Your generous gift will help OHIO Field Hockey student-athletes succeed on and off the field!

Competing in Division I NCAA athletics takes more than talent – it takes dedication, determination, and a willingness to get back up anytime you miss the shot. Competing amid a pandemic comes with its own set of obstacles. This is the time to rally behind our student athletes! This, Bobcats, is the Time to Rise.

In 2021, despite the irregularities of the COVID-19 pandemic, OHIO Field Hockey demonstrated their determination on and off the field, securing a bid to the MAC tournament and finishing the season with two athletes named 1st team all-MAC. In addition, the team had twelve athletes named academic all-MAC and nine athletes named NFHCA Division I Scholars of Distinction, tying for the most among any program in the country!

As they continue their offseason work in preparation for their 2022 season, we ask them every day to give 100% as students and as athletes. And today, we’re reaching out to ask you to stand with them through a gift of any amount to help fund team equipment, player development tools, and team-building activities. Your gift supports these students as they grow as athletes and as young women, learning to lead both on and off the field.

Help us reach our fundraising goal of $15,000! Give Now

“When I came to OHIO, I would have never imagined becoming part of such a great big family and that this family is going to mean so much to me one day. Today, being a Bobcat means unity, pride, and family to me. I have met some of the greatest people through Ohio University and I am so proud to share the passion of being a Bobcat with them. Field hockey has taught me so many different things such as leadership and loyalty. It challenges me to be the best self I can be, and I am thankful for having the opportunity to play for such an amazing program every day!” –Nele Graner, Senior, GK - Bonn, Germany

Compete for your era one more time!

When you give to OHIO Field Hockey, make it in honor of the decade in which you played. Throughout the campaign, we’ll have a friendly competition between the several eras of OHIO Field Hockey, and when this campaign ends, we’ll announce the winning era. Your generous gift to our team will help our student-athletes succeed in their time at OHIO and beyond.

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Student-Athletes discuss what it means to be a Bobcat

Your generous gift to this campaign and OHIO Field Hockey will help student-athletes succeed on and off the field.

Your actions now will make OHIO Field Hockey’s $15,000 goal quickly attainable. Here are four ways alumni, former athletes, families, friends, and fans can support a bright future for our field hockey student-athletes:

• Make a gift in support of this Time to Rise: OHIO Field Hockey 2022 crowdfunding campaign.
• Mail a check (payable to The Ohio University Foundation) to The Ohio University Foundation, PO Box 869, Athens, OH 45701; be sure to write OHIO Field Hockey 2022 on the memo line.
• Talk with Annual Giving's Matt Thomson '13 about a transformational gift to support OHIO Field Hockey.
• If you want to explore making a charitable gift to this campaign with a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) from your Individual Retirement Account (IRA), giving via a Donor Advised Fund or stock transfer, please also reach out to Matt Thomson.

To support all of OHIO's student-athletes, give to the Ohio Bobcat Club through the give.ohio.edu site, write Ohio Bobcat Club on your check, or ask Matt Thomson about Ohio Bobcat Club membership and benefits

The photo below the first paragraph shows sophomore defender Meela Kopp from Louisville, KY, who was named to the academic all-MAC team and an NFHCA Division I Scholar of Distinction.