WASHINGTON – The Georgetown Baseball Campaign received a program-defining challenge gift of $4.8 million to support and enhance scholarship and coaching endowments. This gift will make significant progress towards the overall campaign goal to support three areas of need including coaching, scholarship and facilities.

The impact of enhanced scholarship endowments allows Georgetown to recruit the best and brightest student-athletes to continue their formation and development during their time on the Hilltop. The addition of these scholarships is a transformative shift allowing Hoya baseball to compete with the top programs in the nation.

The challenge gift provides an incentive for other baseball alumni, parents and friends to support the project by collectively raising an additional $5.1 million. With this gift, the program will be able to offer significantly more baseball scholarships with a goal of increasing the overall allotment of scholarships to meet the NCAA maximum number of scholarships if the full challenge is met.

Coaching endowments are a commitment to coaches now and in the future to provide the vital resources needed to recruit and retain the best staff in an increasingly competitive environment. Supporting and investing in the stability of coaches directly impacts the consistent development of a student-athlete.

Francis X. Rienzo Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, Lee Reed
"We are incredibly thankful for this gift and the immediate impact it will have on our baseball student-athletes. Scholarships are such an important part of building a winning culture within a program, and this will allow us to continue to grow Georgetown baseball, moving into the upper echelons within the national baseball landscape. Georgetown has a storied tradition on the field, and impactful gifts such as this create opportunity for student-athletes to achieve success that would have been out of reach without this funding."

Head Coach Edwin Thompson
"I came to Georgetown with the goal of winning a BIG EAST Championship and making us a national contender. Scholarships and coaching enhancement are the lifeblood of what we do, and this gift moves us a step closer to achieving our goals set by the players, coaches and administration. We are so grateful for the opportunity to bring incredible talent to the Hilltop, and with continued support of the Georgetown baseball community, we can achieve this goal. I expect greatness out of my student-athletes every time they step foot on the field, and to see our community supporting us in this way is what Georgetown baseball is all about."

Tom Purcell (F'93, P'23, P'25)
"As chair of the Baseball Campaign and a former baseball student-athlete, I'm tremendously proud of the baseball community including former athletes, parents and friends of the program and their investment in support of our baseball student-athletes. The continued commitment will significantly improve the experience of our current and future student-athletes, competing at the highest level of intercollegiate athletics and meeting the rigorous standards of academic experiences."

For more additional information on supporting the challenge gift initiative, please contact Scarlett Schneider Ph.D., Sr. Director of Athletics Development at scarlett.schneider@georgetown.edu or 202-687-2734.