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The McNeese Athletic Foundation was formed to raise funds for the McNeese Athletics Department and to strengthen the financial status of its athletic program. The sole purpose of the athletic foundation is to generate donation-related income to support athletic programs and scholarships for student-athletes.

 

Your gift assists McNeese in offering a quality educational experience to deserving student-athletes. Support generated by the McNeese Athletic Foundation also provides resources for the athletic programs to compete at the highest level. The cost of providing academic and athletic programs has increased dramatically over the past few years. More than 300 student-athletes benefit from your generous participation in this effort. Your support is an investment in the future of McNeese State University and in the future of its student-athletes as they prepare to become the leaders of tomorrow.

 

The McNeese Athletic Foundation needs your support to continue adding scholarship opportunities, improving facilities, and creating the edge it takes to win championships. The price of excellence is escalating. Our challenge is to provide the necessary resources for our coaches to give them the best possible chance to excel. Our goal is to provide student-athletes with the ability to succeed academically and athletically while preparing them to be successful in life after their collegiate careers.

 

We need your help now more than ever to overcome these challenges and achieve our goals. If everyone will do their part, we will be able to provide our teams and student-athletes with the opportunity for excellence that they deserve. Click here to learn more about the McNeese Athletic Foundation's 2009 Campaign.

 

 

Each year more than 400 Cowboy fans join together on a single night to have a good time while raising funds to financially support over 350 McNeese State University student-athletes. Click here to learn more about a Good Time for a Great Cause.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Across the country, named memorial scholarships are being established on a daily basis. In the field of intercollegiate athletics, they have never been more popular. Universities are constantly seeking ways to subsidize their ever-growing budgets, and in today's collegiate world, the majority of athletic monies are provided from private donations. An athletic memorial scholarship is just one way to help alleviate some of the stress associated with meeting NCAA regulations and restrictions.

An athletic memorial scholarship is an endowed fund that benefits a student-athlete by providing a full or partial scholarship. Only the interest accrued is spent. The principal amount of the endowed scholarship will never be depleted. This ensures that the scholarship will continue to benefit student-athletes for years to come. In addition to the apparent help that the athletic memorial scholarship provides to a student-athlete, it may also serve as an excellent way to memorialize a loved one.

Each memorial scholarship is unique. Donors can select from different criteria to personalize their scholarship. The donor chooses the scholarship name and may choose to designate a certain major, classification, G.P.A., hometown or even a specific position on the team. The possibilities are endless.

Anyone can establish an athletic memorial scholarship. The minimum amount for an endowed scholarship is $10,000. This provides for a partial scholarship to a student-athlete. For a complete scholarship, full tuition and books, the amount is greater. Although the numbers might sound high, a scholarship can be started with as little as $500 with annual donations being added over the years. Contributions are made until the minimum amount is reached or, if the donor chooses, indefinitely.

 

For more information on athletic memorial scholarships or to meet with someone from the McNeese State University Athletic Foundation, please call 337-562-4141 or e-mail Pam McGough at the Athletic Foundation. For a list of athletic endowed scholarships, click here. If you are interested in establishing an athletic scholarship, click here for the guidelines form.

Methods of Payment

Donations to the McNeese Athletic Foundation may be made by cash, check, credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover), bank draft, or appreciated stock. Click here to make your gift online. Checks may be mailed to Box 93425, Lake Charles, LA 70609 and should be made payable to the McNeese Athletic Foundation.

 

Matching Gifts
Many companies and corporations participate in a matching gifts program. Contact your employer to see if a matching gifts program for athletic scholarships is offered. For all programs that allow matching gifts, the full amount will be allowed. Click here for a list of matching gift companies.

Endowments
A named endowed scholarship fund may be established with a gift of $10,000 or more. A minimum contribution of at least $500 is required to start the fund and annual donations may continue until the minimum scholarship level of $10,000 is reached. Endowment funds are protected for perpetuity and only the interest generated is spent on the cost of tuition, books or room and board at the donor's discretion.

Planned Giving
Donations in the form of insurance policies, stocks, trusts, property and bequests are a great way to generate a meaningful and substantial gift to the athletics program. These gifts also provide estate tax savings and other benefits to your heirs. We will gladly assist you in any way to establish a deferred gift for athletics.

Memorial Gift
Remember or honor a friend, colleague, or loved one through a gift to the McNeese Athletic Foundation. An acknowledgement of your generosity will be sent to the designee or their family.

Your contributions will provide a truly meaningful way to remember friends and loved ones by supporting athletic scholarships and ongoing programs for McNeese student-athletes, The McNeese Athletic Foundation provides an opportunity for continued education and helps shape the future of our student-athletes.

 

Capital Improvements
Naming opportunities are available for significant contributions to capital projects. These opportunities are subject to state guidelines for minimum gift amounts which may vary with the facility involved. Several athletic facilities have been built or renovated with major gifts from private donors.

Gifts in Kind
Donations in the form of goods or services are another way to give to the foundation. All gifts in kind must receive prior approval from the foundation and will be credited at 100 percent of the fair market value.

 

Rowdy- $125-$249

 

Pardner- $250-$499

 

Wrangler- $500-$999

 

Range Boss- $1,000-$2,499

 

Bronc Buster- $2,500-$4,999

 

Golden Lariat- $5,000-$9,999

 

Cowboy Corral- $10,000

 

 

Cowboy, Diamond, Dugout, Golf, Striker and Petro-Chem Chapters- $125

 

Quarterback Chapter- $300 and Tip-Off Chapter- $275

For further information regarding NCAA rules and regulations, please contact Bridget Martin, Senior Women's Administrator and Associate Athletic Director of Compliance at bmartin@mcneese.edu or call 337.475.5296.

 

 

 

The Coach Les DeVall Football Scholarship has been established at McNeese State University by Mrs. June DeVall in her husband’s memory with a $10,000 donation to the McNeese Athletic Foundation.

 

DeVall, center, presents the donation to Pam McGough, left, athletic development coordinator, and football head coach Matt Viator.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Southwest Louisiana Region Senior Games has donated $4,000 to the McNeese Athletic Foundation to establish the Health and Human Performance Senior Games Scholarship as a way to thank the university for the use of its facilities and help from health and human performance faculty and track staff for over 20 years.

 

From left to right: Kemuel Morales, assistant track coach, Dr. Mike Soileau, health and human performance department head, Adele Mart, director of Southwest Louisiana Region Senior Games; and Dr. Philip Williams, McNeese president.

 

 

The Greater Lake Charles Rotary Club recently made a $21,000 donation to the McNeese State Cowboy football camp.

Cowboy head coach Matt Viator received the donation from Jesse James and Dr. James R. Churchman, members of the club. This is the 10th year for the organization to make a donation to the football camp.

The camp is opened to all athletes 10 years of age through upcoming high school seniors and is divided into junior (up to the ninth grade) and a senior (ninth through the 12th grade) divisions. Viator and his coaching staff serve as instructors at the camp.

 

 

 

 

The McNeese State Cowboy Club has donated $100,000 to the McNeese Athletic Foundation (MAF) to be used for athletic scholarships. This is the second straight year for the club to make the $100,000 donation.

On hand for the donation which was presented to McNeese athletic director Tommy McClelland were president-elect Stan Wilson and current board member and former club president C. J. Hernandez. The club is a booster organization for all sports at McNeese State and during the school year will hold weekly meetings in the Earl Miller Cowboy Room.

 

Lake Charles Coca-Cola Bottling Company has donated $70,000 to McNeese State University for athletics.

 

Lake Charles Coca-Cola Bottling Company representatives, from left, Blaine Royer, cold drink sales manager, and Larry Stout, vice president, present the donation to McNeese Athletics Director Tommy McClelland. McNeese Photo

 

 

Johnny and Kathy Hawkins have established the Edgar "Mano" and Melba Stine Athletic Scholarship with a $10,000 donation to the McNeese Athletic Foundation. The Hawkins made the decision to endow the scholarship in honor of their longtime friends. Hawkins was a member of the McNeese men's basketball team in the 1960s. Pictured from left to right are: Kathy Hawkins, Edgar and Melba Stine, and Johnny Hawkins. 

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Doug Gehrig, owner of the Lake area McDonald's franchise, has donated $15,000 to establish an endowed athletic scholarship through the McNeese Athletic Foundation.

 

The donation will be matched with $5,000 from the McNeese Foundation through its current endowment campaign bringing the total donation to $20,000 for the newly endowed Lake Area McDonald's Athletic Scholarship.

 

Gehrig, from left, presents the donation to McNeese representatives Pam McGough, athletic development coordinator, and Tommy McClelland, athletics director.

 

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Cops and Jocks has donated $25,000 to McNeese athletics through the McNeese Athletic Foundation.

 

Pam McGough, second from right, athletic development coordinator, accepts the donation from Cops and Jocks representatives, from left, Don Dixon, Alan Heisser and John Rudd.

 

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You may contact the McNeese Athletic Foundation office by calling 337-562-4141, or by mailing to Pam McGough, Box 93425, Lake Charles, LA 70609.