Although this challenge is finished, you can still support our program by making a donation at: https://give.ucdavis.edu/ICAI
THANK YOU! We had an amazing week during the Champions Achieve Challenge, and have you to thank for it.
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ALERT: All gifts made to Women’s Water Polo during Champions Achieve will be matched by the generosity of the Hodgens Family. By making a $100 gift, your donation becomes $200.
Welcome to the 2023-2024 school year! The UC Davis Women's Water Polo team is excited to be back on campus to welcome the new freshmen and to start training for the 2024 season. The Aggies finished the 2023 season ranked 11th nationally and with two student-athletes earning All-American accolades, Noëlle Wijnbelt (3rd Team) and Allyson Clague (Honorable Mention). Noëlle also finished her record-breaking career as Aggie as the second all-time leading scorer. Goalkeeper Sophia Noble finished her Aggie career as the all-time leader in saves and will continue her water polo career playing professionally for Tenerife Echeyde in the Canary Islands.
ALERT: All gifts made to Women’s Water Polo during Champions Achieve will be matched by the generosity of the Hodgens Family. By making a $100 gift, your donation becomes $200!
As we look ahead to the 2024 season, we return an athletic group with a mixture of experience and athletes eager fill the positions vacated by our six graduated seniors. Nellie McAdams returns for her fifth season with solid experience as a goalkeeper. Grace Pelkey, Kelly Hungerford, and Gianna Nocetti are the returning top goal scorers for the Aggies. Tess Fundter will return for senior year as the top center defender. We will lean heavily on their experience and leadership as we strive to reach our goals of a team GPA above 3.2, a top 10 national ranking, and winning the Big West Championship.
The donor support for UC Davis Women's Water Polo has always been strong. Your Aggie Pride for this program runs deep and is felt by the student-athletes and coaches. This university is an amazing place for our WWP student-athletes to grow as individuals while working to accomplish their academic and athletic goals and your support is key to our success.
Our goal for this Champions Achieve campaign is to receive a donation from 100 donors. Your gift in support of UC Davis Women's Water Polo will make a world of a difference to our program and the experience of our student-athletes. Our top priorities for funds raised during this campaign include:
With you, our student-athletes have no limits to their achievements. With you, we are CHAMPIONS!
We would like to thank donors giving at the $1,500 level or above during Champions Achieve by sending you a UC Davis Water Polo hat.
We recently launched our new strategic plan, IGNITE to showcase UC Davis Athletics' commitment to fostering an inclusive environment that develops authentic leaders.
With IGNITE we are also excited to launch Fueling our Future, a campaign that will amplify resources for the important journey ahead.
A gift of $100 can provide a weeks worth of after practice nutrition for all of the WWP student-athletes
A gift of $600 can provide resources to outfit one student-athlete in apparel, shoes, and game suit
A gift of $1,500 can provide 75 custom balls with the “CA” logo for the season
A gift of $3,000 can provide us access to regular sessions with a nutritionist and yoga instructor
A gift of $5,000 can help provide us with video equipment to record all of our practices
A gift of $10,000 will cover the flight and hotel costs for one 3-day/2-night trip this season