The Terk family has made a $760,847 gift to Amarillo College athletics — the largest to a designated AC sport, set to benefit the AC volleyball program. The Amarillo College Foundation, along with this generous family announced the gift at a news conference Tuesday morning at the FirstBank Southwest Center on AC’s Washington campus. The gift to the AC volleyball program will benefit three funds established through the families’ generosity.

The spellbinding aura of optimism and exhilaration that invariably permeates Amarillo College with the dawning of each fall semester will be markedly heightened this year by the rebirth of Badger Athletics – in three sports.

AC will mark its return to competitive intercollegiate athletics with a celebratory midday Pep Rally on Aug. 24, and virtually everyone is invited to join in the festivities, meet the players and coaches, and enjoy a free ballpark-style lunch.