{"97261":{"#nid":"97261","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Yellow Jackets Dedicate Nov. 9 Toy Drive in Memory of Teammate Michael Isenhour","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMembers of the Student-Athlete Advisory Board at the Georgia Institute of Technology will sponsor a toy drive at the Yellow Jackets\u0027 Nov. 9 football game against Florida State University.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe toy drive will be held in memory of the late Michael Isenhour, the former Georgia Tech basketball player and Student-Athlete Advisory Board member who died in June following a nine-month battle with leukemia.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDespite his illness, Isenhour spearheaded this past year\u0027s toy drive, which benefited families that lost loved ones during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. In honor of Isenhour, the Student-Athlete Advisory Board this year chose to make the toy drive an annual event to benefit children affected by cancer.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Mike was an inspiration to everyone at Georgia Tech for his courageous battle with cancer, and we hope to honor his memory, as well as give back to the community, by continuing the toy drive that he started,\u0022 said Robert Brooks II, Isenhour\u0027s teammate and the basketball team representative on the Student-Athlete Advisory Board.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EToys will be donated to Children\u0027s Healthcare of Atlanta and to Ronald McDonald House. Fans attending the Tech-Florida State game are asked to bring a new, unwrapped toy with them. Collection bins will be available at all gates into Bobby Dodd Stadium.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The charities receiving the toys have requested that fans donate items that promote positive, non-violent fun,\u0022 Brooks said. He added that each fan who donates a toy will receive a coupon redeemable for a $5 ticket to the men\u0027s basketball season-opener against Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 2:30 p.m. Nov. 23 at Alexander Memorial Coliseum.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIsenhour, 23, died June 13, 2002. He played Division I basketball while on a full scholarship to Georgia Tech and graduated from the Institute in December 2001 with a degree in mechanical engineering. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information, contact Student-Athlete Advisory Board members Robert Brooks II, (404) 206-4332 or \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:gte238w@prism.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Egte238w@prism.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E, and Amy Dock, (404) 206-4292 or \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:gte118q@prism.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Egte118q@prism.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E .\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAlso contact Rob Skinner, staff adviser for the Student-Athlete Advisory Board and director of sports nutrition for the Georgia Tech Athletic Association, (404) 894-1069 or \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:rskinner@gtaa.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Erskinner@gtaa.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u0027s Student-Athlete Advisory Board will sponsor a toy drive at the Yellow Jackets\u0027 Nov. 9 football game against Florida State University in memory of their late teammate Michael Isenhour.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2002-11-04 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:15","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-10-29T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2002-10-29T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"97271":{"id":"97271","type":"image","title":"Michael Isenhour","body":null,"created":"1449178133","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:53","changed":"1475894709","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:09"}},"media_ids":["97271"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["matthew.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}