Buff & Blue Fund Challenge 2026

Buff & Blue Fund Challenge Starts Wednesday, September 16!

Who doesn't love some friendly competition?

Your support allows our student-athletes to compete and display the highest levels of discipline and excellence while representing the Buff & Blue.

This is a competition, and you help decide who wins. Awards will be given to the teams with the most donors, most dollars raised, highest alumni-athlete participation rate, and most improved total donor participation rate before midnight on September 27.

The Halftime Challenge

This year, the two teams with the most dollars raised by 11:59pm ET on Monday, September 21 will claim additional bonus funds, thanks to the generosity of alumna Annemargaret Connolly, JD '88, and her husband Ken Frank.

We are grateful for the generosity of Rich DiPippo, BA '79, a former wrestling student-athlete and member of our 1732 Circle, who will generously award additional funds to the teams that finish first and second in each prize category:

• Most Donors
• Most Dollars Raised
• Highest Former Student-Athlete Participation Rate
• Most Improved on Total Donors from Last Year

Your gift to the Buff & Blue Fund Challenge will help cover scholarship costs, travel, nutrition, mental health services, academic support, and the overall investment necessary to compete for championships. Raise our athletic program higher by making a gift to your team, the student-athlete scholarship fund, or the Buff and Blue Fund.

How to become an advocate?

Make a difference by encouraging your friends, classmates, and network to support GW student-athletes today!

It’s easy and takes less than 10 minutes to make an impact. Here’s how:

Step 1: Create an Account. We can only celebrate your hard work if we're able to tell it's you! And we do that by tracking outreach done when you're logged in. Click 'LOGIN' in the top-right corner of the page, or select 'SIGN UP' to create an account."

Step 2: Share - Once you’ve logged in, you can use the sharing buttons and links that appear next to the video. These built-in sharing buttons generate a link that is unique to you. If you share while you're logged in, you can track and celebrate your impact! Share your link via social media, email, and/or text. Every share, click, and gift generated from your unique link automatically tracks your influence as an advocate. You can also set up a matching donation or a challenge gift. Please make sure you are signed in.

Step 3: Share a Little More - Create a video and post it on the campaign page! Film a quick video in which you share why you support this initiative and why others should get involved. Casual and fun videos are the best!