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MEMBERSHIP GUIDE 1 Champions Club members, friends and fans, we’ll be joining the Missouri Valley Football Conference in 2020. What a year! We won FOUR Big Sky Championships in Football, Volley- We are the flagship University in North Dakota. In order to keep that ball, and Men's and Women's Basketball. We hosted UND's first ever home standing and represent UND on a national level in athletics, we need your football playoff game in the Division I era and our Volleyball team advanced help more than ever. Securing over 400 student-athlete scholarships, along to the NCAA tournament. Women's Basketball advanced to the WNIT in with program enhancements, could not be done without the help of every postseason play. And Men's Basketball earned their first ever trip to the Big Champions Club member. The Champions Club continues to lead the way Dance! What a great opportunity for our Athletics program, and great na- as the largest supporter for University of North Dakota Athletics scholarship tional exposure as we competed in March Madness on national television. needs and we THANK YOU. We continue to have success in the classroom with our 17th consecutive It takes the strength of many to achieve and sustain success; the bigger semester of a GPA above 3.0 for our student-athletes. 328 of 440 had a GPA the Champions Club, the stronger and better we will be. Please explore this above a 3.0 and 73 achieved a 4.0. Our student-athletes again proved to membership guide to learn more. Thank you for being an integral part of be champions in the community with another record year of 9,524 hours of our team! community service. go Fighting hawks We are also excited to announce that we will be rekindling some old ! rivalries as we move to the Summit League starting in 2018. This conference change will, among many things, provide our student-athletes the experi- ences of competing against some of the top programs in the country and Brian Faison, UND Director of Athletics reigniting the rivalries with schools like NDSU, SDSU, and USD. Additionally, 2 ZACH YON ROSEAU, MINN. | MECHANICAL ENGINEERING NEW IN 2017-18 • Fighting Hawks Illustrated: All Champions Club Members will receive a copy of the first issue. • Young Alumni Membership: Anyone who has graduated from UND in the last 3 years can become a Champions Club member for just $50. IMPORTANT DATES AND DEADLINES June 1 Champions Club season ticket renewal June 8 Champions Golf Tour | Park River June 12 Champions Golf Tour | Fargo/Oxbow June 29 Champions Golf Tour | Bismarck July 20 Champions Golf Tour | Detroit Lakes July 23 UND Sports Day | North Dakota State Fair (Minot) July 27 Champions Golf Tour | Minot Aug. 1 Football single-game ticket pre-sale: Champions Club members only Aug. 21 Champions Golf Tour | Grand Forks Aug. 30 Hockey single-game ticket pre-sale: Season ticket waitlist Aug. 31 Hockey single-game ticket pre-sale: Champions Club members only Sept. 7 Potato Bowl French Fry Feed Sept. 9 Potato Bowl Parade & Football Game vs. Missouri State Sept. 11 Champion Builders Reception Sept. 17 Hockey Fan Fest at REA Oct. 6 UND Athletic Hall of Fame Banquet (Alerus Center) Oct. 7 UND Homecoming Parade & football game vs. UNC 3 feel the impact champions in the classroom, community and competition servicecommunity classroom 9,524.7 hours Since fall 2008 328 above a 3.0 GPA (21.31 hours per student.) An all-time record. (first year Division 1) 8.5 years or 17 consecutive semesters 70 | 4.0 GPA in fall that the Athletics Department has had a GPA above 3.0 (fall/spring) 23 | 4.0 cumulative GPA Fall 2015 Women’s teams average GPA 321 student-athletes above 3.0 GPA 3.358 Spring 2016 Men’s teams average GPA 312 student-athlets above 3.0 GPA 3.048 Student-athletes above a Top women’s team GPA 4.0 GPA in 2015-16 Cross Country | 3.59 Fall | 73 Spring | 69 Top men’s team GPA Cross Country | 3.56 3 NCAA Post Grad awards Shelby Amsley-Benzie (WIH) Jimmy Evers (TF) Nick Mattson (MIH) Student-athletes that 75% have a 3.0 GPA or higher 4 feel the impact champions in the classroom, community and competition competition Men’s hockey won its 8th national Volleyball won its first everBig Sky Championship with a win 5-1 victory regular season and post season over Quinnipiac. championships, advancing to the NCAA championship tournament. All-America Honors Brock Boeser UND hosted its first ever track meet Drake Caggiula inside the HPC. Troy Stecher Cam Johnson Football won its first everBig Sky Football Conference Boeser was just the 3rd freshman to Championship and advanced to its earn All-America Honors. first-ever playoff in the Division 1 era players from the National Championship Men's basketball won its first everBig team made their rookie debuts in the Sky Conference Championship 5 NHL this season. Troy Stecher Nick Schmaltz Paul LaDue Brock Boeser Drake Caggiula 5 needsupport the Our greatest need: Scholarships With consistent increases in tuition, the Champions Club strives to raise more dollars each year to support growing scholarship costs and additional resources. Your membership can help ease UND Athletics’ financial burdens, allowing UND to recruit the best and brightest student-athletes. Annual Student-Athlete Expenses Scholarship $28,060 Strength & Conditioning $674 Sports Medicine $2,344 Academic Support $593 Student-Athlete Development $1,827 Equipment $2,170 Travel $8,275 TOTAL $43,943 *average for an out-of-state student-athlete 6 GRACE SAWATZKE MONTICELLO, MINN. | SPANISH scholarshipstotal $4,830,506 * based on estimation for 2017-18 $1,475,506 $2,000,000 Champions Club Unfulfilled Scholarship Needs $985,000 Endowments $370,000 Impact Scholarships The Champions Club strives to cover expenses and scholarship dollars for all of UND’s student-athletes. The total annual cost of scholarships across all sports is over $4 million. We are dedicated to meeting this challenge through Champions Club memberships, Impact Scholarships (Page 8), and Scholarship Endowments (Page 9). 7 guide to giving CONNER AVANTS DO YOU KNOW ALL OF YOUR OPTIONS AS A DONOR TO EDMOND, OKLA. | BUSINESS MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA ATHLETICS? LET US HELP GUIDE YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS. ONLINE To make a secure online gift, visit NDChampionsClub.com. If you are a new member logging in for the first time or an existing member looking to renew your gift, visit NDChampionsClub.com and click JOIN under Member Benefits. ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER We offer the convenience of transferring funds from your bank account or credit card as a way to make your annual membership gift to the North Dakota Champions Club. Email [email protected] or call 701.777.2611 for more information. MATCHING GIFTS You may be able to double, or even triple, your impact on UND student-athlete scholarships by checking if your employer is one of many who match charitable contributions. Learn more at UNDalumni.org/Match. For more, visit UNDalumni.org/guide-to-giving 8 gift options BY GIVING A GIFT TO UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA ATHLETICS, YOU’RE CEMENTING YOUR LEGACY AS A DIFFERENCE-MAKER FOR PROGRAMS THAT MEAN SO MUCH TO OUR UNIVERSITY. THERE ARE SEVERAL OPTIONS FOR FUNDING YOUR GIFT(S). PLEDGES RETIREMENT ASSETS Payment plans are available with monthly, You may give part or all of your unused quarterly, or semi annual payments. Additional retirement assets such as a gift from fees apply for ticket payment plans. your IRA, 401(k), 403(b), pension or other tax-deferred plan. If you are 70½ CASH or older you may take advantage of the It’s as easy as writing a check or using a credit IRA charitable rollover as a way to lower card. If you wish, you may pledge to pay over the income and taxes from your IRA time. withdrawals. WILLS & BEQUESTS STOCKS & BONDS Leaving a gift in your will to UND Athletics Donating appreciated securities, through the UND Foundation is a simple way including stocks or bonds, is easy and to impact student-athletes. Your generosity tax-effective. can cement your legacy and support student- athletes for years to come. MORE OPTIONS For more information about REAL ESTATE giving through gift annuities, Appreciated real estate, such as a home, vacation trusts, or other methods, contact property, undeveloped land, farmland, ranch or us or visit commercial property can make a great gift. UND.giftlegacy.com 9 impact scholarships BENEFITS OF AN IMPACT SCHOLARSHIP Pledge your impact Impact Scholarships help offset the cost of annual By creating an Impact Scholarship, you may: $25,000/ year x 5 = $125,000 scholarships. Gifts to Impact Scholarships are not • designate your gift to a specific sport and $15,000/ year x 5 = $75,000 invested; rather, 100% of your yearly pledge will even a specific position. $10,000/ year x 5 = $50,000 directly benefit a student-athlete scholarship. • name a scholarship. In 2017, we are projecting about $370,000 in • support a student-athlete for the length $2,000/ year x 5 = $10,000 gifts to Impact Scholarships, and in 2018, we of your pledge. $1,000/ year x 5 = $5,000 are projecting only $183,000. With an overall • be recognized on the Ralph Engelstad scholarship budget of $4 million, your support to Arena Legacy Wall for the length of your Impact Scholarships is critical. pledge (if your gift is $25,000+) • earn recognition in UND Athletics game programs. • meet the student-athlete(s) selected to receive your scholarship. • receive North Dakota Champions Club Priority Points (must be Champions Club member).