St. Cloud State University celebrated Homecoming 2018 last week on campus with a wide range of fun-filled activities and events. Over 12,300 fans attended St. Cloud State University athletic events during the course of the week, which included home events in men's hockey, football, soccer and cross country.
As a way to show their appreciation for the support they receive from the SCSUÂ campus and St. Cloud community, a group of over 75 St. Cloud State student-athletes participated in the University's Student Athletic Advisory Council's Campus Clean-up event on the morning of Sunday, Oct. 21.
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Garbage collected during SAAC's Homecoming Campus Clean-Up event
The Huskies student-athletes walked the neighborhood surrounding the St. Cloud State University and picked up trash on the day after the final day of the University's Homecoming 2018 week. SAAC representative Natalie Gottschalk, a member of the SCSU track and field team, said the group collected over 20 large bags of trash during event that featured student-athletes from all of St. Cloud State's team that did not have conflicts with competition that day.
"We have such great support from our campus and the local community, and we did the campus clean-up to show our appreciation for the support the community provides to the teams at St. Cloud State," Gottschalk said.
The St. Cloud State SAAC group was also active during the week selling Homecoming 2018 t-shirts at all of the home athletic events on campus. The proceeds from the t-shirt sales will go to help the Make-A-Wish campaign.
The St. Cloud State University Intercollegiate Athletic Department was recently recognized among the nation's top 10 NCAA Division II teams for community service work in 2018. The Huskies ranked seventh in the 2018 NCAA Division II Team Works Helper Helper Community Service Competition for their community outreach efforts. The St. Cloud State softball team was number one in the competition for all NCAA DII softball teams, while the St. Cloud State baseball team ranked second in the nation among all NCAA DII baseball teams.
