Showdown Series is a perfect opportunity for our state's farmers to share the story of our commitment to feed a growing world while also preserving our precious natural resources," Corn Utilization Council President Reno Brueggeman said. "And the success of this series has provided the resources for Feeding South Dakota to provide hundreds of thousands of meals the past several years to make sure South Dakotans don't go hungry."
The Showdown Series raised $66,000 for Feeding South Dakota during the 2015-16 athletic season. Feeding South Dakota is the state's hunger relief organization fighting to eliminate hunger in South Dakota. Feeding South Dakota assists in providing temporary food assistance to 21,000 hungry South Dakota families and individuals each week.
"We are so grateful for the continued generosity of South Dakota Corn along with South Dakota State University and the University of South Dakota for their support of Feeding South Dakota. There has never been a more unique partnership than that of these two organizations, teaming up together in their biggest rivalry yet, working to help end hunger in South Dakota," Matt Gassen, Executive Director for Feeding South Dakota said.
Leading the charge for this initiative with South Dakota Corn and the two universities are Jackrabbit Sports Properties and Coyote Sports Properties, the multimedia rights holders for SDSU Athletics and USD Athletics, respectively. Both are properties of Learfield, which manages multimedia rights for more than 120 collegiate properties.
For additional information, visit Learfield (www.learfieldsports.com); South Dakota Corn Utilization Council (www.sdcorn.org) or Feeding South Dakota (www.feedingsouthdakota.org).
The Jackrabbits earn bragging rights for the year after winning the point-based athletic and academic competition against the University of South Dakota, 16-11. SDSU won the inaugural Showdown Series, 14-13, in 2012-13 and, 18-9, in 2013-14.
"All season long both SDSU and USD have been able to showcase academic and athletic excellence with the help of the South Dakota Corn Utilization Council," SDSU Director of Athletics Justin Sell said. "As Division I institutions, we are proud to place a high value on sportsmanship and community service to meaningful organizations, such as Feeding South Dakota."
Presented by South Dakota Corn, the Showdown Series is structured against a point system in which each school can earn 24 points per year based on head-to-head competition and conference championships between SDSU and USD in a total of 17 men's and women's sports. Additionally, points were also awarded for student-athletes' GPAs and philanthropic efforts. For a complete breakdown of point totals against the sport won by the respective university, visit http://sdcornshowdown.com/.
"The Showdown Series is a perfect opportunity for our state's farmers to share the story of our commitment to feed a growing world while also preserving our precious natural resources," Corn Utilization Council President Reno Brueggeman said. "And the success of this series has provided the resources for Feeding South Dakota to provide hundreds of thousands of meals the past several years to make sure South Dakotans don't go hungry."
The Showdown Series raised $66,000 for Feeding South Dakota during the 2015-16 athletic season. Feeding South Dakota is the state's hunger relief organization fighting to eliminate hunger in South Dakota. Feeding South Dakota assists in providing temporary food assistance to 21,000 hungry South Dakota families and individuals each week.
"We are so grateful for the continued generosity of South Dakota Corn along with South Dakota State University and the University of South Dakota for their support of Feeding South Dakota. There has never been a more unique partnership than that of these two organizations, teaming up together in their biggest rivalry yet, working to help end hunger in South Dakota," Matt Gassen, Executive Director for Feeding South Dakota said.
Leading the charge for this initiative with South Dakota Corn and the two universities are Jackrabbit Sports Properties and Coyote Sports Properties, the multimedia rights holders for SDSU Athletics and USD Athletics, respectively. Both are properties of Learfield, which manages multimedia rights for more than 120 collegiate properties.
For additional information, visit Learfield (www.learfieldsports.com); South Dakota Corn Utilization Council (www.sdcorn.org) or Feeding South Dakota (www.feedingsouthdakota.org).
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