Mere days since announcing a naming rights availability for its athletic director position, North Carolina State has renamed the title after securing a $5 million gift from former Wolfpack Club board president and longtime member Brian McMurray and his wife Konni. As reported Feb. 13 by NBC affiliate WRAL in Raleigh, the position will be named the McMurray Family Director of Athletics. The endowment is the fourth of its kind in the Atlantic Coast Conference and comes at a time when NC State and other college athletic departments are seeking additional revenue to keep up with rising costs, particularly the advent of direct revenue sharing with athletes. Schools are expected to be able to share $20.5 million with athletes beginning this fall.
The Willard and Pat Walker Charitable Foundation of Fayetteville, Ark., has made a $500,000 gift to University of the Ozarks for its new Wilson Athletic Complex, the school announced Monday. The $10.75 million Wilson Athletic Complex is nearing completion on the northeast corner of the campus in Clarksville, Ark., and includes university’s new baseball, softball and soccer stadiums, as well as locker rooms, press boxes and public restrooms. The gift from the Walker foundation brings the total raised for the complex to $8.2 million.
The Atlanta United Community Fund announced Thursday that it has granted $345,000 to the Atlanta Public Schools Department of Athletics to support all 23 of its soccer programs spanning 12 middle schools and 11 high schools. The Major League Soccer franchise's grant, the largest one-time contribution in APS Athletics history, will provide each school with up to $15,000 for essential needs, including soccer equipment, uniforms, coaching development, transportation and EMS services for matches.
Total amount of these gifts:
$5,845,000
Running total for 2025:
$80,098,500
Total amount tracked by AB Today in 2024:
$943,830,339
