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Scheyer Giving Back Through Gaming
DURHAM, N.C. - Jon Scheyer is the only current Duke basketball player to have a video game championship under his belt.
He claimed his first video game championship when he won the EA Sports video game challenge at the 2007 EA Sports Maui Invitational.
This Saturday, from Cameron Indoor Stadium, he will look to capture his second by building on what he learned back in 2007 about video game competitions.
"I am the only one on the team with a video game championship already so that goes a long way," Scheyer joked.
This time though, not only will the senior captain compete in the tournament, he will also be the tournament's host.
Scheyer, with help from his sister Brooke, will host May Madness: Gaming to Give through The Jon Scheyer Foundation.
"We [Brooke and I] had talked about this idea a while ago when she was starting her own business creating charitable foundations for athletes," Scheyer said. "I thought it would be great to do one. She thought it would be good to do one at the end of this year and I was all for it."
"I felt I was in a great position being at Duke and being able to get students together and the community together. My sister asked me what I thought would be fun and I just thought it would be fun to have video game thing because it showcases a little bit of my personality. I am looking forward to it."
Scheyer started getting into the video game world back in junior high. Growing up, it was NBA Live and NCAA College Football that he found himself playing with friends and teammates.
"I started to play PS2 with my friends and started winning a lot," Scheyer said. "From then on I started playing a lot and having fun with it. I love making people mad. I smile and laugh and that gets under people's skin."
"Ask Steve Johnson about the Scheyer grin, he hates that."
Johnson will be Scheyer's partner in the Halo Tournament. Video games play a big part in the men's basketball team's bonding during the offseason.
"It plays into it a good part in the offseason or during the early parts of the year," Scheyer said. "Towards the end, we get so busy, we are not even playing video games. We are sleeping because we are so tired, but we play a lot together."
Twenty flat-screen televisions and 20 Xbox 360s, donated by GameStop for the day, will be wheeled into historic Cameron Indoor Stadium for the event that features two simultaneous tournaments, in Halo 3 and FIFA 2010. The event is scheduled to run from noon to 5:00 p.m., with the proceeds benefiting the Jimmy V Foundation and the Emily K Center.
"Those are two great foundations," Scheyer said. "Being around Duke and seeing what the Emily K Center does for kids and obviously the Jimmy V Foundation is for a great cause as well. For the future, a friend of mine has a foundation that I would eventually like to be able to give back too."
This will be the first event put on by Brooke Scheyer, who is working to help athletes set up charitable foundations and events, since working for the Chicago Blackhawks community relations department.
"I think she is going to be really successful at it," Scheyer said. "This event is going to be pretty special."
Entry forms for the video game tournaments can be found on www.jonscheyer.com. The Jon Scheyer Foundation benefits young people in the community and serves to develop and encourage the qualities of leadership, dedication and perseverance in the hearts of young people everywhere, and to give back to underserved communities in need.
"I want to have a foundation and hopefully when I start making some money I can put some money into it and give some money to certain charities, really it is just a way to try and give back," Scheyer said.
General admission for May Madness will be $10 at the door. Duke students will be admitted for $5 with their student ID. Children under the age of 12 will be admitted free of charge. Members of the 2010 National Championship team will be on hand to sign autographs and live music will be performed by Nautical Young, Speak of the Devil and Point Break.
"It should be a lot of fun," Scheyer said.
For more information about May Madness, visit www.jonscheyer.com or contact Brooke Scheyer at bscheyer@brighteststarfoundations.com.
