The 2007-08 Lobo Club Membership Drive concluded with record results for members, new money, gift-in-kind, cash and more than $3.5 million in total pledges at the annual Super Celebration held recently at the UNM Championship Golf Course Pavilion.
More than 120 volunteers, coaches and staff gathered to celebrate the most successful Membership Drive in Lobo Club history, helping kick off a new fiscal year with a record $3,585,876.31 in pledges. Other Drive records included 2,950 members, $1,454,874 in gift-in-kind pledges and $2,131,002.30 in cash pledges. In all, Drive volunteers signed up 326 new members and raised $294,135.28 in new money.
"We're very pleased with the superb results of this year's Drive," said Lobo Club Executive Director David Sabolcik. "The passion and enthusiasm for Lobo Athletics displayed by our volunteers is contagious and I am confident the Drive will springboard us to our most successful fundraising year to date. It's a very exciting time to be involved with Lobo Athletics and our volunteers have set the bar high for future Drives."
Individual honorees included Veteran MVP Gordon Noonan and Andy Lujan, Rookie MVP honoree J. C. Lopez, who raised a rookie record $26,437.50, as well as Lobo Spirit Award winner Linda Perkins. Nestor Romero took home top honors with $34,428 in new money raised while Yvonne Moise topped all fundraisers with $134,523.36 in pledges. Bob Cooper recruited 29 new members to join the Lobo Club.
The Drive Leadership Team included Chair Bill Duffey, Vice-Chair Noel Behne, Rookie Coordinator Yvonne Moise and team captains Chris Cates, John Clark, Rudy Diaz, Mike Fietz, Kevin Letz, Gordon Noonan, Linda Perkins, Roberta Ricci and Susie Singer.
The Lobo Club Membership Drive is a two-month volunteer-driven effort to raise funds for athletic scholarships at the University of New Mexico. If you are interested in learning more about supporting UNM Athletics through the Lobo Club, or volunteering with the Lobo Club, call 925-5014, visit www.unmloboclub.org or email loboclub@unm.edu.
Media Contact: Greg Remington, (505) 925-5525; e-mail: gregrem@unm.edu