April 28, 2003

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Head coach Jim Grobe and the Wake Forest football team will join with the men of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity to ¡§Pump Up for Piccolo¡¨, a weight lifting and strength event to raise money for the Brian Piccolo Cancer Fund Drive. The event takes place Wednesday, April 30 from 4-6 p.m. at the Bob McCreary Strength Complex in the Manchester Athletic Center on campus.

Eight teams comprised of two football players and two Pi Kappa Alpha members will compete against each other in a series of weight lifting and strength events. Prizes will be awarded to the fraternity members on the ¡§strongest¡¨ teams.

The Brian Piccolo Cancer Fund Drive was established by students in 1980 in memory of a great Wake Forest athlete/alumnus and Chicago Bear football star who died of cancer at the age of 26. The inaugural year of the drive brought in $3,500 and each successive year has seen increases in both community involvement and monies raised (over $578,000 for 22 years). The monies raised are donated to the Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University.

In this, its sixth year, the ¡§Pump Up for Piccolo¡¨ event has set a goal of $2,000 in the fight against cancer.

Student athletes and Pi Kappa Alpha brothers will raise money for the Piccolo Cancer Fund Drive through individual and business sponsorships of the competition. The Wake Forest Athletic Department is a proud sponsor of ¡§Pump Up for Piccolo¡¨.

For more information, call the WFU Student Development office at (336) 758-5921 or Matt Jennings, WFU Strength Coach, at (336) 758-5629.