NATCHITOCHES – The Northwestern State Athletics Department will collect donations for the Ruston tornado recovery at Tuesday night's baseball game between the Demons and Louisiana Tech.
 
Louisiana Tech's campus and the city of Ruston sustained devastating damage from a tornado that hit in the early morning hours of April 25, resulting in five total casualties and widespread damage to the city and several of Louisiana Tech's athletic facilities.
 
All donations throughout Tuesday's game, which begins at 6 p.m., will go toward disaster relief at Louisiana Tech.
 
Additionally, the Demons will fly the Louisiana Tech flag alongside the American and Louisiana flags behind the outfield wall in a show of solidarity as the Louisiana Tech community rebuilds and recovers from the storm's damage.
 
Northwestern State Student-Athlete Advisory Committee members will accept cash donations at the gate leading into the stadium throughout Tuesday night's game. All proceeds from concessions sales at the game also will be donated to the relief effort as well.
 
Prior to the game, a contingent of Northwestern State leaders – President Dr. Chris Maggio, Director of Athletics Greg Burke, Student Government Association President Jacob Ellis, head baseball coach Bobby Barbier and Natchitoches Mayor Lee Posey – will make a presentation to Louisiana Tech Director of Athletics Tommy McClelland, a former two-sport NSU letterman, and head coach Lane Burroughs, who skippered Northwestern State from 2013-16.
 
For those who are unable to make it to Brown-Stroud Field on Tuesday night or who may not have cash on hand to donate, Louisiana Tech has set up a donation portal on its website, which can be accessed at ltu.al/disasterrelief.