Women's Golf Wins Inaugural Varsity Alumni Challenge
April 13, 2012 | General, Terrier Athletics Fund
April 13, 2012
Terrier Athletics is proud to congratulate the women's golf team on winning the inaugural Varsity Alumni Challenge and the $10,000 prize for earning the department's highest participation rate. Women's tennis, women's lacrosse, men's rowing and men's ice hockey also finished in the top five of the final challenge standings.
Every team benefited from the challenge with alumni and current student-athletes supporting their teams in record numbers. As of April 6, the athletic department reports that each team has already surpassed its participation rate from last season. The challenge results show that the athletic department increased the number of donors by 142% and increased the department-wide participation rate by more than 13 percentage points as compared to the end of last fiscal year (June 30, 2011).
"I expect that years from now we will look back at this challenge as a pivotal moment in our growing tradition of generous alumni support," said Assistant Vice President and Director of Athletics Mike Lynch. "Our friends groups are an important part of providing our student-athletes with a quality experience. On behalf of all our student-athletes and coaches, I would like to recognize and thank everyone who made a gift and encouraged their teammates to participate in this competition. Your support will directly impact your team and our student-athletes."
Varsity Alumni Challenge Results and Statistics
(Figures as of April 6, 2012 vs. June 30, 2011)
- 142% increase in alumni/current student-athlete donors
- Record number of alumni donors (86% increase over previous record)
- 386 current student-athlete donors (78% of current student-athletes)
- Increased department's overall participation rate by 13.28 percentage points
- Every team surpassed last year's participation rate
- 11 programs more than doubled last year's participation rate: Women's Golf, Women's Tennis, Women's Lacrosse, Men's Rowing, Women's Swimming & Diving, Men's Tennis, Women's Soccer, Softball, Women's Track & Field/Cross Country, Women's Rowing, and Men's Track & Field/Cross Country
- Five teams surpassed the previous department record for alumni participation
- Men's Rowing set a new department record for the most total alumni donors
To learn more about the Varsity Alumni Challenge or ways that you can get more involved in supporting Terrier Athletics, please feel welcome to contact the development office at 617-353-3008 or terrierpride@bu.edu.
Feeling left out because you haven't made your gift yet this year? You can still support your favorite team and participate in the Slatkin Challenge. Ed Slatkin (SMG'77) has issued a challenge to the BU community: If 3,000 more alumni give this fiscal year than last, he will donate $1 million to Boston University. To make a gift online, please visit GoTerriers.com/Donate or call the development office at 617-353-3008 to make a donation by the phone.
