HPU Worldwide 5K Run/Walk 2026

Howard Payne University Alumni Association Worldwide 5K Run/Walk 2026

Howard Payne University Alumni Association Worldwide 5K Run/Walk 2026

During the second HPU Alumni Association Virtual 5K in 2024, there were
over 100 alumni, friends, and students who participated.

When: Saturday, March 28, 2026
Where: Anywhere
Registration Open: February 3-March 27
Cost: $40 per person

Support the HPU Alumni Association through this virtual 5K run/walk. Registration is $40 per person and a portion will go to support student-focused events and scholarships.

You can participate in your neighborhood, with other alumni and friends in your area, or on the HPU campus! You can also sponsor a student for $10 to allow them to participate on campus!

Submit your time to alumni@hputx.edu on the day of the race. The top 3 times will receive a prize. Also, post a photo during your run/walk and use #hpu5k to connect with other alumni and friends across the country.

Race packets will include a dri-fit shirt, race number and HPU sticker. Packets will be mailed one week before the race. If you register after March 20, packets can be picked up in person or will be mailed after the race.

Registration

Virtual 5K Sponsorships

Businesses Sponsorship – $250
Includes:

  • Your logo on the official Virtual 5K shirt
  • Your logo listed on the race website
  • Recognition on social media and event press releases
  • Two entries in the race (includes t-shirts and race bibs)


Family Sponsorship – $125
Includes:

  • Your name on the official Virtual 5K shirt
  • Your name listed on the race website
  • Two entries in the race (includes t-shirts and race bibs)


Student Sponsorship – $10

  • Pay to sponsor an HPU student who will run in the race on April 5.
 

If you are interested in being a sponsor, contact Lindsay Badgeley, director of alumni relations, at lbadgeley@hputx.edu or call 325-649-8818. 

Business Sponsors

Big Country Ford Lincoln

Grooms Seed

Paragon North Custom Cabinetry & Woodworks

Circle B Bar Ranch

Alumni Assocation

Law Office of Mark T. Bessent, PLLC

Martinez Concrete Services

Rick Martin – LPL Financial

Family Sponsors

Jeff and Kristy Mitchell
Woody and Miki Martin
Joss Family
Dr. Cory and Melinda Hines
Dr. Dale and Christy Meinecke 
Cummings Family

Alumni & Friends participating from:

Austin, TX
Brownwood, TX
Bryan, TX
College Station, TX
Corinth, TX
Dallas, TX
Decatur, TX
Early, TX
Georgetown, TX
Gunter, TX
Houston, TX
Jarrell, TX
Killeen, TX
Lewisville, TX

McKinney, TX
Murphy, TX
North Richland Hills, TX
Omaha, AR
Roanoke, TX
San Antonio, TX
Sweetwater, TX
Tyler, TX
Waco, TX
White House, TN

International
Albania
Lebanon
Middle Eastern country

HPU Route

If you live in the Brownwood area, or want to come to campus to run or walk the 5K. Participants can meet at 8:45 a.m. to receive starting instructions.