Posted: Feb 01, 2013
Springfield, Ohio — When a couple of Wittenberg University alumni had a discussion about raising money for their alma mater’s tennis program, the discussion veered to basketball and plans to host an unprecedented exhibition game on campus.
What at first seemed like an unlikely connection turned out to be a winning scenario for the university, the men’s and women’s tennis programs, and the Springfield community. Bill Barrett, class of 1967 and a senior vice president for the Harlem Globetrotters, worked with Wendell Lutz, class of 1966 and a member of Wittenberg’s Board of Directors, to bring the famed Globetrotters to Springfield for a show on Jan. 29 in Pam Evans Smith Arena.