Annual Fund

Sport Specific Giving

baseball players holding trophy

Baseball


Fundraising Needs:

  • Air Force Baseball Stadium Renovation
  • Nutrition and Training Table
  • Markerless Biomechanical Assessment System
basketball players lined up on court

Men's Basketball


Fundraising Needs:

  • Nutrition and Training Table
  • Travel Accommodations
basketball players cheering

Women's Basketball


Fundraising Needs:

  • Nutrition and Training Table
  • Foreign Tour
  • Locker Room Renovation
  • Team Building
  • Hotel Accommodations
athletes raising hands

Boxing


Fundraising Needs:

  • Nutrition and Training Table
  • Ring of Honor
  • Women's Locker Room
  • Foreign Trip
athletes celebrating with trophy

Cross Country / Track & Field


Fundraising Needs:

  • Outdoor Track Renovation
  • Nutrition and Training Table
  • Indoor Track Equipment
  • Team Building Activities
athlete in the middle of a dive

Diving


Fundraising Needs:

  • Dryland Renovations
  • Facility Branding and Upgrades
  • Nutrition and Training Table
  • Team Building Activities
athletes fencing

Fencing


Fundraising Needs:

  • Locker Room Upgrades
  • Nutrition and Training Table
  • Replay System
  • International Trip
  • Team Equipment and Gear
  • Team Building Activities
  • Facility Branding
football players cheering

Football


Fundraising Needs:

  • Nutrition and Training Table
  • Recruitment and Talent Retention
  • Program and Facility Branding
  • Fisher DeBerry Football Excellence Endowment
  • Integrated Technology and Analytics
athlete swinging golf club

Golf


Fundraising Needs:

  • Nutrition & Training Table
  • International Trip (2027)
  • Renovation To Wedge/Short Game Area
  • 6-Pax Golf Cart
  • Range Cover
gymnast swinging

Men's Gymnastics


Fundraising Needs:

  • Team Room and Locker Room Upgrades
  • Nutrition and Training Table
  • Facility Enhancements (Landing Pit)
gymnasts in a huddle

Women's Gymnastics


Fundraising Needs:

  • Team Room and Locker Room Upgrades
  • Nutrition and Training Table
  • Facility Enhancements (Landing Pit)
  • Team Building Activities
  • Choreographer
  • Practice Equipment Storage
hockey players celebrating

Hockey


Fundraising Needs:

  • Hotel Accommodations
  • Team Building Activities
  • Nutrition and Training Table
  • Team Gear
  • Locker Room Updated Branding
lacrosse players in a huddle

Lacrosse


Fundraising Needs:

  • Nutrition and Training Table
  • Team Room Upgrades
  • Locker Room Renovation
  • Team Building Activities
athlete shooting a gun

Rifle


Fundraising Needs:

  • Ammo and Training Enhancements
  • Nutrition and Training Table
  • Competition Uniforms
athlete saluting the flag

Men's Soccer


Fundraising Needs:

  • Training Ground Upgrades
  • Nutrition and Training Table
  • Locker Room Renovation
  • Covered Benches
  • Performance Enhancement Targeting Recovery
  • Locker Room Renovation
athletes in a huddle with hands up

Women's Soccer


Fundraising Needs:

  • Soccer Stadium Facility Enhancements (Addition of Team Room)
  • Nutrition and Training Table
  • Facility Renovations
  • Covered Benches
  • West Bleachers Improvements
cheerleaders dancing

SPIRIT SQUADS


Fundraising Needs:

  • Nutrition and Training Table
  • NCA/NDA National Competition
  • Practice Space Improvements
  • Locker Room/Team Room Addition
  • Team Gear
athlete swimming

Men's Swimming


Fundraising Needs:

  • Foreign Trip
  • Integrated Performance Technology
  • Nutrition and Training Table
  • Additional Coaches/Staff
athlete swimming

Women's Swimming


Fundraising Needs:

  • Nutrition and Training Table
  • Locker Room Renovation
  • Team Building and Retreat
  • Foreign Trip 2027
athletes celebrating

Men's Tennis


Fundraising Needs:

  • Updated Gym Branding
  • Resurfacing of Indoor Courts
  • Wind Screens
  • Team Building Activities
athletes saluting

Women's Tennis


Fundraising Needs:

  • Foreign Trip 2027
  • Nutrition and Training Table
  • Team Locker Room Upgrades
athletes lined up on court

Volleyball


Fundraising Needs:

  • Locker & Team Room Renovation
  • Nutrition and Training Table
  • Team Building Activities
  • Pre-Season Team Retreat
  • Portable Taraflex Competition Court
athletes cheering with hands up

Water Polo


Fundraising Needs:

  • Nutrition and Training Table
  • Updated Equipment
  • Foreign Tour 2027
  • Team Building Activities
  • Integrated Heritage Branding to Team and Locker Rooms
athletes wrestling

Wrestling


Fundraising Needs:

  • Nutrition and Training Table

Excellence in Athletics Fund

The Excellence in Athletics Fund supports all initiatives within the entire USAFA athletics department, ensuring that our 27 intercollegiate programs have the resources to provide its coaches and cadet-athletes with the resources they need to succeed. Contributions to the Excellence in Athletics Fund are utilized by the Falcon Athletic Fund and AFAAC in four (4) primary areas:

  • Outstanding Leadership & Coaches: Air Force Athletics is committed to recruiting and retaining coaches who are eductors and role models, who understand the mission of USAFA and are effective in balancing the values of the Academy with their proven competitive success.
  • Cadet-Athletes: Our coaches are committed to recruiting a special caliber of cadet-athlete who will thrive in USAFA's rigorous environment.
  • Operational Support: Encompassing the broadest range of items, operational support covers those things that contribute to the creation and sustainment of a winning environment.
  • Facilities Enhancement: The Excellence in Athletics Fund provides preliminary private funding for projects and facilities enhancement that will benefit the entire Academy