{"id":3919,"date":"2024-09-13T15:25:57","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T15:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/?p=3919"},"modified":"2024-12-05T15:19:54","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T15:19:54","slug":"saluki-athletics-announces-big-dawg-leadership-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/?p=3919","title":{"rendered":"Saluki Athletics announces Big Dawg Leadership Society"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3920\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Athletics-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Grey Dawg at Saluki Stadium\" width=\"435\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Athletics-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Athletics-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Athletics-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Athletics.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Members earn unique access, opportunities to enhance fan experience<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Big Dawg Leadership Society is the next step in what SIU Athletic Director Tim Leonard calls \u201cSaluki World Domination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The newly formed society recognizes Saluki Athletics\u2019 most resolute supporters and provides them with unique access and opportunities that enhance the fan experience. By making annual gifts to support Saluki Athletics and commitments to the Pride of Little Egypt (the athletic department\u2019s name, image and likeness program) fans can make a transformative impact on student-athletes, coaches, and the university.<\/p>\n<p>The Big Dawg Leadership Society includes three levels:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Legendary:<\/strong>\u00a0$75,000 pledge over five years to Saluki Athletics and $2,500 for three years to the Pride of Little Egypt<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hall of Fame:<\/strong>\u00a0$50,000 pledge over five years to Saluki Athletics and $2,500 for three years to the Pride of Little Egypt<\/li>\n<li><strong>Champion:<\/strong>\u00a0$25,000 pledge over five years to Saluki Athletics and $1,000, one-year commitment to the Pride of Little Egypt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each level includes benefits, which range from exclusive events, deepened connections with student-athletes and coaches, Saluki gear, and more. To learn more, contact Todd Reeser at <a href=\"mailto:toddr@foundation.siu.edu\">toddr@foundation.siu.edu<\/a> or Kat Martin at <a href=\"mailto:katm@foundation.siu.edu\">katm@foundation.siu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA new day is dawning, and this is your chance to officially become a Big Dawg,\u201d Leonard said. \u201cTo build and maintain championship-caliber programs takes an investment from all Salukis. We have made commitments to our student-athletes and coaches, and now we need our fans join us on this mission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Recently, many programs and athletes have enjoyed historic success:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Swimmer Celia Pulido and track and field alumni DeAnna Price and Raven Saunders participated in the Summer Olympics in Paris<\/li>\n<li>Softball won 44 games and reached the NCAA Regional Finals<\/li>\n<li>Football hosted and won the first home playoff game in Saluki Stadium history<\/li>\n<li>Men\u2019s golf made the NCAA Regionals for the third time in five years<\/li>\n<li>Men\u2019s basketball saw its highest average home attendance in a decade<\/li>\n<li>Saluki student-athletes maintained an overall GPA of 3.23, highlighted by Saluki Softball earning the highest GPA of any NCAA softball team in the nation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Last fall, Leonard announced Imagine: Salukis Unleashed, a $100 million fundraising campaign scheduled to continue for a decade. That vision includes game-changing projects, ranging from basketball and football practice facilities, an updated baseball clubhouse, improvements to Lingle Hall, equipment upgrades, a new soccer stadium, and more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want you to dream big with us,\u201d Leonard said. \u201cWe love seeing our fans at every game, but the Big Dawg Leadership Society goes beyond season tickets. We are asking for enhanced annual commitments that drive us forward in exciting ways. It is time for Saluki Athletics to dominate like never before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To make a gift online, visit give.siu.edu\/athletics. Checks can be mailed to: Southern Illinois University Foundation, Colyer Hall \u2013 Mail Code 6805, 1235 Douglas Drive, Carbondale, Illinois, 62901. To make a gift to the Pride of Little Egypt, visit prideoflittleegypt.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members earn unique access, opportunities to enhance fan experience The Big Dawg Leadership Society is the next step in what SIU Athletic Director Tim Leonard calls \u201cSaluki World Domination.\u201d The newly formed society recognizes Saluki Athletics\u2019 most resolute supporters and provides them with unique access and opportunities that enhance the fan experience. By making annual &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/?p=3919\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Saluki Athletics announces Big Dawg Leadership Society<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-saluki-athletics","category-siu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3919"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4029,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3919\/revisions\/4029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}