Roadrunners Athletics Giving Challenge 2024

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MSU Denver Day of Giving 2024
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Join fellow Roadrunners in supporting your favorite team(s) during the fifth annual Roadrunners Athletics Giving Challenge! When you make a gift to the team(s) of your choice, you help enhance the student-athlete experience for each Roadrunner at MSU Denver. Your support also gets your favorite team one step closer to being crowned Roadrunners Athletics Giving Challenge champions! 

The top three teams with the most donors and the team that raises the most money will receive bonus funds for their programs. Will your team be the winner? You decide! 

So rally together with fellow Roadrunners to make our programs strong and to give our student-athletes the resources they need to be successful. Show your support by helping your team win the Roadrunners Athletics Giving Challenge when you make your gift today.

Incentives
Generate 5 gifts, and you will be entered in a drawing to win a Nintendo Switch Lite!
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Generate 7 gifts, and you will receive one pair of Socktober 2023 athletic socks.
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With your gift of $20, you will receive a branded MSU Denver coaster.
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With your gift of $25, you will receive an MSU Denver branded pennant.
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YOU Made Day of Giving a Gold Medal Giving Day – THANK YOU!

Thank you to all of the generous members of our Roadrunner family who took up the torch and lit the flame of giving to make MSU Denver Day of Giving a success!

Your support will provide Roadrunners with access to top-tier academic and athletic experiences, scholarships, state-of-the-art learning facilities, meaningful wraparound services and campus programs that prepare them for success before and after graduation.

We couldn’t have done it without YOU!

242 days ago by Lynne Winter
The next $10,000 will be matched!

We’re halfway through MSU Denver Day of Giving, and we are thrilled to announce a matching gift opportunity, thanks to the generosity of the MSU Denver Alumni Association Board of Directors! 

Every gift made to any fund or featured project will be matched up to $10,000, DOUBLING THE IMPACT of your gift!

Where is your team on the leaderboard? Now is the perfect time to go for the gold and give them the push they need to come out on top!

242 days ago by Lynne Winter
Roadrunners Athletics Giving Challenge Standings Update!

Here are the current numbers for most donors and most dollars raised!

Most Donors

First Place: Women’s Soccer 148

Second Place: Women’s Golf 141

Third Place: Strength and Conditioning 47

Most Dollars Raised

First Place: Women’s Soccer $18,664

Second Place: Women’s Golf $5,249

Third Place: Volleyball $5,200

What a showing! Keep pushing for YOUR team to get to the top of the leaderboard by the end of the day – anything is possible when you light the flame of giving!

243 days ago by Lynne Winter
Today is MSU Denver Day of Giving and the fifth annual Roadrunners Athletics Giving Challenge!

Today is the fifth annual Roadrunners Athletics Giving Challenge, and we are off to an AMAZING start! Your gift gets your favorite team(s) one step closer to being crowned this year’s Roadrunner Athletics Giving Challenge Champions!

Be sure to check out the amazing matching gift opportunity with Women’s Basketball!

Keep an eye on the leaderboard all day to see where your favorite team is ranked, and don’t forget – bonus funds are up for grabs to the top three teams with the most donors AND the team that raises the most money!

243 days ago by Lynne Winter

Roadrunners Athletics Giving Challenge Leaderboard
DesignationDonorsRaised ($)
Volleyball55$10,230
Strength & Conditioning 71$3,208
Men's and Women's Tennis37$3,472
Softball34$3,675
Men's and Women's Track and Cross Country31$2,739
Women's Golf257$6,693
Men's Basketball59$21,363
Men's Soccer32$3,010
Women's Soccer275$20,130
Women's Basketball24$13,960
Baseball30$9,035
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Gradhat icon8%MSU Denver Alumni
Suitcase icon7%Faculty/Staff
Book icon6%Students
Friends icon1%Staff Senate Member
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