Many folkswho watched football over the Thanksgiving weekend heard this a fewtimes: “The kick is up….and…the kick is good!” But for WEOKIECredit Union member James Liles, the kick was not only good, itwas worth $25,000.
|James Liles, 32, ofMustang, Okla., was randomly selected from 1,874 people who entereda contest to kick a 35-yard field goal in WEOKIE's “Kick for Cash”promotion with Oklahoma State University.
|Liles attended the OSU vs.Texas Tech game on Nov. 17 at Cowboy Stadium in Stillwater, Okla.,and made the field goal to win $25,000 – compliments of the $870million WEOKIE Credit Union in Oklahoma City.
|The promotion withOklahoma State University featured WEOKIE's 1.99% auto loan rateand allowed those that entered a chance to kick for cash at aCowboy's home game.
|Liles said he is a hugeCowboys fan and entered the contest because kicking the field goalfor a chance to win $25,000 was an “opportunity of a lifetime” thathe couldn't pass up.
|Brent Taylor, WEOKIEpresident/CEO, congratulated Liles after making the $25,000 fieldgoal and noted that “WEOKIE is committed to changing the financiallives of members.”
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