Skip Prosser 3 on 3 Classic: An Immediete Success

Saturday afternoon, while many Wake Forest fans were on the practice fields watching the spring football game, another group of Deacons were busy honoring Skip Prosser’s legacy by playing a basketball tournament on the Collins Court blacktop.

The first ever Skip Prosser 3 on 3 Classic was the culmination of many weeks of hard work by a dedicated group of students. “It started with the on-campus organization called L.E.A.D.” said one of the event’s organizers, Matt Six. “It’s for freshman and sophomores and it basically teaches you leadership traits, and in the process you put together this proposal; some way to improve campus.”

“We identified the problem that Skip was not adequately honored and we wanted to build his legacy. Yes, he was honored at the Fairfield basketball game and has been honored with a couple of awards here and there, but we really wanted an on-campus event to honor his legacy because he really was such a unique individual in the Wake Forest community.”

Wake’s director of basketball operations Walt Corbean, who played under Prosser at Xavier, opened the afternoon by saying a few words about Skip. Shortly thereafter the 27 participating teams got down to the business of playing basketball.

This year’s event raised about $500, which will be donated to the American Heat Association in memory of Coach Prosser.

The Skip Prosser Classic does not expect to be a one-and-done event. “The event has been very successful; we’ve got 27 teams,” said Six. “We hope to keep on expanding year after year. The goal is to get as many participants out here as possible. We’ve got a couple of local teams, teams from the law school and the MBA program. We want to get the whole community involved.”

The leadership of this project deserves a lot of credit for getting this event organized and making it a success. I hope to see it continue to thrive for years to come.