{"id":2477,"date":"2019-06-13T08:04:17","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T12:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/?p=2477"},"modified":"2019-06-10T14:51:05","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T18:51:05","slug":"generous-donor-helps-women-athletes-put-up-a-good-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/2019\/06\/13\/generous-donor-helps-women-athletes-put-up-a-good-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Generous donor helps women athletes put up a good fight"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The women’s lacrosse team honored Mark Misko, in the green coat, after his donation of pink uniforms for the team’s annual Pink Game, which raises money to fight cancer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mark Misko \u201987 is a big supporter of women\u2019s athletics at University of Detroit Mercy. But it started in a small way.<\/p>\n

About seven years ago, Misko attended what is known as The Pink Game, a game played to raise awareness of breast cancer. All proceeds from the game go to Gilda\u2019s Club, a nonprofit organization that provides support for all people touched by cancer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe other team was in pink from head to toe and we only had pink shoelaces or wrist bands,\u201d Misko remembered. \u201cSo I thought I could do something about that.\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201csomething\u201d he did was provide the team with pink uniforms the first year and head-to-toe pink in the following years. He has done three different versions of pink uniforms for the basketball team and this year he surprised the women\u2019s lacrosse team with pink jerseys for their Pink Game and golf shirts for the women\u2019s golf team. He hopes to be able to support the other women\u2019s teams in the same manner in upcoming seasons.<\/p>\n

Before long he realized the women\u2019s basketball only had one option for away uniforms, so he purchased blue uniforms for road games. Then, the team was in need of updated locker room facilities, so he helped them out. Then the office needed new computers, and Misko helped out there, too.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always supported Detroit Mercy\u2019s athletics in general,\u201d Misko said, dating back to the mid 1970s, long before he earned his business degree in finance from University of Detroit. \u201cI haven\u2019t missed a men\u2019s or women\u2019s home basketball game in a while and sometimes I go see them when they\u2019re on the road.\u201d<\/p>\n

Misko says he has the time to show his support because he retired in 2007 after a decades-long career at Ford Motor Company that started in the mailroom, and included many different positions from the call center to plant operations. He also works as a volunteer at the Penrickton Center for the Blind.<\/p>\n

Head women\u2019s basketball Coach Bernard Scott says the team is very appreciative of Misko\u2019s support.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause of Mark, we\u2019re able to do some things we\u2019d not be able to do for the team,\u201d Scott said. \u201cThey are all things we need to help us be successful.\u201d<\/p>\n

So how did this quiet, humble man become such a patron of women\u2019s athletics? By getting to know the players.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey all try really hard and they\u2019re all really great students and classy ladies,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was easy to support them because of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

There\u2019s also bigger reason, Misko said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a great school and I want to see it, in general, do better when it comes to competing,\u201d he said. \u201cI want our athletes to represent the school right. And I can afford it, so why not?\u201d<\/p>\n

You can support Detroit Mercy women\u2019s athletics by giving online at\u00a0community.udmercy.edu\/athletics-donate.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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