Ira Childress<\/a>, Deputy Athletic Director for Development. “We also want to extend a special thank you to football alum Michael Baylor for his transformational lead gift of $250,000.”<\/p>\nA total of 32 donors made multiple gifts to athletics initiatives, while several programs saw outstanding participation throughout the campaign.
\nTrack and field led all programs with 60 gifts, followed by volleyball with 50 and women’s basketball with 27. Additional participation totals included:
\n<\/p>\n
\n\tTennis \u2013 18 gifts
\n\tMen’s Basketball \u2013 14 gifts
\n\tMen’s Golf \u2013 14 gifts
\n\tBaseball \u2013 13 gifts
\n\tWomen’s Flag Football \u2013 9 gifts
\n\tMovin’ Mavs \u2013 9 gifts
\n\tSoftball \u2013 4 gifts
<\/p>\n
The Maverick Club led all athletics funds with $40,630.82 raised during the campaign, followed by Men’s basketball ($9,690), Track and Field ($8,035), and women’s basketball as the top individual sport program ($4,411.68).<\/p>\n
ABOUT MAVS DAY
\nMavs Day is an annual university-wide giving initiative designed to unite alumni, students, faculty, staff, and supporters in advancing the mission of The University of Texas at Arlington through philanthropic support.<\/p>\n
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