Fighting Illini football and Uplifting Athletes held their 2016 Lift for Life event at Memorial Stadium on Friday night, and an incredible $21,735 was raised in support of acoustic neuroma research. Illinois began partnering with the project in 2012 after this rare disease cost former offensive lineman Andrew Carter his college career.
Officially over $21,000 raised for @UpliftingAth at tonight's Lift For Life. #Illini pic.twitter.com/d53QIGcsdZ
— Illini Football (@IlliniFootball) July 2, 2016
Yellow Team, which was sponsored in part by your favorite Illinois blog, finished atop the donation leaderboard with an astounding $2,133 worth of gifts.