The UCLA Athletics Campaign (1987-92) raised approximately $13 million in scholarship endowments thanks to the generosity of UCLA alumni and friends. UCLA Athletics wishes to express its gratitude to the individuals listed for their support. To date, 127 of the 273 NCAA allowable athletic grants-in-aid have been endowed through gifts and pledges

An endowment generates income to the University in perpetuity. By investing the gift principal and using just the interest earned to help meet the cost of a grant-in-aid assures the Athletic Department of on-going funds to maintain the quality and diversity of its program.

"We must turn to alumni and friends if we are to maintain the quality of excellence that has been the hallmark of Bruin athletics," says Peter T. Dalis, director of athletics. "Due to extraordinary cost increases, private funding is more important than ever. Tuition and fees alone, for an undergraduate student at UCLA, have increased by 86 percent in the last three years. Those increases are reflected in increased athletic scholarship costs payable to the University by the Athletic Department. Traditional sources of financial support, such as ticket sales and media contracts, are no longer sufficient to maintain a broad-based program like ours. Donors who establish endowed grants-in-aid are helping to ensure that future generations of student-athletes will have the opportunity to become part of the UCLA family."

While the UCLA Athletics Campaign has concluded successfully, the Athletic Department is still encouraging alumni and friends to help UCLA meet its goal of endowing all of the 273 grants-in-aid allowed by the NCAA. A minimum gift of $100,000, payable over three to five years, is required to endow each scholarship. Donors receive special recognition as part of a unique and permanent display in the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame. Most importantly, they have the satisfaction of knowing that their gifts have enabled Bruin student-athletes to excel in athletics and academics at one of the finest universities in the world.