The news arrived just before the formal program for the Chippewa Challenge started at the Soaring Eagle Casino and Resort.
As 450 golfers enjoyed a meal and bid on silent auction items to support the eighth annual Central Michigan Athletics fundraiser, emcee Adam Jaksa stepped to the stage.
“For the first time in the history of the Chippewa Challenge, a donor has generously stepped forward with an offer to match, dollar for dollar, the net profit from this event,” Jaksa said.
Dick Enberg, a distinguished alum (1957) of Central Michigan University, a CMU Athletics Hall of Famer and national honorary campaign chair, and his wife, Barbara, teamed with CMU College of Science and Engineering distinguished alum, attorney and venture investor Todd Anson (CMU 1977) and his wife, Terri (CMU 1974), to make the gift.