From left are tuition-prize winners Nytasja Malone, Shanel O'Connor, Ashley Tasker and Dajah Bishop.
Four University of Akron students were big winners at Tuesday night's football game, each walking away with free tuition for spring semester.
All UA students who entered InfoCision Stadium-Summa Field on Tuesday evening before kickoff using their Zip Card student ID were automatically entered into a drawing to win the tuition prize, worth more than $4,000.
The students braved wet, rainy weather; they had to be present to win the tuition prize, which is the amount of the undergraduate in-state Ohio resident tuition rate for 12 hours to 16 credit hours at the Akron campus. Three students won the prize this way.
A fourth student was chosen through a social media challenge by being the one to most often use the hashtag #ZipsBlackout on social media during a defined period of time in the past week.
The winners are:
Nytasja Malone
Shaker Heights, Ohio
Major criminal justice
Freshman
Shanel O'Connor
Canal Fulton, Ohio
Major education
Freshman
Ashley Tasker
Hebron, Ohio
Major criminal justice
Freshman
Social media winner
Dajah Bishop
Cincinnati, Ohio
Major public relations
Sophomore
