UB ceremoniously cut the ribbon on the new Brittany Murchie Mulla Sports Performance Center, which will provide student athletes with new gym equipment, last Thursday.
The new center comes five years after the construction of the Murchie Family Fieldhouse and is dedicated to the family’s only daughter, Brittany Mulla. Longtime investors and members of the UB Athletics Shareholders Society members, the Murchie family made previous contributions, including a $100,000 donation to UB women’s basketball — the largest amount given to the team so far — and $220,000 to the renovation of the Edward L. Wright Practice Facility.
“Investing in the creation of centers like this one is an investment in student athletes, offering support for these future leaders not only promotes their physical, mental and emotional well being, but it is an investment towards their development of discipline and teamwork, crucial skills that are valuable both in sports and in life,” Mulla said…