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Advancing AthleticsThrough Scholarship Endowment
Marquette University
Endowed
Athletic
Scholarship
Program
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The success of Marquette athletics has
an immeasurable impact upon the vitality
and exposure of the university. There is no
greater way to invest in the success of
Marquette athletics than establishing an
endowed athletic scholarship. By endowing
an athletic scholarship, you will:
Create an enduring link between you
and the university.
Provide transformational opportunities
for many student-athletes.
Position the university to financially and
competitively meet its athletic potential.
Address a top priority for Marquette:
to build the university’s
scholarship endowment.
Advancing
Athletics
Through
Scholarship
Endowment
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Increasing and sustaining scholarship aid is an important
priority at Marquette University. Endowed athletic scholar-
ships are essential in order to provide opportunities
for student-athletes to achieve their academic and
athletic goals.
An endowed scholarship provides a lasting stream of income
because Marquette holds the gift in perpetuity, investing the
principal and using a portion of the annual return to fund
scholarship awards. This provides permanent income for
scholarship support while increasing the endowment value.
Speaking of value, the importance of endowed athletic
scholarship funding is greater than ever. Marquette
competes in one of the best athletic conferences in the
nation, the BIG EAST. With tougher competition comes a
greater challenge to attract the caliber of student-athletes
who will be champions in and out of the classroom. The
university’s ability to attract champions is highly dependent
upon the availability of a significant and sustainable
scholarship budget.
Attracting
Champions
The Importance
of the Marquette
Athletic Scholarship
Endowment
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As a member of the BIG EAST conference,
Marquette gains national exposure — a powerful
marketing tool for attracting academically talented
students with an affinity for sports. The NCAA
allows Marquette to offer 110 equivalent athletic
scholarships based on our 14 intercollegiate sports,
but last year we had the funds to award only 92.
Closing the
Athletic Scholarship
Funding Gap
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The Blue & Gold
Athletic Scholarship Fund
raised $3.1 million .
The Blue & Gold Fund provides
current-use scholarships
(“one-and-done” resources).
The Marquette Athletic Scholarship
Endowment, valued at more than
$3.2 million, provided approximately
$160,000 in athletic scholarship aid.
NCAA provisions allow Marquette
athletics to award up to
$4.4 million in athletic
scholarships.
Marquette athletics had a
$1.14 million funding gap
considering the NCAA’s provisions
for scholarship capacity.
$4.5
$3.5
$2.5
$1.5
MILLIO
NS
$3.26
$4.4$1.14
FY 2009 BLUE & GOLDFUNDS RAISED PLUS
ENDOWMENT PROCEEDS
ATHLETICSCHOLARSHIPFUNDING GAP
FY 2009 NCAASCHOLARSHIP
CAPACITY
For the 2008-09 academic year ...
To maximize our full athletic potential and provide academic opportunities to deserving young men and women,
we are committed to growing the Marquette Athletic Scholarship Endowment to $20million by 2017.
Thereafter, this endowment will fund approximately$1 MILLION annually (5 percent) in critical athletic scholarship aid.
Strategic Objective
Grow Marquette’s
Athletic ScholarshipEndowment
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$ 41,252
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By the Numbers To appreciate our scholarship challenge, consider the following information ...
Average Undergraduate Tuition &Costs, 2010-11Academic Year
$ 30,040
$ 900
$ 9,890
$ 422
Tuition
Room & Board
Books
Fees
Estimated Total
54
36
23
3
21%
16%
6%
1%
26%
17%
11%
2%
43
34
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Enrollment of Marquette’s 207 Student-athletes by College (Sept. 2009)
Klingler College of Arts and Sciences
College of Business Administration
Diederich College of Communication
College of Engineering
College of Education
College of Nursing
College of Professional Studies
College of Health Sciences
Marquette
Student-athlete
FACTS
Each year since joining the
BIG EAST, more than 51%
of Marquette student-athletes
have earnedAcademic
All-Conference
honors.
The averageGPA
for Marquette
student-athletes
in the spring semester
of 2009 was 3.11.
Marquette has produced
36 Academic
All-Americans
since 1976.
Marquette student-athletes boast a
graduation rate of 93%.
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Greb
A native of Saskatchewan, Canada, Jayne is the recipient of Marquette’s James M. Allen
Endowed Athletic Scholarship and Blue & Gold and Ignatian scholarships. She chose Marquette
because of its excellent athletic and academic programs and credits her scholarship for
helping to make her Marquette experience possible:
“I have time to concentrate on my studies without the financial burden. I alsohave the opportunity to compete at a very high level in the rapidly growing
world of women’s collegiate athletics — sometimes even against Olympic hopefuls.”
Jayne has made an impact at Marquette as one of the top 10 all-time women’s outdoor
track and field athletes for the 1500-, 3000- and the 5000-meter events — holding the record
for the last.
Besides track, Jayne tests her resolve in the classroom. After graduating third in her high
school class, she has consistently made the dean’s list at Marquette and is a member of
Beta Alpha Psi (a financial information honor society). Acknowledging Marquette’s excellent
business program in advancing her professional goals, Jayne has secured an internship at
PriceWaterhouseCoopers in NewYork.
As for the next leg of the race, Jayne says, “I plan to take
the CPA exam after graduation and hopefully work for a Big
Four accounting firm. I would like to coach high school girls
and help them grasp their dreams of running at the
collegiate level. I believe this will help them reach their
potential in all aspects of life. As for me, I will always run. It
is such a big part of who I am. I don’t think I’ll ever stop.”
JayneGREBINSKI
Senior accounting and
international business student
Jayne Grebinski stays the
course when it comes to
Marquette academics,
cross country, and
track and field.
Student-Athlete Profile
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JimMEIER
In 2005, this MillerCoors
finance executive and 1984
Marquette business alumnus
established the James M. Meier
Endowed Scholarship Fund
for Men’s Basketball.
Jim made the fund happen through a $150,000 pledge. In the process, he helped make a
Marquette education possible for three student-athletes who, in turn, have received the
opportunity to make Marquette basketball fans proud.
Jim was neither a student-athlete nor a scholarship recipient while working on his accounting
major at Marquette.Why did he establish his scholarship?
“I did it for myself because it’s the right thing to do. I did it for the benefit ofstudent-athletes and the university because it’s critical to their success.
Jim explains, “My parents very generously supported my Marquette education, which has
greatly benefitted my life and my career. I always knew there would be the right time and
place to pass some of that benefit to someone else.”
Jim chose to restrict his endowed scholarship specifically
to athletics because “college athletics brings a lot to
Marquette — the opportunity for student-athletes to
compete and the thrill of competition for the university’s
students, alumni and Milwaukee to celebrate.” Jim adds:
“Marquette alumni don’t come back to campus to
retake freshman history. They “do” come back to enjoy
a BIG EAST match up!”
Though freshman history “is” important, so is the
enduring impact that Jim will have on Marquette men’s
basketball — now and for future generations of student-
athletes, students, alumni and fans.
Endowed Athletic Scholarship Donor Profile
There are many vehicles you might consider to establish an endowed
athletic scholarship:
A cash gift or other current assets.
An irrevocable deferred/planned gift.
A simple bequest.
Once you establish your endowed scholarship, you, friends or family
members can make additional gifts, thereby increasing the value and
impact of your scholarship in future years.
Once established, you can name the endowed
athletic scholarship.
Your scholarship will be recognized in perpetuity on
the Hank Raymonds Endowed Athletic ScholarshipWall
featured in the Al McGuire Center’sWheelerWalk
of Champions.
Marquette University remains grateful for the
visionary support of our current endowed athletic
scholarship donors. Their names are forever linked
with our proud athletic tradition and the lives of
many exceptional student-athletes who are proud to
call Marquette their alma mater.
We invite you to consider a tax-deductible, perpetual
investment in the future of Marquette athletics and
its student-athletes by establishing an endowed
athletic scholarship. With a minimum commitment
of $50,000 and an initial $10,000 gift, you can
establish a named, endowed athletic scholarship.
A fully endowed athletic scholarship is currently
recognized at $1 million.
Once established, Marquette will select and provide
you with the name(s) of the student-athlete(s) who
will benefit from your scholarship. The selection will
be based upon certain criteria that you determine as
preferences:
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What Will Be Your Legacy for Marquette Athletics?
Ways to Establish anEndowed Athletic Scholarship Recognition Opportunities
Participant in a certain sport.
Enrollment in a particular college at Marquette.
Other criteria as agreed upon byMarquetteUniversity.
Current Endowed Athletic Scholarship Funds(As of January 2010 — listed by the year the fund was established)
Marquette University General Athletic Scholarship (1977)
Vincent R. and Mary E. Shiely Memorial Scholarship for Women’s Athletics (1978)
Hank Raymonds Endowment for Olympic Sports (1987)
Jimmy Halling Memorial Scholarship for Men’s Basketball (1991)
Patrick and Jane (Gramling) Carlin Scholarship for Men’s or Women’s Soccer (1992)
Rev. Albert J. DiUlio, S.J., Scholarship for Olympic Sports (1996)
Dr. Richard J. Kitz Scholarship for Men’s Basketball (1996)
Earl L. and Elaine R. Winkleman Scholarship for a Student-athlete in
Business Administration or Nursing (1998)
Elizabeth Denkewalter Ryberg Scholarship for Track &
Field/Cross Country (1999)
Dr. Robert and Sandy Pavlic Scholarship for Need-based
Financial Aid (2000)
Brian D. Hanley Memorial Scholarship for Men’s Basketball (2003)
Kevin and Sheila Frisinger Scholarship for Men’s Basketball (2005)
James M. Meier Scholarship for Men’s Basketball (2005)
Endowed Scholarship for Track & Field/Cross Country In Honor of
James M. Allen (2005)
The George and Virginia Schneider Charitable Foundation Scholarship
for Men’s Basketball (2006)
The George and Virginia Schneider Charitable Foundation Endowment
for Athletic Academic Center (2006)
The George and Virginia Schneider Charitable Foundation Scholarship
for Women’s Soccer (2006)
Basketball Alumni Quasi-endowment established by Ralph Amsden ’44
for Men’s Basketball (2006)
Stanley and Barbara Andrie Family Scholarship for Men’s Basketball (2007)
Charles and Margaret Hammer Scholarship for Summer Tuition for
Student-athletes (2007)
James H. Wheeler, Jr., and Virginia M. Wheeler Scholarship for Men’s and
Women’s Basketball (2008)
Ron and Sally Kujawa Family Scholarship for a Student-athlete with
Specified Preferences (2008)
Nancy Noeske, Ph.D., Scholarship for Cheerleaders (2009)
Dr. Robert and Susan Murray Scholarship for Student-athletes (2009)
Brian and Laura Brewer Scholarship for Men’s or Women’s Soccer (2009)
Marv Swentkofske Memorial Football Scholarship for Student-athletes (2009)
Endowed Scholarship for Women’s Tennis In Honor of Jody Bronson (2010)
Thank you for your support.We are Marquette!
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Contact
Information
To learn more about establishing a
named, endowed athletic scholarship,
please contact one of the following
staff members of the Blue & Gold Fund:
MarkWright(414) 288-4468
Paul McInerny(414) 288-0289
JoeTrue(414) 288-0253
Jamie Hays Szelc(414) 288-6018
Marquette University Athletics
Blue & Gold Athletic Scholarship Fund
Al McGuire Center | 770 North 12th Street | Milwaukee,WI 53233
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