SAN ANTONIO – Spurs player Julian Champagnie joined USAA employees Thursday, July 23, at the company’s headquarters for an event honoring Gold Star families and supporting military children.
Champagnie took part in the Gold Star Gamers’ Cup, an esports competition hosted by USAA that returned for its second year.
The video game tournament brought together USAA employees to compete in honor of Gold Star families, a designation for immediate relatives of U.S. military service members who lost their lives in the line of duty.
Champagnie also participated in Operation Homefront’s Back-to-School Brigade, a volunteer effort held across USAA campuses to assemble 7,400 backpacks for military kids nationwide, including 1,400 in San Antonio.
The backpacks were assembled with USAA’s nonprofit partner, Operation Homefront.
The event ran from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at USAA Headquarters.