Veterans Club Cornhole Tournament Supports Adam Hamilton Scholarship

The Kent State Veterans Campus Club is hosting a cornhole tournament to raise money for the Adam Hamilton Scholastic Athletic Scholarship Fund at 11 a.m. July 30 at the.

Hamilton, a 2007 graduate of , in Afghanistan after sustaining wounds from an improvised explosive device. He was buried June 9 in .

Corn hole participants are encouraged to register by July 28 by contacting Cat Hofer via email at chofer4@kent.edu or Nathan Lehota at nlehota@kent.edu. The cost per two-person team is $30. Teams can also register for $40 on the day of the tournament from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m.

The competition is single-elimination. The first-place team will get $80 and the second-place team will earn $40.

Admission to the event is $10, which includes food, soda and beer.

Hamilton's cousin Josh Collins, a member of the veterans club, said he thinks the tournament will help highlight Hamilton's service to the country and remind people of the influence he had.

"The reason we are doing this made me think of what the great Jackie Robinson said: 'A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives,'" Collins said.  "Adam lived his life by that mantra, and I think it is something that he has taught all of us."

Scott Hamilton, Adam’s father, agreed and said raising money for the scholarship fund is important because it’s a way for Adam to continue to reach out to others.

“It was an easy decision for us to give back to the community,” Scott said. “It’s just Adam.”