Men's Basketball | 8/18/2025 9:37:00 AM

COLUMBIA, Ky. – The Lindsey Wilson men's basketball team hosts the Brady Button Memorial Golf Scramble at The Pines at Lindsey Wilson Golf Course in Columbia on Friday, September 19.

As a Lindsey Wilson College student-athlete and staff member, Brady Conrad Button was highly regarded by alumni, donors and his LWC colleagues. He attended Lindsey Wilson from 1993 to 1998. During his time as a student, he was named homecoming king by the student body and was a shooting guard on the men's basketball team. He played a key role during the 1996-97 season when the men's basketball program made its first appearance in the NAIA National Tournament. In his senior year, he served as the student assistant coach for the LWC mountain biking team.

After graduation, Button worked for seven years in the pharmaceutical industry. He returned to LWC in 2005 when he was named Assistant to the President for Annual Giving and eventually, Director of Major Gifts. Button annually called on more than 150 College donors. He was a major player in two successful capital campaigns and secured numerous six- and seven-figure gifts. The lasting impact of Button's work for scholarship support will be realized for generations to come. Button was diagnosed with stage three melanoma in 2013 and was in remission for seven years until the disease returned in 2020. He fought a long and brave battle and continued work with LWC until his death in July of 2021 at the age of 45.

Upon his death, Brady's family established the Brady C. Button Endowed Scholarship and proceeds from the Brady Button Memorial Golf Scramble will benefit Brady's Endowed Scholarship and the Blue Raider men's basketball program.

Registration cost is $400 per team, or $500 with hole sponsorship and an athletic club membership. Prizes will be awarded to the top three finishing teams, as well as closest to the pin on select holes and the longest drive on the 18^th hole.

Registration begins at 11 a.m. CT followed by a shotgun start at noon CT.

For questions, contact Chris Starks at starksc@lindsey.edu or (270) 250-2942, or Chris Schmidt at schmidtc@lindsey.edu or (270) 250-1805.