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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 support of the Cyclone Club! Your continued generosity has fueled arguably the greatest run of academic and athletic success in our department’s history.

The investment from more than 6,000 Cyclone Club donors has allowed Iowa State student-athletes to thrive academically and athletically. Cyclone Club gifts, and season ticket purchases, remain the backbone of our program as they represent the department’s second-largest revenue source behind Big 12/NCAA distributions.

As we look to the future, we will need to continue to navigate the challenges associated with the most transformational period in intercollegiate athletics history. From the impact of conference realignment, changes to the college football playoff system, the transfer portal, and revenue sharing with student-athletes, the financial realities facing athletics departments have never been more daunting.

One could argue that we could not have picked a better time for our athletics program to be faced with these financial challenges. Attendance at our athletic events remains at an all-time high, television ratings for ISU games have never been higher, and the Big 12 Conference remains committed to identifying and pursuing new revenue opportunities for membership.

In addition, we continue to work closely with university leadership to develop a pathway to ensure the future success of our athletics program. We are also excited about the progress being made on CyTown and look forward to ground being broken on the remaining buildings this spring. Although CyTown’s direct revenues are earmarked for enhancements in and around the Iowa State Center, the indirect revenues associated with having additional conferences, concerts, and other CyTown events will directly help our athletics program.

In closing, thank you again for supporting our talented student-athletes. 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.

I am confident the best is yet to come for Iowa State Athletics!

Go Cyclones,

Jamie Pollard

Director of Athletics
Iowa State University

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