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For the 11th straight year, the University of North Georgia (Õý°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û) has received the Peach Belt Conference's (PBC) LeeAnn Noble Make-A-Wish Award for most funds raised.

The 2019-20 total of $13,800 total means the Nighthawks have hit the five-digit mark in giving for 10 years in a row and remain the only PBC school to do so. Nigel's Run with Superheroes, converted to , raised almost $5,200 to help Õý°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û clear its goal of $10,000 for the year.

"The execution of this event is a bright spot for us not only because it allowed us to pass the donation threshold to host another on-campus wish, but it showed the true resolve of the Nighthawk Nation," said Lindsay Reeves, Õý°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û director of athletics. "The current unique landscape that we are all facing was not going to stop our student-athletes from taking the Make-A-Wish initiative to the finish line."

Õý°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û has finished in the top five in NCAA Division II Make-A-Wish giving for nine years in a row and led the country on seven occasions, including the past four times. The national leaders for 2019-20 will be announced in the fall.

Õý°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û also hosted its eighth Make-A-Wish reveal when the women's soccer team welcomed Luke England as an honorary captain in October.

The PBC Make-A-Wish awards were renamed the LeeAnn Noble Make-A-Wish Awards following the 2013-14 season. Noble was a women's golfer at Õý°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û and former wish recipient from Make-A-Wish. She appeared on the cover of NCAA Champion Magazine in the fall of 2013 and died in March 2014.