Athletics

$514,435
Donated
114% of $450,000 goal
1,170
Donors
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Give Marquette Day 2025
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Support Marquette student-athletes on #GiveMUDay! 

When you support an athletics fund on Give Marquette Day, you are truly transforming the lives of Marquette student-athletes. Every gift helps Marquette Athletics rise together and take a step forward in reaching our goal of making a Marquette education accessible to deserving student-athletes.

💙 Athletics Featured Match: 

Chuck, Eng ’89, and Karen, Eng ’90, Swoboda,will match $2 for every $1 of gifts directed to any Marquette Athletics fund, up to $100,000. Chuck and Karen will support the Men’s Basketball Excellence Fund, which provides the team with critical resources, ensuring its sustainability as one of the top basketball programs in the nation.

💛 M Club Challenge: 

The M Club will contribute $500 to the respective sports excellence fund for each program that has at least 15 former student-athletes make a gift on Give Marquette Day. This opportunity is an excellent way for former student-athletes to advocate and donate to their respective Sport Excellence Fund.

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Let’s keep it going!


✅ MATCH MET

UPDATE! We reached our initial $1,000 goal. Barb Van Lieshout Rueth and Rich Rueth have been so inspired by your generosity that they have offered to continue matching gifts, dollar-for-dollar, up to $2,000 total for the Women’s Tennis Excellence Fund. 

Barb is an alumna of the women’s tennis program, standing out as a four-year letter winner, two-time captain and was inducted into the Marquette University Athletics Hall-of-Fame in 1999.

11 days ago by Amanda Lang
Special #GiveMUDay Update


✅ MATCH MET

THANK YOU! We have successfully met our $1,500 match for the Cheer & Dance Excellence Fund. Grant and Mattie Bonavia have been so inspired that they have offered to increase their matching gift opportunity up to $3,000.

11 days ago by Amanda Lang
Athletics Match


✅ MATCH MET

Chuck, Eng ’89, and Karen, Eng ’90, Swoboda, will match $2 for every $1 of gifts directed to any Marquette Athletics fund, up to $100,000. 

Chuck and Karen will support the Men’s Basketball Excellence Fund, which provides the team with critical resources, ensuring its sustainability as one of the top basketball programs in the nation.


11 days ago by Amanda Lang
M Club Challenge

The M Club will contribute $500 to the respective sports excellence fund for each program that has at least 15 former student-athletes make a gift on Give Marquette Day. 

This opportunity is an excellent way for former student-athletes to advocate and donate to their respective Sport Excellence Fund.

11 days ago by Amanda Lang

Sports Excellence FundsDesignate your support to a Sports Excellence Fund. These funds support leadership development and team-building programming for student-athletes, allow for investments in resources, and augments travel and recruiting budgets. 
DesignationDonorsRaised ($)
Women's Basketball Excellence Fund56$132,865
Women's Tennis Excellence Fund23$5,699
Men's Tennis Excellence Fund19$2,970
Men's Soccer Excellence Fund46$7,930
Men's and Women's Cross Country, Track & Field Excellence Fund108$17,135
Men's Basketball Excellence Fund49$117,805
Women’s Volleyball Travel Excellence Fund72$21,535
Cheer and Dance Current Use Excellence Fund214$10,549
Women's Lacrosse Excellence Fund141$34,892
Men's Golf Excellence Fund129$75,240
Men's Lacrosse Excellence Fund130$67,850
Women's Soccer Excellence Fund93$10,245
Donor Affiliations
Gradhat icon44%Alumni
Parent icon19%Parents
Friends icon13%Friends
Book icon7%Students
Suitcase icon6%Faculty/Staff
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Gave $1,000,000 because 1,881 gifts were made during a Challenge!

Christine Franke, Arts '63, Grad '68

Gave $500,000 because 4,000 gifts were made during a Challenge!

Anonymous

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Offered a $250,000 match

Jason Swiatek

Generated 7 clicks
Offered a $225,000 match

Dr. David Ludington, Arts '76, Dent '82

Generated 2 clicks and 1 gift, totaling $25
Offered a $250,000 match

Kate Worrell, Arts ’99

Gave $125,000 because 300 gifts were made during a Challenge!

Jay Schwister, Bus Ad '84

Generated 3 clicks and 1 gift, totaling $250
Offered a $100,000 match

Chuck Swoboda, Eng ’89

Generated 1 gift, totaling $150
Offered a $100,000 match

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Offered a $100,000 match

Michael Klein, Bus Ad '74, Grad '75

Offered a $100,000 match
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