Press Release

Oglethorpe University to Host 9-11 Memorial Soccer Tournament
Area Children Will Get into the Act at Mini Soccer Extravaganza

Atlanta – Oglethorpe University will host the second annual John P. Salamone Memorial Soccer Tournament on Saturday, Oct. 16, at the Salamone Soccer Field on Oglethorpe’s campus. A kid’s mini soccer extravaganza takes place at 1:30 p.m., and the tournament gets underway at 2:30 p.m.

The John P. Salamone tournament is named in honor of a 1986 Oglethorpe alumnus and soccer player who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York. The tournament fosters relationships between former and current OU soccer players, and it raises money for the current team. A Salamone scholarship donation of $30 per player includes a game day T-shirt and beverages.

Community children are invited to the mini soccer extravaganza, where they can kick the ball around with members of the OU men’s and women’s soccer teams, secure autographs and take home a coveted OU mini soccer ball.

Oglethorpe University, founded in 1835, has a total enrollment of approximately 1,100. Its students represent 36 states and 21 countries. The average SAT score is 1200, and 43 percent of the freshmen graduated in the top ten percent of their high school classes. Oglethorpe University plays in the NCAA Division III Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference. Oglethorpe University is a member of the Annapolis Group, an organization of America’s most selective 100 liberal arts institutions, the only such institution in Georgia that is co-educational.

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