2008 Woodie Awards
Scotty Wood returns for its annual tournament
Beth Schwartz
Issue date: 11/15/07 Section: News
The Scotty Wood Basketball Tournament just celebrated its 25th anniversary last November. Back in 1982, however, it started out as an unsuccessful attempt to unite the College community, yet it lacked the community's sponsorship and support. Since then, it has grown to be a weekend full of large crowds, entertainment and raffles and other prizes for tournament-goers to win.
The Scotty Wood Basketball Tournament is named after Milton W. "Scotty" Wood, the founder of Wood dining services that still operates at the College today. Wood has been in the food business during his whole career, starting out in inner-city Allentown with a small sandwich shop called the Home Restaurant in the 1940s. The College Basketball Team actually frequented his shop often, when their practices ended too late for them to eat on campus.
In the mid-80's, when the Muhlenberg Tip-Off Tournaments were unsuccessful, and considering the ties that Wood had with the basketball teams back in the 1940s, the College turned to Wood services to help with the Tournament. Robert Wood, Scotty's son, decided to lead the renewal of the Tournament under the new name, the Scotty Wood Tournament. In 1999, to honor Scotty Wood and show the College's great appreciation, the football stadium was renamed after him. He was also inducted into the College's Athletic Hall of Fame in 2002, shortly before his death in June 2003.
The Scotty Wood Tournament began in 1986 to raise more student participation and it was decided that the advertisers of the Tournament would be a committee made up of one professor and 12 students from one of the College's marketing management classes. The committee planned the whole Tournament and advertised the Tournament. Starting last week, the committee has been selling t-shirts and souvenirs and planning the weekend activities, such as raffles and prizes.
The 2007 Scotty Wood Tournament is this weekend, Nov. 16-17, with both men's and women's basketball games. The Tournament consists of eight college teams, four men's and four women's. The Mules men's team last won the Tournament in 2005, while the women won the tournament for the last four years. Both teams will try to make it into the Championship games, hoping that the Mules win both the men's and women's tournaments.
The Scotty Wood Basketball Tournament is named after Milton W. "Scotty" Wood, the founder of Wood dining services that still operates at the College today. Wood has been in the food business during his whole career, starting out in inner-city Allentown with a small sandwich shop called the Home Restaurant in the 1940s. The College Basketball Team actually frequented his shop often, when their practices ended too late for them to eat on campus.
In the mid-80's, when the Muhlenberg Tip-Off Tournaments were unsuccessful, and considering the ties that Wood had with the basketball teams back in the 1940s, the College turned to Wood services to help with the Tournament. Robert Wood, Scotty's son, decided to lead the renewal of the Tournament under the new name, the Scotty Wood Tournament. In 1999, to honor Scotty Wood and show the College's great appreciation, the football stadium was renamed after him. He was also inducted into the College's Athletic Hall of Fame in 2002, shortly before his death in June 2003.
The Scotty Wood Tournament began in 1986 to raise more student participation and it was decided that the advertisers of the Tournament would be a committee made up of one professor and 12 students from one of the College's marketing management classes. The committee planned the whole Tournament and advertised the Tournament. Starting last week, the committee has been selling t-shirts and souvenirs and planning the weekend activities, such as raffles and prizes.
The 2007 Scotty Wood Tournament is this weekend, Nov. 16-17, with both men's and women's basketball games. The Tournament consists of eight college teams, four men's and four women's. The Mules men's team last won the Tournament in 2005, while the women won the tournament for the last four years. Both teams will try to make it into the Championship games, hoping that the Mules win both the men's and women's tournaments.