Athletics

The Charlotte 49ers Athletic Foundation provides scholarships for more than 400 student-athletes in 17 varsity sports. Membership benefits include basketball parking and halftime hospitality for season ticket holders and a Charlotte 49ers calendar; the contribution is tax deductible, too.
For information on how to join the foundation call 704-687-4950.

The second season of Charlotte 49ers football starts Thursday, Aug. 28, with an away game against the Campbell University Camels; Charlotte’s opening home game is Saturday, Sept. 6, against Johnson C. Smith University.
Sixteen starters are among the 53 returning letter winners, including starting quarterback Matt Johnson and leading rusher Kalif Phillips.

Mikel Hunter was named a graduate assistant coach for the Charlotte 49ers 2014 football season.

Conference USA announced Wednesday that a new television partner, Sinclair Broadcast Group, will produce and distribute more than 100 events during the next two years.  Those games will be part of the newly launched American Sports Network (ASN). A pair of UNC Charlotte home games will be among those aired on ASN – the Sept. 6 contest against Johnson C. Smith and the Nov. 15 one versus Wesley College. Both games kick off at noon.

Charlotte 49ers football coach Brad Lambert has hired Stanley Arnoux, Scotty Braswell and Matt Woodlief as graduate assistants.  The trio joins Aaron Curry, who was named to the staff as a graduate assistant in March.

Charlotte 49ers assistant softball coaches Kristi (Killough) Painter and Katy Hackett have resigned to pursue other opportunities outside of college softball, head coach Aimee DeVos announced.

Season tickets for 2014 Charlotte 49ers football are now available to the public through the Charlotte 49ers Ticket Office. All tickets for the University’s second football season can be purchased online at Charlotte49ers.com.
Six home games will be contested at Richardson Stadium, beginning with the opener on Saturday, Sept. 6, against Johnson C. Smith, followed a few weeks later by a game against Charleston Southern (Sept. 27) as part of Niner Nation Family Weekend.

 
The Charlotte 49ers football program will host “Ladies Night Out: Monday Night Football 101 and Social” on Monday, July 21. 
This evening event will include on-field stations, a tour of Jerry Richardson Stadium, a presentation by certified referees as well as offensive and defensive presentations.

Former Charlotte 49ers men’s soccer all-America goalkeeper and 13-year MLS veteran Jon Busch is spearheading his fourth annual SAVES for SEALs campaign.
Busch, now in his fifth year with the MLS San Jose Earthquakes, started the SAVES for SEALs program four years ago with all proceeds going to the Navy SEAL Foundation to take care of families of the fallen.

Terrence Williams’ stick-back with one second on the clock gave the Charlotte 49ers (5-1) a 63-61 win over 13th-ranked Michigan (4-2), the 2013 national runner-up, as the men’s basketball team captured the Puerto Rico Tip-Off Title.