BOSTON – The Boston University Department of Athletics surpassed $1 million in gifts for the sixth consecutive BU Giving Day as over $1.24 million was raised in support of Terrier student-athletes on Tuesday, April 11.
The BU Athletics community came together with 2,700 donors and impressive participation from alumni-athletes, parents, and friends of each team. This year's competition included 239 contributions of $1,000 or more, with 36 being $10,000+ donations. Participation across the University was at an all-time high, reaching 12,000+ donors as part of the initiative for the first time including contributions from 100% of current student-athletes.Â
"Another remarkable BU Giving Day is in the books," said director of athletics
Drew Marrochello. "Surpassing $1 million is no easy task, and it starts first and foremost with fostering lifetime connections to our University. Director of athletics development
Kyle Shawgo and his staff did a great job of working with our coaches to make this day special once again and the support throughout Terrier Nation was on full display last week. Thank you to each and every donor who took the time to make a gift and help enhance our student-athletes' experience."
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In total, over $8.7 million has now been raised in support of Terrier student-athletes as part of the Giving Day movement. This year's final tally of $1,247,593 represented 32 percent of the $3.8 million raised in total across campus.Â
Team revenue head-to-head challenges took place with each varsity program matched up against another. Men's lacrosse, men's ice hockey, women's ice hockey, track & field and cross country, lightweight rowing, men's basketball, women's soccer, women's tennis and field hockey were all victorious in their head-to-head match-ups to earn an additional $2,000 each.Â
There is still time to make a gift to positively impact BU student-athletes prior to June 30 by visitingÂ
www.GoTerriers.com/Donate or by contacting the Terrier Athletics Fund at 617-353-1063 orÂ
terriers@bu.edu.
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For a complete list of BU Giving Day results, please clickÂ
here.
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