http://www.gogriz.com/news/2016/10/14/general-academic-center-finally-christened.aspx
Pretty neat story and awesome gift of support from a Griz family.
Pretty neat story and awesome gift of support from a Griz family.
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The Eric and Blair Sprunk Student-Athlete Academic Center
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rimrockgriz
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Eric is a cool dude. I remember him balling for the Hellgate Knights.. :egriz:HookedonGriz said:
StumptownGriz
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Awesome family, and what a solid player Cooper has worked himself into. He's not just on the team because of the pull that his family has. Cooper is becoming a very good C. We are fortunate to have the Sprunk family on and off the field.
Richard Cranium
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Thank you to the Sprunk family.
George Ferguson
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Such a really cool deal. Eric has always been very good to UM, which is why I often cringe about the uniform whining. No team in the FCS has the kind of Nike deal that the Griz have, and obviously Eric is the SOLE reason why. He is an incredible generous man, and Griz football has benefitted from his generosity in so many ways, and the fact that he and his wife gifted the Academic Center, it just goes to show how much he truly cares about Montana.
George Ferguson
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Eric is the COO at Nike and is the point man for UM's Nike shoe and uniform deal. Watch the equipment video from last year. Kent specifically says "UM's relationship with Nike would not be possible without Eric Sprunk".
grizpack said:
This member of the board of directors of Nike grew up in MT and graduated from UM.
JOHN G. CONNORS
Mr. Connors, 57, a director since 2005, is a partner in Ignition Partners LLC, a Seattle-area venture capital firm. Mr. Connors served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Microsoft Corporation from December 1999 to May 2005. He joined Microsoft in 1989 and held various management positions, including Corporate Controller from 1994 to 1996, Vice President, Worldwide Enterprise Group in 1999, and Chief Information Officer from 1996 to 1999. Mr. Connors is currently a member of the board of directors of Splunk, Inc. and privately held companies Chef, Inc., Motif Investing, Inc., FiREapps, Inc., Xamarin, Inc., DataSphere Technologies, Inc., the Washington Policy Center, and the University of Washington Tyee Club.
Audit Committee
Finance Committee (Chair)
A huge thank you to the Sprunks.
I know there is a a lot of animosity toward UM leadership on this board, and some of it is justified. But all one needs to do is look to the donations rolling in to see that there is a great deal of good going on. UM just received its largest single donation ever: $24 MILLION dollars.
Gifts like these do not happen by accident or in a vacuum, folks.
I know there is a a lot of animosity toward UM leadership on this board, and some of it is justified. But all one needs to do is look to the donations rolling in to see that there is a great deal of good going on. UM just received its largest single donation ever: $24 MILLION dollars.
Gifts like these do not happen by accident or in a vacuum, folks.
EverettGriz said:
+1 :thumb: Well said EG.
Thank you alums.
havgrizfan said:
I agree with everything you said in that post. However, there are others that certainly help the relationship, such as the Zannons, Connors, etc. I wasn't trying to diminish the importance of UM's relationship with Eric at all. Just pointing out that there are others who help out UM also.
Eric's a good guy and huge UM supporter. Assume he may be in mix for support of the new Performance Center too. Seems to be coming to all the games. Spends alot of time at Flathead in the summer. Has done incredibly well at Nike. Heard he had his share of fun during his undergrad days in Missoula. His son Cooper is a huge success story in UM football.
