St. John’s did all the right things last season when they rolled out the red carpet for literally every local recruit in the New York area with their version of midnight madness. “Stormfest” is the name of the student pep rally for both the men’s and women’s basketball team which is held in Taffner field house.
The pep rally consists of many different promotional giveaways for students, women’s intrasquad scrimmage, men’s intrasquad scrimmage, and dunk contest to wrap it up.
A source close to the team has confirmed that this year’s Stormfest will be held on October 22nd and you can expect a large guest list of recruits on campus for the festivities. This event is open to the general public.* Here is a look at who to expect:
howieschwab
2010 Class
Devon Collier
Jayvaughn Pinkston
JJ Moore
Kadeem Jack
2011 Class
Angel Nunez
Corey Edwards
Davontay Grace
Jermaine Sanders
Mike Taylor
Myles Mack
Sterling Gibbs
Jabari Hinds
Ryan Rhoomes
2012 Class
Kyle Anderson
Tariq Carey
Not only did St. John’s reach out to recruits but also one notable alumnus. No no no, I’m not talking about myself but rather Howie Schwab, who is the host of his own sports trivia show on ESPN called Stump the Schwab. It was nice to see St. John’s finally reaching out and including one of their own but we’re hoping for more this year.
It would be great to see St. John’s extend personal invitations to Mike Francessa (WFAN, YES), Brian Kenny (ESPN), Daryl McDaniels(Run DMC), John Franco (Former New York Met), and of course to all the basketball alumni. St. John’s has some tradition but its just been buried for so long that we have forgotten about it. We need to dig it up and resurrect this program back to where it should be.
We need to make people proud to call themselves redmen, excuse me I meant redstorm, again. Lets start embracing the ambassadors of the University we call alumni and tap into our potential instead of shunning it. This can be a very nice event like we had last year or it could be legendary and make these potential student athletes say, “I want to commit to St. John’s.” Please remember, St. John’s, they call this midnight madness for a reason. No matter what happens I’m excited to see this team together on the court and yes the season is right around the corner (look at top right of the screen for countdown timer).
The pep rally consists of many different promotional giveaways for students, women’s intrasquad scrimmage, men’s intrasquad scrimmage, and dunk contest to wrap it up.
A source close to the team has confirmed that this year’s Stormfest will be held on October 22nd and you can expect a large guest list of recruits on campus for the festivities. This event is open to the general public.* Here is a look at who to expect:
howieschwab
2010 Class
Devon Collier
Jayvaughn Pinkston
JJ Moore
Kadeem Jack
2011 Class
Angel Nunez
Corey Edwards
Davontay Grace
Jermaine Sanders
Mike Taylor
Myles Mack
Sterling Gibbs
Jabari Hinds
Ryan Rhoomes
2012 Class
Kyle Anderson
Tariq Carey
Not only did St. John’s reach out to recruits but also one notable alumnus. No no no, I’m not talking about myself but rather Howie Schwab, who is the host of his own sports trivia show on ESPN called Stump the Schwab. It was nice to see St. John’s finally reaching out and including one of their own but we’re hoping for more this year.
It would be great to see St. John’s extend personal invitations to Mike Francessa (WFAN, YES), Brian Kenny (ESPN), Daryl McDaniels(Run DMC), John Franco (Former New York Met), and of course to all the basketball alumni. St. John’s has some tradition but its just been buried for so long that we have forgotten about it. We need to dig it up and resurrect this program back to where it should be.
We need to make people proud to call themselves redmen, excuse me I meant redstorm, again. Lets start embracing the ambassadors of the University we call alumni and tap into our potential instead of shunning it. This can be a very nice event like we had last year or it could be legendary and make these potential student athletes say, “I want to commit to St. John’s.” Please remember, St. John’s, they call this midnight madness for a reason. No matter what happens I’m excited to see this team together on the court and yes the season is right around the corner (look at top right of the screen for countdown timer).
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