Ohio State hosts Big 10 Football & Cricket for the Gordon Gee Trophy !
then Ohio State University President E. Gordon Gee with then USU Cricket President & American College Cricket Hall of Famer Romel Somavat
Its Fall, and its time for Ohio State Buckeyes Football, and for the Ohio State Buckeyes Cricket Club to once again host the American College Cricket Mid West Championship ! So as the fans gear up to watch the Buckeyes play the Cincinnati Bearcats in college football, the Buckeyes, Iowa State Cyclones, College of Wooster Fighting Scots,University at Buffalo Buffs, Northern Illinois University,Univ of Illinois Springfield ,and Univ of Illinois Chicago will compete in cricket !
Ohio State is eager to retain the Gordon Gee Trophy which it claimed in 2011 and 2012, whilst Iowa State is defending from 2013. Buffalo has looked stronger each tournament it has played, and Northern Illinois has beaten Iowa State before. Wooster, Springfield & Chicago will be eager to make their mark !
The University at Buffalo Cricket Club is fresh from its involvement with Vibha – raising funds for kids in India, whilst also building the profile of cricket in the Buffalo area, by getting significant media coverage in the Buffalo media.
Our Northern Illinois Club, begun by Sreekar Yellapragada who has graduated, has raised our profile in Illinois, and we’ve started 2 new clubs, UIC & UIS in time for this Regional whilst a 3rd, Southern Illinois may be ready in time for the Mid Atlantic Regionals ! Last Spring Break American College Cricket President Lloyd Jodah met some students from SIU, who were coincidentally using the same hotel ! Imagine his confusion, think that they had showed up without being a member of American College Cricket or registering for the Nationals !
One of our most important clubs, College of Wooster has made cricket part of its Annual Homecoming, and will once more, despite being probably our smallest school, strive to show why they’re the Fighting Scots ! Iowa State, as always, was ready to host a Regional with the support of their Club Sports Dept .
Romel Somavat (Ohio State), recently inducted in the American College Cricket Hall of Fame will be attending the Championship.
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