You already know how special Henry Ullrich is to Ole Miss and our fans. We’re glad the people who produced this College Colors Day story on our beloved Super Henry agree with us.

This moving video (keep tissues ready) features Henry and his family on a recent visit to the Ole Miss football team to hype up the players for game day. We loved it, and so will you.

Thank you for supporting our Ole Miss Rebel athletes and our biggest fan. Enjoy this before you watch the Rebels take on the University of Memphis Tigers at 11 a.m. CST on ABC tomorrow! If you'd like to continue to support the Super Henry endowment, you can still make a gift at https://umfoundation.com/ignite. 

Love and Hotty Toddy!

Thanks to you, the Super Henry Endowment Fund for Sports Nutrition exceeded its goal.

Just like our Ole Miss student-athletes, you went out there and gave it 112 percent. We aimed to raise $50,000 for the Super Henry Endowment Fund for Sports Nutrition. Instead, we reached $56,360, which means even more of your Rebels will benefit.

Many of you did more than give generously. You helped spread the word about this effort to honor Henry Ullrich, the 8-year-old Ole Miss superfan and source of inspiration for our student-athletes. Because of your efforts, Henry’s legacy will live on at Ole Miss for years to come.

“The establishment of the endowment is truly moving,” said Henry’s father, Jeffrey Ullrich. “The Ole Miss community is incredible.”

Thank you all for showing the Ole Miss spirit to the Ullrich family – and the world – in such a big way.

P.S. If you signed up for a perk when you made your gift, it will be on its way soon!

Thank you so much for your support of the Super Henry Endowment Fund for Sports Nutrition. More than 100 of you have contributed to honor Henry Ullrich, and we’ve almost reached our goal of $50,000! Amazing gifts!

We have just a few days left to take this project to the finish line. Like us, you’re big fans of Super Henry and what he means to Ole Miss student-athletes. The friendships and bonds this special boy has formed with our Rebels will never be forgotten.

You’ve already done so much for the cause, but we have one more favor to ask of you. Please spread the word about this campaign on your social networks by sharing a link to this page. Tell your friends about Super Henry and ask them to join the effort. We know they’ll be inspired and want to participate in enshrining his legacy at Ole Miss.

Thank you for everything you’ve done! Let’s finish strong!

Coach Bianco surprised the Ullrich family, who came to an Ole Miss baseball game April 27, with the endowment for sports nutrition in Henry's honor. 

For three years, 9-year-old Henry Ullrich, an Illinois native, has been an Ole Miss athletics super fan.

Unlike a lot of children who are born into Ole Miss fandom, it was the Rebel student-athletes – specifically, Ole Miss baseball players – who captured Henry’s attention three years ago, nine months after he was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a deadly illness.

One year later, he was hanging out in the dugout before a game with the entire Ole Miss baseball team, and that was just the beginning. From there, Ole Miss student-athletes across every sport developed a special, lasting relationship with the boy everyone calls Super Henry.

It’s fitting, then, that a new endowment established in his name goes directly to help the student-athletes he loves and who love him in return. The endowed funds will be held permanently, with the annual income directed to supply sports nutrition at fueling stations throughout the Athletics department.

“Super Henry epitomizes what it means to be a Rebel. When others told him he should take it easy, he has lived life to the fullest,” said Ole Miss Vice Chancellor for Intercollegiate Athletics Ross Bjork. “When they said he may be limited, he said he would try anyway. Henry’s spirit and positive attitude are unmatched, and we are thrilled to launch the Super Henry Endowment Fund. His legacy as an Ole Miss fan will live on forever.”

Henry and his family traveled to Oxford the weekend of April 27 to watch his beloved Ole Miss take on sixth-ranked Texas A&M. Henry and his family took the field before Saturday’s game for Henry to throw out the opening pitch. While on the field, Bjork announced the fund via a video message played on the digital scoreboard.

Super Henry proved to be the Rebels’ good luck charm, and they went on to sweep the weekend series.

Henry’s parents, Jeffrey and Lauren Ullrich, said they were moved by the gesture to honor Henry in such a public way.

“We are so grateful to have been whole-heartedly embraced by the Ole Miss community,” said Lauren Ullrich. “It is hard to put into words how much your kindness, support and love have meant to us. Henry had a blast throwing out the first pitch at Swayze on Saturday, but what he loved most of all was that he got to do it at Swayze, surrounded by his Ole Miss family.”

Jeffrey Ullrich said it’s entirely appropriate that the endowment in Henry’s name goes to keep Ole Miss student-athletes healthy.

“The establishment of the endowment is truly moving,” Jeffrey Ullrich said. “The Ole Miss community is incredible. This is a wonderful opportunity for the community that has been so supportive of Henry to contribute to the wellbeing of the Ole Miss student-athletes, who are all so special to Henry.”