Men's Basketball | 2/5/2015 9:57:00 AM

ROCHESTER, NY -- For the third year in a row, the RIT men's basketball team will honor local veterans and soldiers killed in action. This year's benefit game will take place on Saturday, Feb. 7 versus Skidmore College at 4 p.m. on the floor of Clark Gymnasium.

The Tigers will wear camouflaged warm-up shirts to honor those local soldiers who were killed in action. The team will also honor veterans in attendance as well as take donations for the Veterans Outreach Center of Rochester. It is also RIT's Tiger Den Event.

Veterans Outreach Center is an independent community-centered non-profit providing premier supportive service to veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces and their families in the greater Rochester area. They serve by helping them to achieve their goals and realize their full potential.

Below is a list of soldiers from the Buffalo, Rochester, and Syracuse area who has been killed in action since 2001. We honor their memory:

Army Staff Sgt. Nekl B. Allen – Rochester, NY
Marine Cpl. Reynold Armand – Rochester, NY
Air Force Master Sgt. Steven Auchman – Waterloo, NY
Marine Cpl. Christopher Bordoni
Army Sgt. First Class. Justin K. Blumenthal
Army Staff Sgt. Steve Butcher, Jr. - Rochester, NY
Marine Sgt. Jason Buyck
Army Captain Bruce Kevin Clark
Army Spc. Anthony Cometa
Marine Sgt. Trevor Cook
Marine Cpl. Jason Dunham
Marine Captain Phillip K. Dykeman – Brockport, NY
Army Pfc. Robert Gilman
Army Pfc. Theodore Glende
Army Staff Sgt. Dennis Hansen
Army Pfc. Jason Hasenauer
Army Cpl. Michael Hobart
Army Spc. Ryan Jayne
Navy Elect. Tech 3rd Class Benjamin Johnson – Rochester, NY
Army Spc. Jason Johnston – Albion, NY
Army Spc. Matthew Koch – West Henrietta, NY
Marine Gunnery Sgt. Shawn Lane – Corning, NY
Army Sgt. Jonathan Lootens – Lyons, NY
Army 1^st Lieutenant James Lyons
Army Sgt. Heath McMillin – Canandaigua, NY
Army Sgt. 1^st Class Daniel Metcalfe
Army Capt. Christopher Mosko
Army Pfc. Travis C. Krege – Cheektowaga, NY
Army Cpl. Kevin Mowl – Pittsford, NY
Army Sgt. Steven Neary
Navy PO1 Michael Pernaselli
National Guard/Rochester Police Officer Darryl Pierson
Army Sgt. Christopher Pusateri – Corning, NY
Army Staff Sgt. Nicholas Reid
Army Pfc. Daniel Rivera – Rochester, NY
Marine Staff Sgt. Javier Ortiz Rivera – Rochester, NY
Marine Sgt. Martin Scahill
Army Sgt. Shaina Schmigel
Marine Lance Cpl. Brian Schramm – Rochester, NY
Army Spc. Christopher Scott
Army SSgt. Ryan Scott
Army Chief Warrant Officer Eric Smith – Rochester, NY
Marine Lance Cpl. Zachary Smith
Army Sgt. Devin Snyder
Army Spc. Branden John Spencer
Army Spc. Tito Torres
Army Spc. Blake Whipple – Williamsville, NY
Army Spc. Nethanial Wolfson
Army Spc. Kyle Wright
Marine Pfc. James Young