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Who We Are

Who We Are

Jamie Pollard

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

Jamie Pollard

Director of Athletics

Development Staff

Ryan McGuirer

Ryan McGuire

Senior Associate AD for External Relations

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Frank Nogel

Joan Bowles

Associate AD for Development

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Annual giving

Blair Danner

Blair Danner

Associate Director of Development

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Aaron Dekker

Aaron Dekker

Associate Director of Development

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Diane Shearerl

Diane Shearer

Development Coordinator

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Major Gifts

Nathan Johnson

Nathan Johnson

Senior Director of Development / Director of Major Gifts

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Jordan Hughs

Jordan Hughes

Assistant Director of Development / Major Gifts

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Nathan Johnson

Claire Oetting

Development Coordinator

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premium services & special events

Molly Donnelly

Molly Donnelly

Director of Premium Services & Special Events

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Molly Donnelly

Morganne Grant

Premium Services & Special Events Manager

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