SMSU's "It's A Slam Dunk-Don't Drive Drunk Video Submission"  |  NSIC SAAC Facebook Page

MARSHALL, Minn. - Southwest Minnesota State University will be hosting "It's a Slam Dunk – Don't Drive Drunk" this Friday and Saturday when the Mustangs play their final regular season home games of the 2013-14 season.

For the second straight year, SAAC members from across the 16-team Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference are producing videos with the underlying theme of "It's A Slam Dunk-Don't Drive Drunk". The videos honor Drake Philip Bigler, the five-month old son of Southwest Minnesota State University head men's basketball coach Brad Bigler that was tragically killed by a drunk driver on the night of July 28, 2012. 

Videos have been submitted through the NSIC SAAC Facebook page (Facebook.com/NSICSAAC) were judged on overall impact, creativity, memorable content, and delivery and clear message. Concordia-St. Paul was this year's award for top video.

The video named most outstanding of all submissions will be recognized during halftime at the NSIC Basketball Tournament Championship games.

To help further raise awareness, over the last month, each NSIC SAAC group will have a booth at their arena to have people in attendance sign and a pledge card stating that they will not drive drunk. Each person that signs the pledge card will receive a blue keychain with an inscription of the theme: "It's a Slam Dunk-Don't Drive Drunk", the NSIC and NCAA logos along with Drake's name.

Last year, 14 of 16 NSIC schools submitted videos with the underlying theme of "It's a Slam Dunk – Don't Drive Drunk". The University of Mary's submission was named most outstanding, while Southwest Minnesota State University collected 1,337 pledges from fans, the most in the NSIC, to earn $1,000 that was donated in SMSU's name to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.