Lucas West, a junior in the SUNY Fredonia School of Music, has been invited to sing the national anthem at the Sunday, Jan. 19 Buffalo Bills game at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, NY.

The Baltimore Ravens will be playing the Bills at 6:30 p.m.

It is the second time that Lucas has been invited to sing the National Anthem before a Bills game, the first time was in 2023.

The Bills reached out to Lucas with an invite via email a couple of weeks ago, originally for the wild card round, but he had to decline because he was out of the country. Lucas asked if the divisional round was a possibility, “and they said yes!”

Lucas is a Bachelor of Arts in Jazz Studies major from Fairport, NY, studying voice, piano and trombone. He also plays trombone in the Fredonia Jazz Orchestra, piano in the New Jazz Flextet, trombone in the Trombone Choir and sings in the Vocal Jazz Combo. Lucas studied classical piano during his first year at Fredonia with Fr. Sean Duggan, jazz piano his second year with Dr. Nick Weiser and now studies jazz voice with Professor James Harrington.

Lucas added, “I am so humbled by and grateful for this opportunity. I had such a blast singing at a regular season game last year, and I’m so thrilled to do it again, this time on the playoff stage!”