35 - Mo Valley Athletic Auction, Helping Valley Roll

And for someone hearing about this auction for the first time, really what exactly is the MVC Athletics Auction?

Well, I think I'll lead in on that.

I mean, missionally for us, it's a it's a big deal.

It might sound like it's just another auction that's there, but it means so much more than that here.

And let's talk a little bit about that.

You know, first and foremost, the amount of work that goes into it.

Miss Keely Balls, the work that she does.

organizing this event.

I wouldn't wish that upon anybody, but she somehow does it.

The vendors, the group, the people that support and connect, like yourself, we couldn't do it without you.

I think it'd be remiss to not mention that.

But it's missionally aligned with supporting students and supporting student-athletes and athletic programs at a different level.

We are the largest athletics program in the country.

And so the amount of offering that we have here, co-curricular offering, it well supersedes what many schools would host as an athletics program.

Well, there's a couple sides to that.

There's the side that it brings a lot of excitement, a lot of enthusiasm, a lot of winning spirit and culture to the campus.

But then there's a side to support it.

And what's it gonna mean for support as it relates to each individual program? And every program has a different need.

Basketball program is going to have a different need than the football program is going to have.

Rodeo program is going to have a different need than the trap and ski program is going to have.

And so it's bringing people together missionally to support athletics at a new level.

And it's also a great time and a great evening and a lot of fun while you're there.

So I think you're having fun and you're supporting college athletics.

And that's what the most important thing is for me.

So I'm glad you brought that up because it was a question I did have was, I mean, how many sports are here?