   Aces To Sell T-Shirts To Help Raise Funds For UE Hall-O-Farmer
The University of Evansville men’s and women’s soccer teams are teaming up to raise awareness and to help an Evansville great.
Prior to this year’s Homecoming matches, the UE Men’s and Women’s Soccer teams will be hosting a fundraiser to benefit UE Athletics Hall of Fame member Mick Lyon with expenses associated to his fight against multiple sclerosis. This fundraiser will coincide with the Aces’ Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Night during homecoming on October 14.
“We have the opportunity to step up and help support the man that started our program,” said UE women’s soccer head coach Krista McKendree. “I encourage and hope all Aces (past, present, and future) will do what they can to show Mick the values he was taught and helped teach here at UE are still going strong. As an athlete and coach he never gave up and I know the out pouring of support is helping him continue to fight MS. Thank you to everyone for your support of positive messages.”
Mick Lyon was inducted in the UE Athletics Hall of Fame in 2002 and the Missouri Valley Conference Hall of Fame in 2015, following highly-decorated careers as both a player and coach for the Purple Aces. As a member of the men’s soccer team, Mick was a three-time team MVP and was named a Second Team All-American by the NSCAA in 1987, before becoming an assistant coach for the men’s program in 1991 and being named the first head coach of the UE women’s program in 1993. In his nine seasons as head coach, Lyon guided the Aces to five regular-season conference championships, five conference tournament titles and three NCAA Tournament appearances.
To show your support for Mick and to contribute to this fundraiser, you can purchase a t-shirt for $12 through an online order form prior to October 5. T-shirts may be purchased at the game on October 14 for $15. To preorder your shirt, simply fill out the online order form and join the Aces in the fight against MS.
