Athletics Case

A CASE FOR SUPPORTING

UC ATHLETICS SCHOLARSHIPS

For OuR Bearcats The University of Cincinnati is home to nearly 500 exceptional student-athletes who are excelling on the biggest stages of national competition. And in the classroom, they are outpacing the university-average GPA across a diverse set of academic majors.

To remain an accessible, engaging launchpad for student success, we must look ahead to what’s next.

To keep our Bearcats dreaming and achieving, UC Athletics annually dedicates a substantial portion of its budget toward scholarships and aid. Your investments to create endowed scholarships can better supplement these efforts, providing crucial financial resources for UC student-athletes and also long-term sustainability for UC Athletics.

Imagine if, together, we could give generations of Bearcats permanent scholarship opportunities across all sports and ensure the university’s best-possible competitive future.

With your support for endowed athletics scholarships as part of Next, Now: The Campaign for Cincinnati, this vision can become a reality.

Our Distinctive Strengths: • UC’s student-athletes are collectively elevating the level of academic excellence, which includes a departmental all-time best 3.396 GPA for spring semester 2020.

• The Bearcats have a 94% NCAA Graduation Success Rate (GSR)—UC’s highest mark in the GSR’s history.

• UC is setting itself apart in the competitive landscape of college athletics; in 2019-20 alone, our student-athletes competed for conference titles in six different sports.

Make YOUR IMPACT Now more than ever, endowed scholarships are vitally important to what’s next for athletics at UC. With your gift of $50,000 to create a named scholarship endowment or $350,000 to fully endow a named scholarship as part of the Next, Now Campaign, your generosity will: • Create meaningful opportunities for more Bearcats to write their stories of success here at UC, and well beyond.

• Ensure the permanent viability of our varsity programs to carry on the traditions, culture and achievements of UC Athletics.

• Forever honor your legacy-defining investment in the young people who will proudly represent this university in competition, and in life.

To learn more about how you can make your impact through endowed athletics scholarships, contact the UCATS Office at (513) 556-4884.

WHAT’S NEXT STARTS WITH YOU. JOIN THE CAMPAIGN FOR CINCINNATI.

University of Cincinnati Athletics Development Richard E. Lindner Center 2751 O’Varsity Way Suite 470 Cincinnati, OH 45221-0021 (513) 556-4884

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