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,

Thank you for your continued loyalty and unwavering Cyclone Club support. Your generosity helped us raise over $16.6M last year in support of the 450 young men and women who proudly wear the Cardinal & Gold. Your support is allowing us to experience the greatest run of sustained all-around athletics and academic success in Iowa State history.

Unprecedented change within the intercollegiate athletics industry will continue in 2023. This summer we will welcome BYU, Central Florida, Cincinnati and Houston into the Big 12 Conference. These institutions and their fan bases are looking forward with great anticipation to joining the Big 12 and will only make our conference stronger in every sport.

We are living in the most dynamic time in the modern history of college athletics. The transfer portal, name, image and likeness, collectives, the NCAA Transformation Committee and additional conference realignment, to name just a few, dominate the news. I believe we are well-positioned to navigate these issues, and others that follow, because of the incredible culture that has been established by our coaches, staff and all of you.

However, to help overcome the new challenges and build upon our past successes, it is imperative that we continue to generate the necessary resources to provide our student-athletes with state-of-the-art facilities, enhanced academic, medical and mental health services, access to financial opportunities provided by peer institutions, and retention of our most-successful coaches and staff.

It is a source of great pride that our athletics program does not rely on State or University funds to operate on, thereby making it truly one of the nation’s only financially self-sufficient programs in all of college athletics. 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.

While we are excited about our future, it is critical that that we grow our Cyclone Club membership base. Annual Cyclone Club gifts and season ticket purchases are our program’s lifeblood and are our second-largest revenue source behind Big 12 and NCAA distributions. 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 supporting our amazing student-athletes. Together, I believe the best is yet to come for the Cyclones!

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