If anyone is looking for a last minute tax deduction I just wanted to bump this back into the minds of everyone. We are not far from the original goal but closer than the 4,500 from the last update. Can't say the exact total as most are gone for the holidays but as I said back in April this was never a sprint but a long term project. I knew everyone was asking for money back then and has continued to all year so I left it alone for most of the year. Mike has been able to use what has been donated to purchase some racks and every dollar, no matter how much, goes completely to S & C and will be used across the entire sports programs and also benefits regular students as the equipment we replace when we upgrade goes into other rec facilities on campus. Goal target or not, I will keep up work for S & C well into 2017 and beyond. Everything helps and it's the best way to help every program for the school we all love.

Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and a HAPPy New Year.

RISE:2016 Season Finale:

http://www.appstatesports.com/mediaPort ... ID=5845698

Some things yet to get completed with the fundraiser. Tax refund season around the corner. 25% of mine will going for this effort. I challenge others to commit the same percentage. We've seen how a high quality S & C program has helped our teams excel!

"Today I Give My All For Appalachian State!"

GO MOUNTAINEERS!

-WXAPP

Battle for the Belt has begun....

A "Battle for the Basketball Belt" would go a long way in making next winter a lot more enjoyable.

A "C" note is on the way tonite! Give 'em Hell, Iron Mike!

Another donation made tonight. Let's keep it going.

Click on the instagram link and there are two clips in one. Have to hit the arrow on the right side of the first one to see the second. And in case anyone doesn't figure it out....the first is Upshaw and the second is Moore. Those are some STRONG RB's.

Upshaw might run over a bulldog opening week, I bet he is really looking forward to being back on the field.

Upshaw has been in beast mode since spring ball started. He knows he messed up, lost a year, and wants to go out with a bang. Motivation all the way.

At his size that time is pretty much as impressive as Virgil's 4.27. And a 35.5 vert to boot. Hoping for a breakout season for Mock this year. He can really help take some pressure off of Shea.

Love to see this too. Take a look at who the Panthers drafted in the first round this year and what all he did. Evans is that same type of multi position kid who is the same height as McCaffery, only about 10 lbs lighter, as of the last report, and even faster (Evans 4.38-McCaffery 4.48). We don't know yet what he'll be at weight wise come August after a full offseason in Mike's program. And he's just a So. He keeps it up and he'll hear his name called one day.