A Message from the Athletic Director

Dr. Camden Wood Selig, Athletic Director

On behalf of our student athletes, coaches and staff, I want to thank you for the role you play in the success of Old Dominion University athletics. The financial support of our donors can often be the difference in being good or being great.

There are few programs in the nation that can boast the success of Old Dominion University's athletic program. Since 1975, Monarch teams have won 28 national championships and four individual titles, while graduating over 90 percent of the student-athletes who have exhausted their eligibility. The Big Blue Club has helped in this championship effort since 1971.

The organization has grown from one that was primarily an annual fund with a social component to one that retains the annual fund as its top priority and provides support in the form of endowments, capital projects, coaches retention and enhancement funds, while maintaining a social component. Over the years we have had many sport specific booster organizations which created a splintered identity among our fans.

The time is right to create a new brand that celebrates ODU's championship efforts and better reflects the unified role of the University, Intercollegiate Foundation, our foundation board, Big Blue Club and ODU Athletics. This brand is the Old Dominion Athletic Foundation (ODAF), and we are "Building a New Foundation for Success."

Our long term goal of privately generating funds to cover our entire athletic scholarship bill of $5 million is attainable, but not without you. We will need to double our annual giving and membership to achieve this lofty goal. We are asking our student-athletes, coaches and staff to give a "Championship Effort" on behalf of ODU. I hope you will consider providing the same championship effort as well. Two ways you can help support our mission is by taking part in our 110% Club and Power of One initiatives, which are explained in this brochure.

I would like to thank you in advance for your loyal support and I look forward to seeing you soon at one of our ODU athletic events. All the best, and GO MONARCHS!!!