UNI Student Athletes are the best

[UNI Prof]

Thank you to all of the UNI student athletes that helped out with Junior Panther day yesterday at the WRC. There were representatives from track, football, men's and women's basketball, softball, soccer, and wrestling. My sons REALLY enjoyed the entire time and had a great time just interacting with the various athletes.

Many of the athletes paid particular attention to the kids, adding to the event. My youngest got to play quite a bit with Marc Sonnen and Anthony James of basketball, Matt Strathman of football, Ellie Blankenship and Bre Payton from volleyball, as well as some great kids (I unfortunately don't know their names) from wrestling and soccer. AJ was probably his favorite, but he really loved them all.

My oldest really enjoyed the event last year, but this year was even better. I know that my youngest will remember yesterday for a long time; he hasn't stopped talking about it yet.

We have some really great kids in the athletic department and we should all be proud that they chose to become Panthers.

[DrewDog]

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Can you share more about Junior Panther Day? We do not have kids so I often miss some of these events.

[UNI Prof]

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Here is a link from the website:

http://www.unipanthers.com/genrel/033110aaa.html

[Panther1979]

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I have noticed many times the great interaction betweent the student athletes and kids.
It is espicially great to see the young men so accessible.

[MnPantherFan]

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I have noticed many times the great interaction betweent the student athletes and kids.
It is espicially great to see the young men so accessible.

The article, posted on one of the threads, describing how Ali kept the reporter waiting while he signed autographs for the kids was another great example. Congratulations all!