Connor Murray RN Memorial Big Ball Tournament
When: Saturday, June 12, 2021, and Sunday, June 13, 2021
Where: Bagsai Softball Complex at 100 Cutler Pond Road, Binghamton, NY 13905 (left of SUNY Broome, near the dog shelter)
Time: 9:00 am (Times and rules closer to event)
- Each team must be coed. At least 4 females per team.
- 8-12 players per team.
- Each team pays $250.00 tournament fee. Teams will play a total of 3 games throughout the tournament.
- Round-robin to win.
- Each player must have their own health insurance.
- County fields – no alcohol is allowed.
$1000.00 cash prize to winning team of the tournament
Make sure to bring out friends and family. There will be food trucks, a field for kids’ games, basket raffles, 50/50, bake sale, things to buy, donate life sign-ups, and more.
All tournament fees are owed to me no later than May 20, 2021. A check can be made out to me and mailed to:
Jennifer Hall
109 Broad Ave
Binghamton NY 13904
(monies will support her scholarship)
Team captains must send me team names and contact information no later than May 1, 2021. Contact me via email at scissorgiru@aol.com or call or text +1 (607) 349-9200.
Connor’s story:
Connor loved life, to help everyone, to smile, to laugh, and to have a great time doing anything and everything. But Connor loved to play ball.
Connor started playing T-ball at 5 years old for JC YMCA, then to play for the city of Binghamton League for the Eastside and Southside Youth Association from 9-17 years old. Connor played modified JL and Varsity softball for Seton Catholic Central High School.
Connor graduated from Seton in 2017 and was a member of the national honor society. Connor worked for the Mets Rumble Ponies for the last four seasons. She was often found smiling as she worked at the BBQ pit.
Connor was the top pick to enter the SUNY Broome nursing program right out of high school out of over 1000 students who applied to the program. Connor was a member of the National Honor Society in college. She graduated from SUNY Broome with her associate degree in nursing on May 23, 2019. Connor also was accepted into SUNY Delhi online for her bachelor’s degree in nursing.
Connor accepted a job offer at Wilson Hospital in the operating room as a nurse starting in July 2019. Just three weeks after graduating nursing school, Connor died unexpectedly on June 12, 2019, from bilateral pulmonary embolism. Connor was 20 years old. Connor continued to help people by donating her organs and tissue. This tournament is to keep Connor’s legacy alive but also to have as much fun and to laugh as Connor would.
All proceeds from this tournament will go into the Connor Murray RN Nursing Memorial Scholarship that I have already established through the SUNY Broome Foundation. It will be awarded yearly to two students. A graduating high school student that was accepted right into the SUNY Broome nursing program and to a second-year SUNY Broome nursing student with exceptional grades.
This tournament will be a yearly tournament to celebrate Connor.
Thank you,
Jen, Connor’s mom
Submitted by: Jennifer Hall
