Jersey Stories

Saluki Athletics, SIH, and the SIH Foundation would like to express our appreciation to the jersey winners for your generosity and support of the Salukis Blackout Cancer event.  Your commitment has allowed us to help patients in need through the SIH Coach Kill Cancer Fund. Your assistance means so much to those patients seeking medical care for cancer and childhood diseases. The stories of why you support this event are even more special and we would like to share why our donors support this event.

• I played for Cindy Scott, Julie Beck and George Iubelt on some really great teams in the 1980’s. My experiences with these coaches, Dr. Charlotte West and amazing teammates shaped my life. Once a Saluki, always a Saluki! - Ann

• This jersey is to celebrate the SIH Cancer Institute staff who care so much about Southern Illinoisans and their families. Thank you for treating my family with so much care. Thank you to the Saluki Women's Basketball team for taking part in this event to assist! - Amanda

• I bid on this jersey in memory of my grandmother Jo who was a breast cancer survivor. She was an amazing woman who graduated from college in the 1920s. She obtained her pilot's license at Boeing Field in Seattle in early 1941. Sadly, her flying career was cut short by WWII. Later in life, she would type the Bible in Braille for the blind. She was very caring and encouraging of all of her grandchildren. She was an amazing woman. - Brian