A $100,000 endowment fund has been set up at the University of Victoria in memory of Mackenzie Rigg, a former Vikes soccer captain who died of brain cancer last year.was created and funded by his parents, Chris and Barbara Rigg, and will go towards providing an annual award of $6,000 to an undergrad or graduate student who embodies Rigg’s “remarkable qualities and contributions to the men’s soccer program.
“Having been teammates with Mackenzie for a number of years, I experienced firsthand the great contributions he made to our team and the overall community,” he said in a release Friday.Sign up for the CHEK Now daily email newsletter to get breaking news and the day's top stories sent to your email.“An annual award that honours his life is a great way to preserve his impact and extend it to the coming generations of UVic athletes.
“Mackenzie was very family-oriented, and the team and his teammates were his family,” they said. “Because of that, it seemed appropriate that we continue the tradition and give back to the program that was such a big part of his life.”
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