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Thrasher to be Honored at Missouri Game
August 24, 2016 04:57 PM | Football
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Olympic Gold medalist and West Virginia University sophomore Ginny Thrasher will be honored in front of 60,000 fans at the WVU-Missouri Gold Rush game on Saturday, Sept. 3, at Milan Puskar Stadium.
Thrasher, along with WVU women’s soccer seniors and Bronze medalists Kadeisha Buchanan and Ashley Lawrence, will be recognized at halftime during the Pride of West Virginia Mountaineer Marching Band’s performance.
All three medalists enjoyed much success while competing at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympic Games, with Thrasher, a native of Springfield, Virginia, earning the first Gold medal awarded, and Buchanan and Lawrence helping Canada secure its second straight Bronze medal.
Shooting for Italy, former WVU NCAA Champion and All-American Nicco Campriani also stoop atop the podium, winning two Gold medals in shooting events and pushing his career Olympic medal count to four.
In all, WVU totaled five medals at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.
Tickets for the WVU-Missouri Gold Rush game are available online at WVUGAME.com or by calling 1-800-WVU GAME.
The game is designated a Gold Rush, presented by the West Virginia Lottery. All fans are encouraged to wear gold. In honor of the start of the 125th year of WVU football, Coca-Cola will provide 60,000 WVU125 gold shakers to Mountaineer fans at the game.
The game will mark the first time WVU has faced an SEC team in a home opener in 54 years.
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