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Becca Baker, Associate Director of Media Relations 724-830-1069 / 724-689-3599 (cell) / bbaker@setonhill.edu

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Portion of proceeds to be donated to the Neighborhood Academy of Pittsburgh

GREENSBURG, Pa. – On Thursday, April 24, Seton Hill University will host the Pittsburgh Steelers for a charity basketball game in the Katherine Mabis McKenna Center on Seton Hill’s Greensburg, Pa. campus. The game will be held in Salvitti Gymnasium, beginning at 8 p.m. Tickets are $7 and can be purchased in advance by calling Carolyn Woods at 724-830-1137; tickets will not be sold at the game.

The Steelers team is composed of current and former members of the Pittsburgh Steelers football team. The Seton Hill team includes faculty, staff, and alumni, and is led by Seton Hill women’s basketball head coach Ferne Labati and men’s basketball head coach Tony Morocco.

In celebration of Pittsburgh’s 250th anniversary, proceeds from this game will go to The Neighborhood Academy of Pittsburgh, in support of their pioneering work in breaking the cycle of generational poverty by preparing low-income youth for higher education. For more information on The Neighborhood Academy please visit www.theneighborhoodacademy.org.

Seton Hill University, founded by the Sisters of Charity, is a coeducational Catholic liberal arts university in Greensburg, Pa. Chartered in 1918, Seton Hill offers more than 30 undergraduate programs and nine graduate programs, including an MBA. Seton Hill brings the world to its students through its distinguished lecturers and nationally and internationally renowned centers. Recognized three times by Entrepreneur magazine as one of the nation’s Top 100 Entrepreneurial Universities, Seton Hill has also been named a Best Baccalaureate College by U.S. News & World Report, one of the Best in the Northeast by The Princeton Review, and one of Pennsylvania’s Top 100 Businesses by Pennsylvania Business Central. In addition, Seton Hill has been named a University of Distinction by Colleges of Distinction, an organization founded by a group of concerned parents, educators and admissions professionals. For more information on Seton Hill please visit www.setonhill.edu or call 1-800-826-6234.