Launching Champions: 36 Hours of Teamwork, Maroon Pride and Impact

Save the Date: October 6–7, 2026

For 36 hours, the Roanoke community will come together as One Team to support our Maroon student-athletes. From noon on October 6 through midnight October 7, alumni, parents, students, coaches, faculty, staff and friends will rally to strengthen our varsity programs and provide the resources our student-athletes need to compete, learn, grow and succeed.

We may cheer for different teams, represent different generations or support different programs, but we share one common goal: giving every Roanoke student-athlete the opportunity to thrive, in competition, in the classroom and beyond graduation.

Launching Champions is more than a giving challenge. It’s 36 hours of teamwork, Maroon pride and collective impact.

Every gift helps launch a champion. Every donor strengthens our team.

When we come together as One Team, every Maroon student-athlete benefits.