Lending a Hand

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – After holding a benefit last year to help offset some of the medical costs for former Mountaineer wrestler Mike Wojcik, Coach Craig Turnbull and the West Virginia wrestling program are ready to help another family in need.

Cindy Smith, a longtime athletic department employee, and her husband, Sam, are faced with substantial medical bills after Sam suffered two strokes last August. As a result, the wrestling program is holding a benefit clinic this Sunday, Nov. 1, from noon to 4 p.m. at the WVU Wrestling Pavilion. The clinic will feature six highly-touted instructors in Cary Kolat, WVU assistant coaches Danny Felix and Greg Jones, Jim Akerly, Drew Headlee and Mark McKnight.

With the rising cost of medical care being a hot-button topic today, Turnbull saw an opportunity to help try and ease the financial pain of the Smith family is presently enduring. With trips to the cardiologist, occupational therapist, optometrist and Sam’s recent heart surgery, Cindy is more than appreciative of the effort that the wrestling program and the entire athletic department have given.

Read the entire article by By Steve Stone for MSNsportsNET.com here…