Wake Forest Athletics
Deacon Field Hockey to Host Annual Melanoma Fundraiser
4/1/2016 12:00:00 AM | Field Hockey
By Wake Forest Athletic Communications (@WakeHockey)
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The Wake Forest field hockey team will host its seventh annual melanoma fundraiser on April 10 at noon to raise money for melanoma research. The team will host a spikeball tournament at the McCreary Fieldhouse.
The disease struck close to home for the Demon Deacon field hockey program in 2006, when former standout Maria Whitehead, who helped lead the team to its first-ever ACC and NCAA championships in 2002, passed away after a battle melanoma.
For the first five years of the fundraiser, the field hockey team hosted a dodgeball tournament, but changed it to spikeball in 2015 after adopting the game as part of its warmups. Spikeball, a common beach game, is a team sport played by two teams of two players. The object of the game is to hit the ball into the net so that the opposing team cannot return it.
The cost per team is $15. Teams consist of two players. Donations will also be accepted on the day of the event or can be donated directly online to Wake Health.
All proceeds will benefit the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and the entire campus community is encouraged to join in the fight against this prevalent and fatal disease.
For more information, contact Krysta Wangerin at wangke12@wfu.edu.
