VESTAL, N.Y.—The Binghamton Bearcats Athletic Association (BBAA) hosted its 35th annual Matthews Auto Bearcats Golf Classic at The Links at Hiawatha Landing on Thursday.
The goal of the Matthews Auto Bearcat Golf Classic is to raise money for the Athletic Department's General Scholarship Fund and 208 golfers took part in this year's event. Since 2016, the Matthew's Auto Bearcats Golf Classic has raised over $400,000.
The support was just as solid this year in terms of corporate partners, with over 50 organizations sponsoring the event. In addition to Matthews Auto as the title sponsor, other major sponsors included, Binghamton University Dining Services, VISIONS Federal Credit Union, Hinman, Howard & Kattell, Mirabito-Gresham Insurance, UHS and Broome Bituminous.
In the morning session, which had a Captain and Crew format, the winning score of 58 (-11) was turned in by the team of Paul Huff, Mike Folli, E.J Folli and Chris Ciesla. The afternoon session had a Texas Scramble format and the winning quartet was Jeremy Sager, Jeremy Sager, Jr., John Florance and Ryan Lock with a score of 118 (- 26).
"The Matthews Auto Bearcats Golf Classic continues to be more than a department fund-raising event," said Associate Athletic Director-Corporate Partnerships Brian Jester. "We are so thankful to J.B. Bump and his staff at The Links at Hiawatha Landing for hosting this event; we are extremely grateful to Matthews Auto for their incredible generosity, Binghamton University Dining Services for their hospitality and also to our loyal business partners, the hundreds of participating golfers and each of the volunteers for their continued support and allegiance ."
Founded in 1991, the BBAA is the philanthropic support group made up of alumni, parents, friends, community members, teams, coaches and students who have a deep interest in Binghamton University and its Athletics program. Binghamton University has long been proud of its student-athletes and their many accomplishments – whether they were competing as Colonials or as Bearcats.
The BBAA allows the Athletics Department to provide scholarships to student-athletes, state-of-the-art training equipment, facility and equipment enhancements and funding for the VISIONS FCU Center for Student-Athlete Excellence that supports our student-athletes.
