A new trophy case at Mount Ida

Students at Mount Ida College have a new trophy case in the Athletic Center to fill thanks to Marvin Pave, a Boston Globe sports writer and former associate professor of sport management at Mount Ida, according to a press release from the College.

Pave, a Newton resident, "made two very generous cash donations toward the purchase and installation of the oak trophy case. Additional funding for the case came from the proceeds from the College’s annual golf tournament,'' the release said.

“Marvin really took this project from concept to completion,” Chris Mosher, vice president for development at Mount Ida, said in a statement. “He opened the fundraising campaign with the first major gift and ended the campaign with a second major gift.”

“I wanted to do something for the College, and being a sports writer, this just seemed to be the perfect way for me to give something back to Mount Ida,” said Pave, who in addition to his cash gifts, donated his 2002 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Media Award and an award he received in 1983 from the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) honoring him for coordinating the first Massachusetts High School Football Super Bowl held at Nickerson Field in 1972. Both awards are on display in the new case.

Pave has covered all manner of sports in a 42-year career. He is currently a columnist for Globe West.

“We are extremely lucky to have this wonderful addition to the College,” Dr. Carol J. Matteson, president of Mount Ida College, said in the statement. “Marvin is a part of this city’s sports history, and it’s nice that he has given a piece of that history to our students.