UNM Parent Day at The Pit Set for Feb. 11

The Pit will be howl­ing with Lobo par­ents on Sat­ur­day, Feb. 11 when the UNM men’s bas­ket­ball team takes on Wyoming in the 4th Annual Par­ent Day at the Pit. The UNM Par­ent Asso­ci­a­tion hosts the annual event to acquaint par­ents with the asso­ci­a­tion, con­nect with the UNM and to help raise funds for stu­dent scholarships.

The pre-game event fea­tures a recep­tion and lun­cheon, and both an online and silent auc­tion. Steve Stucker, mete­o­rol­o­gist from KOB Chan­nel News 4, will emcee with appear­ances by Lobo Louie and Lucy, and the UNM Cheer Squad. The fes­tiv­i­ties begin at 10:30 a.m. at the UNM Stu­dent Ser­vice and Sup­port Cen­ter located at 1155 Uni­ver­sity Blvd. SE, just north of The Pit. Game time is 1:30 p.m.

“This is a great oppor­tu­nity for par­ents to con­nect with their stu­dent and the Uni­ver­sity,” said Maria Probasco, UNM Par­ent Asso­ci­a­tion pres­i­dent. “Many of our par­ents and fam­i­lies look for­ward to this event every year as they enjoy spend­ing time with their stu­dent, net­work­ing with other par­ents and meet­ing mem­bers of the UNM administration.”

There are two ticket options for reg­is­tra­tion. The first includes the pre-game recep­tion with lunch, drink and dessert for $11 per per­son. The sec­ond option includes the pre-game recep­tion and a ticket to the bas­ket­ball game for $28 each. A lim­ited num­ber of game tick­ets are available.

All pro­ceeds from the online/silent auc­tion go towards the UNM Par­ent Association’s schol­ar­ship fund ben­e­fit­ing need-based UNM stu­dents. Inter­ested par­ties who are unable to attend can still sup­port the UNM Par­ent Asso­ci­a­tion with dona­tions for the online/silent auc­tion and raffle.

For reg­is­tra­tion, event infor­ma­tion, vol­un­teer or to donate an item for the online/silent auc­tion and raf­fle, visit UNM Par­ent Asso­ci­a­tion.

For more infor­ma­tion con­tact Christina Kit­sos (505) 263‑6716 or Anthony Gal­le­gos (505) 720‑2076.