Support UBC Thunderbirds Baseball

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Raised $22,726

Support UBC Thunderbirds Baseball

The UBC Baseball program is asking for your support to enhance the funding to support the needs of a high-level collegiate baseball program. The funding will support the travel opportunities, equipment and apparel needs along with providing additional academic support to elevate the student-athlete experience.

Project Description

UBC Baseball is incredibly grateful to have weathered the past few years of challenges, managing to keep our athletes thriving, competing and earning a top-notch education. Even with amazing support from the University of British Columbia, there is still a need for the program to fill the gap created by changing circumstances, as we navigate our progress in the wake of the pandemic. Support for this campaign directly offsets operational costs that the program will incur this season, both at the team and individual athlete level. It’s imperative that our players continue to have access to high-performance, well maintained equipment in order to develop, compete and perform at the highest level.

Our team is always striving to improve upon its record-setting 26 Major League Baseball draft picks and our standing as the premier baseball program in Canada, shining both in athletics and academics. With your help, all funds raised will directly benefit our student athletes, by covering operational and equipment costs needed to represent UBC in the NAIA and compete at the highest level in North America. The student athletes and staff thank you very much for your support!

Challenges and Impact of Your Support

Today’s student-athletes continue to balance the financial pressures of being both high-achieving athletes and students throughout the continually changing environment of our pandemic-affected province. This virtual campaign aims to provide financial support for the program and individual student athletes, so that they can focus on the physical and mental demands that are required to compete and ultimately, succeed.

About the UBC Baseball Team

We lead with the words Trust, Presence, and Grit. The UBC Thunderbirds Baseball program is proud of the young student athletes engaging in this project and in their community. These teammates put in so many hours of hard work in the classroom, in the gym and on the field. Many of them trained through two canceled competition seasons, and last season their dedication was rewarded with the second best finish in UBC Baseball history, falling just a few outs short of reaching the College World Series. The Thunderbirds also had a tremendous showing in the classroom, with eleven of our athletes achieving over 80% as Academic All Canadians.

The special group of student athletes filling in the 2022/2023 roster is looking forward to the upcoming season and  tremendously grateful for the support.