(Radio Iowa) – The year-long commemoration of Jack Trice wrapped up at Iowa State Sunday with a closing ceremony on the day Trice died following a football game 100 years ago. Trice’s cousin George Trice spoke at the event, and referenced the letter he wrote prior to the game where he vowed to do more than his part.

He says the honorary degree award Jack was fitting, as he wanted to get an animal husbandry degree to go beyond sports.

George Trice says he can do things and go places that Jack couldn’t then because he was black.He says some schools had said they wouldn’t play Iowa State because Jack was on that team. That is part of the story that George says needs to continue to be told.

George Trice is also a graduate of Iowa State University.