Endowments

Endowment gifts can have a tremendous impact on a program and the Athletic Department as a whole. Endowed funds provide support in perpetuity for Georgetown Athletics and create a lasting legacy on the Hilltop. Gifts can be made to establish endowed scholarship funds, coaching excellence funds or operational funds to assist with annual budgetary needs.

Georgetown Athletics is able to fund 128 athletics scholarships each year, but only a small percentage are funded through endowments. In 2020-21, 116 student-athletes received all or partial grant-in-aid from athletic department endowed scholarships. The goal is to endow all scholarships in order to free up funds for additive items for teams on an annual basis.

Gifts to establish endowed scholarships are invested, and an annual distribution is used to provide grant-in-aid.

• $150,000 will create a named and endowed scholarship fund that supports students year after year.
• $1.5 million will create an endowed scholarship fund with income that covers the equivalent of the full cost of attending Georgetown.

Endowing coaching positions shows our commitment to attracting and retaining coaches who will carry on our culture of excellence.

• Named head coach positions begin at $3M
• Assistant coach endowments begin at $1M
• Named coaching funds begin at $150,000

Like other endowments, an operational endowment provides support in perpetuity for a particular program or area of the department. Operating endowments can be used to support one of the department’s most vital resources, our personnel. Endowments can support positions beyond team coaches in areas such as sports performance, academics, nutrition, mental health, and more.

• Operating endowments begin at $150,000.
• Staffing endowments begin at $1 million.

 

Administration

• The Francis X. Rienzo Director of Athletics Endowment
• The Amato Family Athletic Counseling Services Endowed Fund
• The Joseph P. Shea Memorial Fund
• The Georgetown Women’s Athletic Endowment
• Baran / BCS Financial Health Education & Fitness Endowment
• Michael Karam Student-Athlete Health and Wellness Endowed Programming Fund
• Welch Family Student-Athlete Mental Health and Wellness Endowed Programming Fund

 

Baseball

• The Purcell Family Endowed Baseball Scholarship Fund |  | Andrew Cuifo C’23 
• The Harris Family Endowed Baseball Scholarship Fund | Everett Catlett C’24 – Manassas, VA |
• The Schuh Family Endowed Baseball Scholarship Fund |  |
• The Hoya 9 Endowed Baseball Scholarship Excellence Fund |Christian Ficca C’24 – Chevy Chase, MD |
• The Cano Family Endowed Baseball Scholarship Fund | Carson Frye B’23 – Amrmonk, N.Y. |
• The Peter A. Patrissi (C’92) Memorial Endowed Baseball Scholarship Fund | Matthew Sapienza B’25 |
• Anonymous Endowed Baseball Scholarship | Sam Beuerlein B’23 – Parkville, MO | Michael Eze C’24 – Dowingtown, PA |
• The Alfredo and Elissa D’Onofrio Family Endowed Baseball Scholarship Fund |  |
• The Christopher O’Meara (B’83) Family Endowed Baseball Scholarship Fund | Andrew Bergeron B’24 – Ponte Vedra Beach, FL |
• John P. Madden (B’95) and Family Endowed Baseball Scholarship Fund | |
• Baseball Endowed Coaching Excellence Fund
• The Georgetown Baseball Facility and Maintenance Fund
• The Georgetown Baseball Travel and Recruiting Fund

 

Field Hockey

• The Kathleen Plunkett O’Connor Endowed Field Hockey Scholarship Fund | |
• The Mary P. Mullen Memorial Athletic Scholarship |  |

 

Football

• The Sanford R. Mautner, F’61, Memorial Football Scholarship |  | 
• The Father Bunn S.J. Football Scholarship |  | 
• The Robert B. Nolan, C’38, Athletic Scholarship |  | 
• The Winsor and Mary Jane Simmons Athletic Scholarship |  | 
• The Peter L. Smith Family Football Scholarship | |
• The Joseph Eacobacci Football Scholarship |  | 
• The Kevin D. Reynolds Memorial Scholarship  | Ibri Harrell C’25 – Hampton, VA |
• The Francis B. Brogan Football Scholarship |  | 
• The Dahut Family Football Endowed Scholarship |Naieem Kearney C’25 – Martinsburg, WV|   | 
• The Rory S. and Nancy K. Coakley Endowed Scholarship Fund |  |
• The Joe and Jane Gaffigan Family Endowed Football Scholarship Fund
• The Marshall Family Endowed Scholarship Fund
• The Patriot League Initiative Fund
• The Haverstick Family Football Assistant Coaching Endowment 
• The McGowan Family Football Assistant Coaching Endowment 
• The Merse Family Football Coaching Endowment
• Robert Paul Dahut Memorial Award
• The Glacken Era Coaches Endowment Fund 

 

Men’s Basketball

• The Barbara and Thomas Napolitano Endowed Scholarship | |
• The Leonsis Men’s Basketball Endowed Scholarship Fund | Malcolm Wilson B’23 – Columbia, SC |
• The Marc H. Sulam Endowed Scholarship Fund | Wayne Bristol Jr. C’25 – Washington, DC |
• The Paluszek Family Men’s Basketball Scholarship | Timothy Ighoefe C’23 – Lagos, Nigeria |
• The Tagliabue Men’s Athletics Scholarship | |
• The Della C. Bozzo Memorial Men’s Basketball Manager Scholarship | |

 

Men’s Golf

• The Mark J. “Buddy” Stuart Endowed Golf Scholarship | Connor Willett B’25 – Wellesley, MA|
• The Graham Family Athletic Scholarship|  |
• The Thomas E. Galvin, B’90 Golf Scholarship |David Rogers C’23 – Needham, MA| Max Hutter C’25 – Weston, MA|
  
• The Georgetown Men’s Golf Coach Endowed Scholarship | Ryan Moylan B’24 – Vero Beach, FL| Jacob Finard B’25 – Weston, MA|
• The Richard F. Barry Memorial Athletic Scholarship | Pieter DeGroot B’23 – Potomac, MD |
• The John E. Kenny, Sr. Golf Scholarship | Charlie Creamean B’25 – Winnetka, IL|
• Nick Cook C’04 Endowed Men’s Golf Scholarship| |
• The Georgetown Men’s Golf Travel Fund

 

Men’s Lacrosse

• The Alfond Family Athletic Scholarship |  |
• The Cassin Family Athletic Scholarship Fund in Honor of Keelin Cassin Pye and J. Matthew Cassin for Men’s Lacrosse | Graham Bundy B’23 – St. Louis, MO |
• The John P. Esposito, Sr. Athletic Scholarship  |Dylan Hess B’24 – Ponte Vedra Beach, FL|
• The Athletics / MSB Scholarship | |
• The Class of 1998 Men’s Lacrosse Scholarship  |TJ Haley C’24 – Shady Side, MD  |
• The McBride Family Men’s Lacrosse Scholarship | |
• The Powers Family Men’s Lacrosse Endowed Scholarship | James Donaldson B’23 – Franklin, MI|
• The James J. Phelan Memorial Endowed Scholarship |  |
• The McElroy Family Endowed Men’s Lacrosse Scholarship | | 
• The Georgetown Men’s Lacrosse Assistant Coaching Endowment

 

Men’s Rowing

• The Moran Family 3rd Century Crew Scholarship | Sam Namian C’23 – Silver Spring, MD | Matthew Turner F’23 – London, England | Jonas Schemm C’24 – Gaylordsville, CT |
• The Vespoli Family Crew Scholarship |Arty Baker B’23  – Colts Neck, N.J. | Andrew Tokarski C’24 – Princeton, N.J. | Ollie Wang C’25 – Seattle, WA | Aidan Kilgannon C’25 – Collingswood, NJ |
• The Timothy S. Healy, S.J. Men’s Crew Endowed Scholarship Fund  | Andrew Howard B’23 – St. Louis, MO |
• The Georgetown Crew Head Coaching Endowment 
• The Georgetown Lightweight Crew Assistant Coaching Endowment 
• Rowing Excellence Endowed Fund
• The G150 Forever Endowed Fund
• The Georgetown Boathouse Maintenance Endowment
• The Class of 1986 Lightweight Men’s Rowing Endowed Equipment Fund
• The Tony Johnson Equipment Endowment
• The John P. Devlin C’71 Men’s Rowing Endowed Fund 
• The John C. Courtin, C’70, L’78 Men’s Lightweight Rowing Endowed Coaching Fund
• The J. Gregory Carroll Memorial Endowment

 

Men’s Soccer

• The Peter P. Murphy Scholarship | |
• The Robert E. Daniels Athletic Scholarship ||
• Anonymous Endowed Men’s Soccer Scholarship |  | 
• Peter and Susan Karches Men’s Soccer Endowed Scholarship Fund | Dominic De Almeida C’24 – Lincoln Park, NJ |
• The Georgetown Men’s Soccer Coaching Endowment
• Keith Tabatznik Men’s Soccer Head Coaching Fund
• Helfrich Family Men’s Soccer Endowed Head Coach Fund

 

Men’s Tennis

• The Georgetown Men’s Tennis Scholarship | Adhvyte Sharma B’25 – Murphy, TX |

 

Track & Field / Cross Country

• The Mary Taylor Behrens, C’83 Women’s Track Scholarship | Maggie Donahue C’23 – Wellesley, MA |
• The Gordon Family Women’s Track Scholarship | |
• The Edward W. Machir Family Athletic Scholarship |  |
• Joline Staeheli Women’s track & Field / Cross Country Endowed Scholarship |  Sierra Dinneen B’24 – Staten Island, NY|
• The Dr. Charles P. Melone, Sr. Athletic Scholarship | Parker Stokes C’23 – Endicott, N.Y. |
• The C.E. Laborde, Jr. Athletic Scholarship | Matt Payamps C’23 – West Hempstead, N.Y. |
• The Spiked Shoe Club Scholarship Endowed Fund ||
• The Patrick Sullivan Track Scholarship | Parker Stokes C’23 – Endicott, N.Y. |
• The Bill Mitchell F’50 Track Scholarship | |
• The Shaia Family Men’s Cross Country, Track & Field Endowed Scholarship Fund | Shea Wellbaker C’23 – Saratoga Springs, NY |
• The Edwin Beachler Track Scholarship | |
• The Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Dee Track Coaching Endowment
• The Jack A. Richardson Track Head Coaching Endowment
• The Behrens Family Endowed Coaching Chair for Women’s Track

 

Sailing

• The Sailing Coach Excellence Fund
• The Martin S. Quigley Sailing Team Endowment Fund
• The Thomas Curtis Sailing Regatta Endowment
• The Langdon Paull Mitchell and Emily Sigluer Mitchell Endowed Fund for Georgetown
• The McCann-Hughes Family Endowed Coaches Fund
• Broussard Family Endowed Fund for Georgetown Sailing

 

Softball

• The Donald J. Donahue Minor Sports Athletic Scholarship | Autumn Congdon N’23 – Jefferson, WI | Julia Parker B’24 – South Plainfield, NJ| 
• Joan T. Rienzo Scholarship Fund | Nora Campo C’23  – Woodbury, N.J. | Jordan Tallman N’25 – Latrobe, PA | 

 

Swimming & Diving

• The John & Marybeth Wooters Athletics Scholarship |  |
• The Jeffrey Bryan and Mark Pugliese Swimming Head Coaching Endowment

Volleyball

• The Kindfuller Family Scholarship |  |
• The Edward W. Machir Family Athletic Scholarship | Emma Plutnicki B’23 – River Edge, NJ|
• The Joseph T. Gardner Athletic Scholarship | Kelly Chen C’23 – Old Tappan, NJ |
• The Ashe Family Endowed Athletic Scholarship ||
• The Nelson Family Volleyball Assistant Coaching Endowment

 

Women’s Basketball

• The Leonsis Women’s Basketball Endowed Scholarship Fund| Jazmyn Harmon C’24 – Brentwood, TN |
• The Tagliabue Women’s Athletic Scholarship| Graceann Bennett C’23 – Lake George, N.Y. |

Women’s Golf

• The J. Kevin Kenny Family Women’s Golf Scholarship | Lauren May F’23 – Austin, TX | Megan Gormley C’24 – Palos Verdes Estates, CA |

 

Women’s Lacrosse

• The Thomas E. Curtis, Jr. Endowed Athletic Scholarship Fund | |
• The Carolyn & Roger W. O’Neill Endowed Athletic Scholarship Fund | Emily Gavern F’23 – Garden City, N.Y. |
• The Anthony, Kristin, and Reagan Raneri Women’s Lacrosse Scholarship  | Neely Holt C’24 – Darien, CT |
• The Kimberly Simons Women’s Lacrosse Athletic Scholarship | Maley Starr B’25 – Winnetka, IL |
• The Lindmor Scholars Fund | Tatum Geist C’24 – Danville, CA |
• The McBride Family Women’s Lacrosse Scholarship | Hannah Folau N’23 – Reisterstown, MD |
• The Brown Family Women’s Lacrosse Scholarship | Emma Gebhardt B’25 – Baldwinsville, NY |
• The Edward and Rita McCarty & Joseph and Margaret Lang Athletic Scholarship | Tessa Brooks B’24 – Rye, N.Y. |
• The Athletics / MSB Scholarship | Reilly Hogan B’23 – Middle Grove, N.Y.  | 

 

Women’s Rowing

• The Georgetown Women’s Rowing Equipment Endowment
• The Georgetown Boathouse Maintenance Endowment
• John “Jack” Nihill (C’73) Women’s Rowing Endowed Head Coaching Fund 

 

Women’s Soccer

• The Ed & Irene Shaw Women’s Soccer Scholarship | Gia Vicari C’23 – Reading, PA |
• The Donal M. Walsh, Sr. Athletic Scholarship | Allie Augur C’24 – Northford, CT |
• The Zekaria Family Endowed Scholarship Fund | Julia Leas C’23 – Vienna, VA |
• Anonymous Women’s Soccer Scholarship | Eliza Turner B’25 – Bethesda, MD |

 

Women’s Tennis

• The Todd Family Endowed Women’s Tennis Scholarship Fund | Agata Mikos C’23 – Chicago, IL |