WASHINGTON – Members of the three Georgetown University athletic teams participated in the INOVA blood drive, held on Georgetown's campus last week. The GU baseball team was challenged to participate by their newest teammate, Drew Snapkowski from Team IMPACT. In turn, the baseball program reached out and challenged the women's lacrosse and softball teams.
 
THE STATS

• In all, 33 student-athletes and coaches participated in the blood drive and officially 55 donors were registered.
• The baseball team won the challenge with 18 team members participating, while the softball program had eight participants and the softball team had five. 
• Overall, 51 units of blood was collected, with the potential to save the lives of 153 sick hospital patients in the community.

 
WHAT THEY'RE SAYING
"It was great to have a majority of the team participate in the blood drive. It's pretty incredible to giving 15 minutes of your time to donate has the potential to save a life, or even multiple lives. The guys on the team were more than willing to help out and it was an overall success."
- Baseball senior Freddy Achecar III
 
"Participating in the blood drive as a team was a great experience for all of us and set a great example for the rest of the student-athletes at Georgetown. Being a nursing major here, I know how important this is, so it's great that so many Hoyas were involved in this cause and can make such a difference."
- Softball senior Delaney Darden