Pittsburgh Panthers Football
Launched in February, the “Quest for Excellence Campaign” is aimed at providing University of Pittsburgh student-athletes with the best resources available to ensure their Pitt experience is first class in every respect.
Barely five months old, the campaign is already yielding exceptional results. The Panther Club, Pitt’s official athletic fundraising organization, boasts 1,500 new members. Moreover, 900 of those members had never donated to athletics previously.
The Pitt Athletic Department wishes to thank those new members for joining the Panther Family. Moreover, we would like to thank those longtime loyal members for continuing their support. Because of your involvement, Pitt is considered both a rising star and tradition-rich program in the world of collegiate athletics!
The good news is the best is yet to come.
In addition to Panther Club membership, Pitt’s Quest for Excellence is creating major momentum in other vital areas as well.
Pitt’s annual fund – which finances athletic scholarships — serves as the lifeblood for each of the Panthers’ 19 intercollegiate sports. Unfortunately, Pitt in the past has only been able to fully fund scholarships for four programs, leaving the majority of Panther teams at a competitive disadvantage.
With the Quest for Excellence providing a major spark, Pitt has already surpassed last year’s annual fund total with a full month left in the current financial year. Those scholarship dollars can turn a winning team into a Big East champion team. Or a Big East champion into a national champion.
The campaign is also playing a major role in facilities, providing upgrades for existing ones and also creating opportunities for new state-of-the-art playing venues for Pitt teams.
The Quest for Excellence helped give Fitzgerald Field House a major upgrade in the form of Pitt’s new expansive Olympic sports weight room. Located on the upper deck of the Field House and overlooking the court, Pitt now has a sparkling, contemporary workout facility for such sports as wrestling, baseball, softball, soccer, volleyball, track and field, tennis, gymnastics and swimming and diving. This affects well over 300 student-athletes.
Although most of our teams are in their respective offseasons, our student-athletes are working hard everyday – in the classroom, weight room and on the practice field – to win tomorrow’s championships. Your support is helping them make those dreams of glory a reality.
Thank you for helping our Quest for Excellence campaign get off to an exceptional start. Together we can create a championship future for Pitt!
