Who We Are

Impact Value

Due to the COVID pandemic we could not hold our department's all-staff meeting in person this year. Instead, we created a short video with the same elements as our normal in-person meeting.

Please enjoy viewing this 20-minute video as it provides great insight to the culture of our department and the impact your giving has on our ability to succeed.

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Cyclone Club members raise their hands and stand proud as the Heart of the Nation. It's their loyalty that drives our legacy. They are the ones who go above and beyond to help our student-athletes become their best. And it's their ongoing support that helps Cyclone Nation share with the world what makes Iowa State University so special.

Who We Are

Message From The Ad

Dear Cyclone Fans,

On behalf of Iowa State’s student-athletes, coaches and staff, thank you for your loyal and forever-true Cyclone Club support. Together, we raised a record $17.1M. Your generosity allowed us to provide an outstanding academic and athletic experience for our 450 student-athletes.

The investment from more than 6,000 Cyclone Club donors helped Iowa State student-athletes thrive academically and athletically. We recorded a Graduation Success Rate score of 95% (a school-record and Big 12 best) and earned back-to-back Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk victories.

Cyclone Club donations, which fund scholarships, facilities and operations, remain our department’s top fundraising priority. However, we must continue to identify and implement additional innovative funding ideas in order for our athletics program to continue to thrive during these challenging times.

The intercollegiate athletics landscape is in the midst of dramatic and rapid change; one that we do not anticipate slowing down anytime soon. The recent shifts in NIL rights, the transfer portal and conference realignment have accelerated the professionalism of major college sports. We are also preparing to welcome Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah into the Big 12 Conference during the 2024-25 academic year.

To overcome the challenges we are facing, we must continue generating additional financial resources in order to provide our student-athletes with state-of-the-art facilities, enhanced support services, access to financial opportunities provided by our peer institutions and retention of our most-successful coaches and staff. Unfortunately, our need to grow revenues also comes during a period when our conference revenues are plateauing, or in some cases, declining due to conference realignment.

Cyclone Club gifts and season ticket purchases remain our program’s lifeblood and represent our secondlargest revenue source behind Big 12/NCAA distributions. In addition, our athletics program does not receive any State or University funding, thereby making it one of the nation’s only financially self-sufficient programs.

Although our athletics program is riding a wave of momentum as we head into 2024, it is critical that we grow our Cyclone Club membership base to ensure future success. Your Cyclone Club donation will provide our student-athletes the opportunity to compete in their sport at the highest level while also preparing them to utilize their Iowa State degree long after their athletic careers have ended.

Thank you for supporting our talented student-athletes. Together, I am confident that the best is yet to come for Iowa State Athletics!

Go Cyclones,

Jamie Pollard

Director of Athletics

Message From The Ad

Dear Cyclone Fans,

Thank you for your loyalty and unwavering Cyclone Club support. Your generosity has helped fuel arguably the greatest run of athletics success in Iowa State history. In order to maintain that level of success, we need your support so we can continue to provide an outstanding academic and athletic experience for all 450 Iowa State student-athletes who proudly don Cardinal & Gold.

Intercollegiate athletics continues to undergo an unprecedented transformation, and we do not anticipate that changing anytime in the near future. To overcome the challenges we are facing, we must continue generating additional financial resources in order to provide our student-athletes with state-of-the-art facilities, enhanced support services, access to financial opportunities provided by peer institutions, and retain our most-successful coaches and staff. Unfortunately, our need to grow revenues also comes at a time where our television revenues will most likely decline because of conference realignment.

In addition, our athletics program does not receive any State or University funding to operate, thereby making it one of the nation’s only financially self-sufficient athletic programs. In fact, Cyclone Athletics is responsible for paying the full tuition costs, along with expenses for room, board, books and other fees for our student-athletes.

Annual Cyclone Club gifts and season ticket purchases are the lifeblood of our program and represent Iowa State Athletics’ second-largest revenue source behind Big 12/NCAA distributions. While it was not a decision that was made lightly, re-indexing the Cyclone Club’s annual giving levels, as outlined in this publication for the 2022-23 academic year, will help us increase revenues to fund our programs.

Iowa State Athletics is riding a wave of momentum as we head into 2022. However, it is critical that we continue to grow our Cyclone Club membership to ensure our future success. That is why we need your assistance to help make that a reality. Your Cyclone Club donation will provide our student-athletes the opportunity to compete in their sport at the highest level, while preparing them to utilize their Iowa State degree once their athletic careers have concluded.

Thank you for your continued support of our student-athletes. Go Cyclones!

Sincerely,

Jamie Pollard

Director of Athletics