Name: Athletics
Start: 2026-03-19T15:00:00-0700
End: 2026-04-10T12:05:00-0700
Location: UCSB Give Day 2026

$ 6,750,543 raised 4,601 Donors

Athletics has raised $ 364,642 from 2,034 Donors!

Athletics

Support Champions on Give Day

UC Santa Barbara's Intercollegiate Athletics Department provides resources to create life-changing educational opportunities for today’s student-athletes and helps them develop their full potential in both academic and athletic settings.

Gifts to the Athletics funds provide critical, flexible funding for all of UC Santa Barbara’s 450 student-athletes. Gifts can be restricted to a specific sport team and program or unrestricted to the Athletic Director’s Enhancement Fund, which provides academic support, career and leadership development, sports medicine, and sports performance resources for all of our student-athletes.

Support of Intercollegiate Athletics is an investment in our student-athletes' drive to succeed, grow, and reach their goals. Thank you for your support!

$5,000

Women's Volleyball Challenge #2

The women's volleyball community has come out in full force! Thanks to the McDermott family, we have an additional challenge. Help us meet our goal and unlock $5,000 from the McDermott Family, in honor of former head coach, Nicole Lantagne Welch.

375 / 375 Gifts

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Sprint #3!

What an exciting close to Give Day! Congratulations to the top ten funds, and thank you to Scott ’78 and Lisa Dettmer for powering this final challenge.

Rank	Prize	Fund Designation	Gifts
1	$1,500	Women's Swimming	120
2	$1,250	Men's Water Polo	117
3	$1,000	Gaucho Racing	79
4	$750	Men's Rugby Sport Club	52
5	$500	Women's Rugby Sport Club	49
6	$250	Women's Volleyball	45
7	$225	East Asian Languages & Cultural Studies	38
8	$200	History	21
9	$175	Men's Track/Cross Country	19
10	$150	Men's Tennis	16
11		Latin American and Iberian Studies	12
12		Women's Tennis	12
13		Women's Track/Cross Country	10
14		Fraternity and Sorority Endowment	8
15		CCS Dean's Fund for Excellence	6

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Success!

Gift to Women's Volleyball

Thank you to Nicole Lantagne Welch, former UCSB Women's Volleyball Head Coach, for your support of the program!

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Athletics

Trustee John '75 and Jody Arnhold are once again putting $15,000 on the line for a UCSB Athletics competition! The team that gets the highest number of unique donors by the close of Give Day on 4/10 will receive bonus funds. $5,000. Second place will receive $4,000, third place will receive $3,000, fourth place will receive $2,000, and fifth place will receive $1,000.

Rank	Prize	Fund Designation	Gifts
1	$5,000	Women's Swimming	500
2	$4,000	Women's Volleyball	428
3	$3,000	Men's Water Polo	390
4	$2,000	Women's Tennis	150
5	$1,000	Women's Water Polo	88
6		Men's Tennis	60
7		Men's Track/Cross Country	60
8		Women's Track/Cross Country	53
9		Women's Soccer	52
10		Softball	52
11		Baseball	43
12		Golf	42
13		Men's Swimming	36
14		Men's Volleyball	24
15		Women's Basketball	21

Ended

$2,500

Men's Track & Field and Cross Country Challenge!

We did it! Thank you to Trent D. Bryson '98 and all of our Men's Track & Field and Cross Country supporters.

50 / 50 Gifts

Completed

$5,000

Baseball Challenge!

We hit that challenge out of the park! Thank you to the Cheadles for their support of UCSB Baseball, and thank you to everyone who helped unlock their challenge!

40 / 40 Gifts

Completed

$1,400

Softball Challenge!

You stepped up to the plate! Thank you to the Eldridges and everyone who supported UCSB Softball.

50 / 50 Gifts

Completed

$25,000

Let's Set a New Record for Athletics Challenge!

Challenge met! Thank you to The Gretler Foundation and all of the Athletics supporters for investing in our student-athletes' drive to succeed, grow, and reach goals.

1,709 / 1,709 Gifts

Completed

Success!

Gift to Women's Volleyball

Thank you to Kathy Gregory, former UCSB Women's Volleyball Head Coach, for your support of the program!

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UCSB Give Day 2026

See how your area is doing!

Rank	Department	Gifts
1	Athletics	2,034
2	Recreation	464
3	Humanities and Fine Arts	448
4	Campus & Community Initiatives	210
5	Social Sciences	181
6	Student Affairs	171
7	Sciences	105
8	Alumni Affairs	98
9	Library	70
10	College of Engineering	60
11	College of Creative Studies	59
12	Education Abroad & Capital Internship Programs	52
13	Bren School	34
14	Gevirtz School	33
15	Graduate Division	31