UNI pep bands on the road again

Pep bands to attend conference basketball tournaments thanks to anonymous donor

UNI pep bands will now be attending the Missouri Valley Conference basketball tournaments with the help of an anonymous donor.

The Northern Iowan reported in November 2022, that the pep bands would not travel to the men’s or women’s conference basketball tournaments due to budget cuts within UNI Athletics.

According to UNI Athletics Director David Harris, since the publishing of the article, a donor has stepped forward to provide the funds required to send the band to the men’s tournament in St. Louis, Mo., and the women’s tournament in Moline, Ill..

“We have been working since the last time we spoke [with the Northern Iowan] to try to identify funding from different ways and in different areas, but ultimately, when this donor came forward, that ended up being the thing that made the difference for us in being able to provide the funding,” Harris said.

Harris said that the donor has requested that their identity and the amount donated remain confidential.

The donation was given with the specific purpose of funding the pep band’s travel.

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