BLACKSBURG – In celebration of National Girls and Women in Sports Day, Virginia Tech Athletics and the Hokie Club have announced their comprehensive campaign to uplift women's athletics, Elevate Her.
This initiative helps to meet the most pressing needs for each of Virginia Tech's 11 women's sport programs, and will assist in generating leadership development programming specifically targeted to more than 240 women student-athletes.
Elevate Her is built to empower Hokie women to become all that they can be both during their time in Blacksburg and beyond. The campaign is aimed at achieving three major goals for our women student-athletes and teams: Championships, Leadership, and Equity.
"It's important that our women who are competing feel like they have just as good of an experience as our male student-athletes," said Reyna Gilbert-Lowry, who serves as Tech's Senior Associate Athletic Director for Inclusive Excellence and Alumni Engagement and Senior Woman Administrator. "Looking into the future, I would love to see more opportunities and exposure for our young women and I look forward to seeing this become possible with Elevate Her."
It's been more than half a century since Title IX further opened the doors for opportunities for women in sports and education. And now, Hokie Nation, it's time to Elevate Her for The Next 50. Make your gift today and help transform the lives of young women for generations to come.
For more information, please contact ElevateHer@HokieSports.com or 1 (800) VA TECH4 / 1 (800) 828-3244.
*Donations made to Elevate Her are not eligible for per seat, ticketing, parking, and other benefits associated with the Hokie Scholarship Fund. In order to maintain or receive benefits for 2023-24, donations will need to be made to the Hokie Scholarship Fund by March 1, 2023.
