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NORMAL (25 NEWS) – Illinois State College is paying tribute to the late Aaron Leetch as his title will without end be hooked up to the Stadium Membership on high of Hancock Stadium.
Additionally, ISU stated an nameless pair made a present dedication to contribute $1.5 million in Leetch’s honor to assist pay for the $11.5 million indoor observe facility for soccer and different sports activities.
Leetch was ISU’s deputy director of athletics when he and 6 different folks have been killed in a aircraft crash April 7, 2015 because the group was coming back from the NCAA Closing 4 in Indianapolis.
ISU’s governing board on Friday authorised a decision renaming the membership on the soccer venue because the “Aaron Leetch Stadium Membership.”
ISU Director of Athletics Kyle Brennan stated in a press release that the monetary items meant to honor Leetch assist fulfill his imaginative and prescient for the domed observe facility.
“Aaron’s legacy right here is essential and the truth that these donors know that and perceive it, is significant to everybody related to Redbird Athletics,” stated Brennan.
ISU goals for development to begin this spring.
In line with a information launch, Aaron was a “driving power” behind fundraising for Hancock Stadium renovation, and in development of the membership area.
“The Aaron Leetch Stadium Membership will without end honor his legacy and influence right here, and I’m thrilled to be a part of this particular, vital second for Redbird Athletics and the Leetch household,” Brennan additionally stated.
Leetch labored at ISU from 2005 to 2011, then returned in 2013 to develop into deputy director of athletics.
The aircraft crash that killed Leetch close to Central Illinois Regional Airport in Bloomington additionally claimed the lives of ISU Affiliate Head Basketball Coach Torey Ward, together with Jason Jones, Andy Butler, Terry Stralow, Scott Bittner, and Tom Hileman.
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