MEDIA ADVISORY: Huggins hosts 10th Fish Fry to support WVU Cancer Institute, Remember the Miners

WHO:

• Bob Huggins, WVU Men’s Basketball head coach 
• Dave Portnoy, Barstool Sports founder 
• Phillip Bowen and Lords of Lester, musical guests

WHAT: 
The 10th annual Bob Huggins Fish Fry

WHEN: 
Doors open at 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 18. 

WHERE: 
Hazel & J.W. Ruby Community Center at Mylan Park
111 Mylan Park Lane, Morgantown, West Virginia 

WHY: 
Since 2013, Bob Huggins has welcomed fans, friends, and cancer survivors to his namesake Fish Fry to support causes he cares about while enjoying good company and delicious food. Proceeds from the event, presented by Little General Stores, benefit the Norma Mae Huggins Endowment at the WVU Cancer Institute and Remember the Miners Flagship Scholars Program.

Huggins established the Norma Mae Huggins Endowment in 2003 to honor his mother, who passed away after a long battle with colon cancer. To date, the Endowment has raised more than $8 million in support of cancer research and care at the WVU Cancer Institute.

Remember the Miners honors coal miners through events, media, and its flagship Scholars Program, which has raised more than $150,000 and funds scholarships for mining engineering students at the WVU Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources. 

Huggins hopes to raise a record $1 million at this year’s Fish Fry to commemorate the event’s 10-year anniversary.

MEDIA NOTES: 
Coach Huggins, WVU Cancer Institute Director Hannah Hazard-Jenkins, M.D., and representatives of Remember the Miners can be available for interviews at 4:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 18, with prior notice. 

Interested media outlets must contact WVU Foundation Communications Specialist Cassie Rice at crice@wvuf.org by 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17, if interested.

Media attending the event should park in the large lot next to the venue, and ask for Charlie Watson upon arrival.