Student Review: Covey Cup

Covey Cup is one of my favorite campus traditions. It just brings so much community and hype to campus in a voluntary, open, healthy, and competitive way. Freshman year especially, I found it a little more difficult to get connected with my residence building and make casual relationships with my male and female peers. After the first couple of weeks, there were cliques and groups that felt a little exclusive, deterring the drive to go out of my comfort zone. But Covey Cup presented a solution to that by bringing together people who just want to get involved on campus and have some fun together! 

Win or lose, it is an event that primarily builds community between people that may not cross paths often, expanding social circles and giving more of a connected feeling to everyone, from the returning upperclassmen in the apartments to the freshmen working together with their newfound friends. While I have stayed loyal to Memorial Hall for all three years of my participation, it is always fun to see past competitors change teams and bring the same hype and spirit I remember! As an upperclassman who has a jam-packed schedule, it's also nice to see my friends I don’t always get to see! 

I’d say the healthy competition of Covey Cup is a great way for Geneva to do something fun for us that still carries with it an ability to glorify God. When I talk to people who go to other colleges, I rarely hear about their campus events being as fun as Covey Cup. Geneva’s ability to get so many people to have fun at a campus event is not very common, and I consider it a huge blessing! Covey is one of my favorite events of the year! 

Covey Cup takes place over a weekend every September and includes fun and competitive events for all students as residence halls compete against one another. Events range from the more intellectual spelling bee and card games to athletic events such as spike ball and corn hole. Check out photos from the event here. 

Written by Josiah Hansford ‘25, Engineering