CLICK THE GIVE NOW BUTTON AND USE THE DROP-DOWN "SPORTS" MENU TO SELECT YOUR FAVORITE PANTHER ATHLETIC PROGRAM!
The 2024 Thompson Sales Champions Challenge is BACK!
MATCHING FUNDS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH AT 10 AM CENTRAL STANDARD TIME. Almost $130,000 in matching money is available!
Your gift in support of your favorite sport(s) as part of the Thompson Sales Drury Athletics Champions Challenge will be matched - dollar for dollar - until the matching funds run out.
Click the "Give Now" button, select the sport(s) of your choice and make your tax-deductible gift. The impact of your donation is DOUBLED and in some cases tripled by sport-specific matches! Don't delay; these matching funds will go quickly! In order to even the playing field and allow more sports, general matching money is limited to $1,000 per person. The sport-specific match amounts have no dollar limit. Your entire gift goes to the sport of your choice, plus any sport-specific matching funds available.
Thank you to all our matching donors for being More than Champions for Drury Athletics - you can join them by making a gift, sharing the opportunity on social media, or by contacting Kelly Anderson at kanderson018@drury.edu to see how you can issue your own Drury Athletics Champions Challenge match.
Interested in helping even more? After making a gift, spread the word, encourage others to get involved, and help your favorite team:
- Sign up to be an advocate by clicking the "Advocates" tab above.
- Then share your personalized link over Facebook, Twitter, text, or email. Your support will be tracked so you can see exactly how many clicks, donations, and dollars you are generating.
- Encourage donors to give to the sport of their choice!
All gifts to the Drury Athletics Champions Challenge are tax-deductible with no athletics benefits.
Special thanks to our matching donors for supporting the Drury Athletics Champions Challenge!
Thompson Sales, John & Crystal Beuerlein, '75/'75, Beth Pile, '80, - matching any athletic team gifts
Heartland Financial Group, Integrity Marketing, Hiland Dairy, Trifecta Productions, AGP Inc, PriceCutter, Arkie Lures, RPM Towing, Valliance BAnk, Thomas Rankin, Clear Cover, Dent Werks- matching gifts to the Bass Fishing team
Springfield Neurological & Spine, Mathew & Megan Klauser, '06/'06, Ben & Mel Taylor, '11/- - matching gifts for Men's Soccer
Mathew & Megan Klauser, '06/'06 - matching gifts for Triathlon
Patsy Palmer - matching gifts to Men's Basketball
Patsy Palmer - matching gifts to Women's Basketball
Rah Law - matching gifts to Men's & Women's Tennis
Aaron & Heather Clubb - matching gifts to Volleyball
Don & Susan Powell - matching gifts to Men's Rugby
Sea Ark Boats, James River Jeep - matching gifts to Cheer
John & Crystal Beuerlein, '75/'75 - matching gifts to Wrestling
Wilmoth Family, French Family Foundation, Excel Investments, John Gafner - matching gifts to Men's Golf
Anonymous, Mark & Tina Stillwell, Beth Pile - matching gifts to Athletic Director's Fund
Anonymous - matching gift to Ice Hockey
Willard Asphalt - matching gifts to Softball
Anonymous - matching gifts to Triathlon
Anonymous - matching gifts to Women's Cross Country
Anonymous - matching gifts to Baseball
Anonymous - matching gifts to Bowling
We are in the final hours of the 2024 Thompson Sales Champions Challenge! With more than 1,128 donors already giving almost $344,000 to their favorite DU athletic program, this week has already been amazing!
Every dollar goes directly to support the DU athletic program you choose to enhance the Panther student-athlete experience. It's not too late to encourage your family, friends, coworkers, and more to join you in making a gift!
The campaign ends at 11:59 PM CST tonight!
629 days ago by Kelly AndersonAs we look towards the end of Day 4 of the 2024 Thompson Sales Champions Challenge to benefit Drury University Athletics, we are getting so close to hitting 1,000 donors who have joined in making a gift to support their favorite DU athletic program!
In 2023, we had a total donor count of 915 at the end of the campaign, which means we are on pace to shatter our previous records! The 2024 Thompson Sales Champions Challenge runs through Tuesday, September 24.
When a gift of ANY AMOUNT is made, it is directly impacting Panther student-athletes. Thank you for the difference your gift has made!
Thank you so much for supporting DU Athletics! Don't forget to share the campaign to others so that they can join you in making a gift!
633 days ago by Kelly Anderson
As we kick off Day 2 of the 2024 Thompson Sales Company Champions Challenge to benefit Drury University Athletics, we want to give a big THANK YOU to the 697 donors who made a gift on Day 1!
This is an all-time, one-day record for the campaign and could not have been possible without our amazing supporters!
When you make a gift of ANY AMOUNT, you are directly impacting Panther student-athletes.
Thank you so much for supporting DU Athletics! Don't forget to share the campaign to others so that they can join you in making a gift!
635 days ago by Kelly Anderson
What an amazing start to the 2024 Thompson Sales Champions Challenge! As of right now (9/147 at 3:30pm CST), 586 individual gifts have been given to support DU athletic programs! For comparison, in 2023 only 441 had been given in the same time frame! Thank you for getting us off to a great start!
Recently you may have noticed that our total amount of gifts raised displayed was reduced. Due to a technical issue, the campaign site was displaying matches before they were fully met, which meant that matches were being exhausted and dropping into the totals. This was not an accurate reflection of the total at that time.
These issues have been resolved and the current total is where we are. That also means that we have over $50,000 in sport-specific matching funds till available for you to take advantage of! Your gift to specific programs can still be DOUBLED due to available matching funds!
What we can promise is that all gifts designated for every program are accounted for and assigned to the correct program. YOUR gift will make an impact for the program you selected and has earned any relevant matches.
We apologize for this error. As always, we are truly appreciative of your support to DU athletics! Thanks all for your understanding and patience.
636 days ago by Kelly AndersonDonors
View All Donors
| Sport | Donors | Raised ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Men's Rugby | 8 | $3,670 |
| Baseball | 256 | $95,120 |
| Women's Track & Field | 0 | $0 |
| Women's Basketball | 103 | $12,030 |
| Men's Cross Country | 2 | $550 |
| Athletic Training | 1 | $10 |
| Men's Track & Field | 1 | $50 |
| Athletic Director Fund- Area of Greatest Need | 12 | $27,650 |
| Men's Swimming & Diving | 8 | $1,235 |
| Esports | 27 | $2,450 |
| Shotgun Sports | 11 | $1,235 |
| Women's Cross Country | 4 | $6,384 |
| Men's Soccer | 51 | $26,800 |
| Women's Triathlon | 21 | $14,735 |
| Women's Soccer | 38 | $18,760 |
| Men's Bowling | 13 | $9,650 |
| Cheer | 61 | $9,420 |
| Men's Lacrosse | 37 | $3,230 |
| Women's Swimming & Diving | 14 | $2,610 |
| Men's Basketball | 8 | $8,985 |
| Men's Ice Hockey | 26 | $6,070 |
| Men's Golf | 24 | $13,700 |
| Dance | 33 | $2,500 |
| Women's Lacrosse | 16 | $1,000 |
| Softball | 50 | $14,190 |
| STUNT | 61 | $7,600 |
| Bass Fishing | 48 | $39,520 |
| Men's Tennis | 64 | $11,115 |
| Women's Tennis | 36 | $2,565 |
| Women's Golf | 41 | $8,675 |
| Volleyball | 45 | $10,915 |
| Women's Rugby | 20 | $3,570 |
| Pickleball | 70 | $11,300 |
| Wrestling | 68 | $21,047 |
