GOLDEN SUNS BASKETBALL ADOPTS ONE-MILE SECTION OF INTERSTATE 40 AS PART OF ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY PROGRAM

        RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas – Arkansas Tech Women’s Basketball Head Coach Dave Wilbers and his Golden Suns team recently adopted a one-mile section of Interstate 40 here in Russellville as part of the Arkansas Highway Department’s Adopt-A-Highway Litter Control Program.

Anyone traveling along Interstate 40 heading east towards Little Rock will notice a sign near mile marker 84 that says that section as been adopted by the Arkansas Tech Women’s Basketball team.

“Getting involved in our community is very important to our players and to my coaching staff,” Wilbers said. “I thought it would be unique for us to adopt a one-mile section of the highway as part of Arkansas Litter Control Program.”

In addition to adopting a one-mile section on Interstate 40, the Golden Suns have already participated in several other community service projects, including conducting an clinic at Russellville’s Center Valley Elementary School and participating in the Fall Festival at Sequoyah Elementary School, along with being involved in Tech’s Halloween Hoopla at the River Valley Boys and Girls Club, a Canned Food Drive for the Main Street Mission, National Girls and Women in Sports Day Clinic, the Atkins Tornado Relief Drive and a “Think Pink” Night for Breast Cancer Awareness.

“In the future, we would like to get involved in more community service projects,” the first-year Tech coach said.

Wilbers led the Golden Suns to a 26-6 overall record this past season. Tech, who finished as runners-up for the second consecutive season at the GSC Tournament, advanced to the semifinals of the NCAA Division II South Regional in Cleveland, Miss. Tech ended the season with a No. 17 national ranking in the final USA Today/ESPN WBCA D-II Top 25 Coaches’ Poll.

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