Mike Lynch grew up on Binghamton‘s east side, the son of a firefighter Dad and educator Mom. He played sports from the earliest he can remember and grew particularly adept at baseball, eventually playing in college on a scholarship and then professionally before beginning his career as a collegiate athletic director.

Mike learned the values of hard work, determination, and stick-to-it-tive-ness from both his parents, as they made ends meet while sending three children off to college, as well as through his experience in sports. Mike’s life‘s work has been to help young people experience many of the great things that he did growing up, and he hopes that his contributions and participation in the Binghamton arts and athletics fund can help those in his hometown to learn, grow and prosper through participation opportunities that they might otherwise miss out on.