Gone are the days of local Syracuse Orange fans having to mine the internet or scour the local garage sale to find vintage Syracuse paraphernalia. As of April 12, 2019, Scholars and Champs is open for business in downtown Syracuse with throwback SU gear and other local brands alike.
While the store has only been open a few weeks, planning predates the store itself by over a decade. Bert Aufsesser, a Syracuse University graduate, started his own website circa 2008 and had been collecting old school Syracuse gear well before opening the brick and mortar store this month.