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First College Football Game Coming To Hopkinsville In Celebration of MEDI’s 30th Anniversary

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The Kentucky non-profit Minority Economic Development Initiative is holding Hopkinsville’s first college football game. 

The game is in celebration of the organization’s 30th anniversary. MEDI Inc. provides economic development services to minority and women-owned businesses.

Historically black colleges Kentucky State University and Lane College in Jackson, Tennessee will compete against each other in the “Inaugural” F.E. Whitney Classic.

Kentucky State Thorobreds serve as the ‘host’ school for the matchup.  

Executive Director Henry Snorton III said that this event will benefit the community - particularly Hopkinsville’s youth.

“But it’s really great for our youth to see, our young students to see and be exposed to what they can experience when they go off to college, whatever college that they decide to choose,” he said. 

Snorton said that the classic will serve as an “economic development engine” to bring resources to Hopkinsville.

The game and festivities close out MEDI’s annual Minority Economic Development week, established nationally by President Ronald Reagan in 1983. MEDI has hosted MED week events in Hopkinsville since 1988.

The F.E. Whitney Classic is October 27 at the Stadium of Champions in Hopkinsville. The game starts at 6:00 p.m.

Taylor is a recent Murray State University graduate where she studied journalism and history. When she's not reporting for WKMS, she enjoys creative writing and traveling. She loves writing stories that involve diversity, local culture and history, nature and recreation, art and music, and national or local politics. If you have a news tip or idea, shoot her an email at tinman1@murraystate.edu!
Shelby Frye is a senior at Murray State University, double majoring in theatre and journalism. She has lived in Murray for four years, but grew up in Paris, Tennessee. When she isn’t working at WKMS, Shelby performs in and works on crew for Murray State Theatre productions, plays Dungeons & Dragons, and keeps her plate full with her dual majors.
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