Vaught Society Surpasses $10 Million Mark

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OXFORD, Miss. - The UMAA Foundation announced Tuesday that the Vaught Society has surpassed the $10 million mark in major gift fundraising for Ole Miss Athletics. In addition, plans for a new football team meeting room have been finalized.

"We are thrilled to surpass the $10 million mark, and very excited to begin construction on the new team meeting room." said Danny White, UMAA Foundation Executive Director. "Our donors have really stepped up, and we are extremely grateful for their support."

Proceeds from the Vaught Society go toward the state-of-the-art athletics facilities recently constructed, as well as the continued effort to enhance these facilities.

"The new team meeting room will be a great addition to what is already a wonderful facility," White said. "It will provide our team a centralized meeting space, and I know Coach Nutt and the rest of his staff are very excited about this."

Using architectural designs by Cooke Douglass Farr Lemons, construction of the new team meeting room is planned to begin in late 2011, with an estimated cost of $2.2 to $2.5 million. It will be connected to the north end of the Indoor Practice Facility, cutting into the courtyard south of Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.

The Vaught Society was launched at the 2010 Cotton Bowl, and in just 14 months has made steady progress toward its initial goal of $12.5 million.

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