CavsForLife

The University of Virginia brings back many fond memories for us, especially as student-athletes. Because of those memories, we return to the Grounds often and stay connected to Charlottesville as much as possible. As student-athlete alumni, we want the student-athletes who follow in our footsteps to have the same wonderful experiences as we have had. We were fortunate enough to be able to continue our athletic careers in professional football and announced last fall our intention to give back to our University that has given so much to us. We now would like to challenge you to join us.

At the University’s capital campaign kickoff, we announced our intention to contribute $1 million to support five different areas at the University, with athletics being one of them. Our gift was made in two parts with $500,000 divided among the Virginia Athletics Foundation, the McIntire School of Commerce, the U.Va. Children’s Hospital, the Alumni Association’s Walter N. Ridley Scholarship Fund and the Young Alumni Council. The remaining $500,000 is a challenge gift to encourage other young alumni to participate in this campaign..

For athletics, we have allocated $200,000 of our initial gift with another $200,000 as a challenge to you and our fellow Cavalier student-athlete alumni. We will match all gifts made to the Foundation up to $200,000. We hope you will join us in this challenge and make a gift. to participate at any level in the University’s campaign. We need your participation. Even small gifts, when there are enough of them, combine to make big things possible. If you have never made a gift to athletics, now is the perfect time to do so. Our challenge is to increase the overall alumni giving rate each year over the next four years. For athletics, the goal each year is to recruit and retain 300 new donors who are student-athlete alumni.

If this goal is met, we will double our commitment. Your gift to the Virginia Athletics Foundation will provide valuable and necessary resources for scholarship and operational support for our current and future student-athletes in all 25 sports. With your support, you we will all help to carry on the tradition of uncompromised excellence that you we were a part of as a student-athletes.

One gift. Any size. Every year. We hope that you will become a Cavalier for Life and join us in this challenge. Please use the enclosed pledge form to make your commitment. Thank you so much for your support.