PLANO, Texas, Dec. 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- When it comes
to true loyalty – whether for your favorite pizza or favorite
sports team – straddling the line is not an option. Nor is
straddling the [state] line in the debate of which city and state
reigns supreme for volleyball: Kansas
City, Kansas or Kansas City,
Missouri.
Pizza Hut, the Official Pizza of the NCAA, will settle the score
once and for all this week with the first event in its Rivalry
Challenge: the State Line Showdown – pitting youth volleyball teams
featuring former University of Missouri volleyball star Molly Kreklow against former Kansas State
University star Caitlyn Donahue – in
a match on the Missouri-Kansas state line ahead of the NCAA DI Women's
Volleyball Championship in Kansas City,
Missouri.
"Great rivalries and debates are part of what make college
sports so exciting," said Doug
Terfehr, Sr. Director of Partnerships and Public Relations,
Pizza Hut. "And as the Official Pizza of the NCAA, we know that
many great sports debates have been settled over a few slices of
pizza. We look forward to kicking off another thrilling NCAA
championship season with the State Line Showdown."
The Pizza Hut State Line Showdown will take place at the
Parkville Athletic Complex at 6014 MO-9 in Parkville, Missouri at 7 p.m. on Dec. 15,
2017. The event will be played under standard USA Volleyball rules, with Kreklow alongside
Missouri's Club North Volleyball
team and Donahue with Kansas-based
Dynasty Volleyball Club. In addition to the State Line Showdown,
Kreklow and Donahue will take part in fan events throughout the
tournament weekend, as will Jason Zone
Fisher, returning as the Pizza Hut All-American.
Pizza Hut Rivalry Challenges will continue at select NCAA
championships throughout the 2017-2018 season, including:
- FCS Football
- National Collegiate Beach Volleyball
- DI, II & III Men's Lacrosse
- Women's College World Series
- Men's College World Series
The Hut Rewards program is the easiest way for fans to earn free
pizza from Pizza Hut. Hut Rewards is also the only national pizza
loyalty program that rewards customers with unlimited points toward
free pizza for every dollar spent on food online. For full Hut
Rewards Terms & Conditions, with details, restrictions, and
limitations, visit pizzahut.com/hutrewards.
About Pizza Hut
Pizza Hut, a subsidiary of Yum!
Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM), serves and delivers more pizzas than
any other pizza company in the world. With easy order options
including the Pizza Hut app, mobile site, Facebook and Twitter
messenger and Amazon devices, Pizza Hut is committed to providing
an easy pizza experience – from order to delivery.
Founded in 1958, Pizza Hut has become the most-recognized pizza
restaurant in the world, operating more than 16,400 restaurants in
more than 100 countries.
Pizza Hut is also the proprietor of The Literacy Project, an
initiative designed to enable access, empower teachers and inspire
a lifelong love of reading. The program is rooted in the foundation
set by the Pizza Hut BOOK IT! Program, which is the longest-running
corporate supported literacy program, impacting more than 14
million students each year. For more information,
visit www.pizzahut.com.
Contacts:
Courtney
Moscovic
972.338.8288
Courtney.Moscovic@yum.com
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