The gifts made in honor of a recent graduate just keep rolling in. More than 100 through Tuesday afternoon, with the total topping $5,000.
“Thank you for sending us Cole Tracy,” reads the typical comment accompanying these donations to Assumption College.
“It’s hysterical,” said Tim Stanton, Assumption’s vice president for institutional advancement. “It’s great. It’s terrific.”
And yes, he knows it’s more than a tad bit crazy, LSU fans giving money to a NCAA Division II school in Massachusetts because it’s where their new kicker came from. All of which suggests:
“They’re pretty rabid fans,” Stanton said. “And generous, too.”
And even more motivated to give, it seems, after Tracy’s 42-yard field goal as time expired to beat Auburn last Saturday. But even before LSU played Auburn, Assumption received seven gifts totaling more than $500.
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