The Wolfpacker: An Independent Magazine Covering NC State Sports
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JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2022 ■ 7 ■ WOLFPACK CLUB NEWS For more information, contact our offices at 919-865-1500 CLUBS THE WITHIN THE WOLFPACK CLUB WOLFPACK CLUB Student WPC Benefits: membership T-shirt, online access to The Wolfpacker, premium student seating for football and basketball games, meetings with coaches and student-athletes, membership decal Junior WPC Benefits: membership T-shirt, membership card, membership decal, official Junior Wolfpack Club gift WOLFPACK CLUB Varsity Club Benefits: exclusive access to Varsity Club room before basketball games, reduced price season tickets for football and men's basketball, free reserved parking with season tickets, invitation to sports reunion(s) Follow The Wolfpack Club! Scott Creighton has carried on the family tradition in more ways than one. His father, Charlie Creighton, started his own business in 1976 with three employ- ees. By the time Scott graduated from NC State in December 1989 and began working full-time, Colony Tire & Service had four stores. The younger Creighton started working in New Bern and Williamston, N.C., be- fore settling in Edenton, N.C., and helping Colony Tire continuously grow. He is now the company president, and Colony Tire has more than 40 stores in four states. Yet there is more than a business that Scott inherited from his parents. There is a lifelong passion for Wolfpack athletics. His father was a 1967 graduate of the univer- sity, and his mother worked for NC State. "I was indoctrinated at a very young age," Creighton confessed. "I just grew up in a house of NC State fans. When it came time to go to college, there was only one place I wanted to go. I did all I could to get in there, and I was fortunate enough to get in there." Some of Creighton's earliest childhood memories date back to watching David Thompson help lead the men's basketball team to the 1974 national title, and seeing Lou Holtz's football teams dominate the ACC in the early-to-mid 1970s. It did not take long for Creighton to become a Wolfpack Club member, either. He operates under a general philosophy that you cannot complain about a product if you are not willing to invest in it. "I'm a firm believer they need our support to provide scholarships for all these won- derful athletes," Creighton said. "I love the university. The university was mighty good to me. So, I want to support them the best I can so that hopefully we can win more championships." Creighton loves basketball, but football is where his biggest passion lies. "My first season tickets were at the very, very last row in the very far right corner," Creighton remembered. "Now, we have Vaughn Towers right up there where my seats were." Creighton has many great memories through the years of Pack football. He was a big fan of former linebacker Dantonio "Thunder" Burnette and quarterback Russell Wilson, but it is quarterback Philip Rivers that may have been his favorite. Creighton can remember watching Rivers and Burnette wallop Notre Dame in the Gator Bowl following the 2002 season, a moment Creighton noted was "very special." There was also the triple-overtime loss at Ohio State in 2003, a year after the Buckeyes had gone undefeated and won the national title. Creighton made the trip to both games, and is particularly fond of the respect that Rivers helped NC State earn from the 100,000-plus Ohio State faithful in Columbus after the game. "He gave us some great moments," Creighton said of Rivers. It is not uncommon to see Creighton spending time with his family, including his wife, Marshall, and four children — daughters Britt, Eleanor and Porter, and son Charles. Otherwise, it's a safe bet to guess what Creighton is doing. "I'm a sports fanatic," he said. "I love watching and keeping up with all kinds of sports, primarily NC State athletics." WPC DONOR SPOTLIGHT Scott Creighton Creighton's NC State fandom dates back to the early 1970s. "I was indoctrinated at a very young age," he said.