The Silverback Fund

Silverback Fund component of the Pitt State Athletics Fund generates annual financial support for all Pittsburg State University student-athletes with a responsibility to facilitate, promote, and enhance academic and athletic experiences. The Silverback Fund, formerly known as the Athletics Annual Fund, is an unique opportunity for Pittsburg State alumni, friends and fans to make a direct and meaningful impact on the academic achievement of our student-athletes. Show your Pittsburg State pride by lifting the burden of academic costs for these outstanding Gorillas and helping them achieve success on the field and in the community.

Annual contributions help provide necessary resources to recruit and retain quality student-athletes in order to maintain the high level of excellence expected in all 12 sports.*

Private Contributions are Vital

No tax dollars are spent on intercollegiate athletics scholarships in the state of Kansas. Therefore, private funding is crucial in maintaining the level of success that Pittsburg State’s athletics programs have enjoyed over the years. The private contributions are vital in preparing Pittsburg State's young men and women to win in the classroom and on the field of competition.

 

  

For more information about contributing to the Silverback Fund (or the overall Pitt State Athletic Fund) please contact Athletics at (620) 235-4646.

*A portion (up to 10%) of your gift may be used for Silverback Fund administrative needs.

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Donors by year


  • December 2020-December 2021
  • December 2019-December 2020
  • July 2018-December 2019
  • July 2017-June 2018

Silverback Fund Troop  

MARVIN & PATRICIA ACKERSON
DANIEL & MARILYN ALCALA
CLARK & LACIE ANDERSON
KIM & MELISSA ANDERSON
BILL & MARY LINDA ARNOLD
DOUGLAS & LISA BALL
SAMANTHA BEAL
BOB FORNELLI BASEBALL CAMP LLC
BRANDON BOYD
MICHAEL BOYD
DUANE & PATRICIA CALLAHAN
LEROY & ELAINE CASTAGNO
JASON & LESLI COOMES
LANCE & NATALIE CULLEN
AMANDA DAVIED
RONALD & JEANETTE DAVIED
NATE & HANNAH DAVIS
BARRY & JOYCE DRAPER
KRISTIN EDEN
ELITE ORTHOPEDICS, LLC
JEFF & ANN ELLIOTT
KATHLEEN FLANNERY & JEFF STEINMILLER
LARRY & KAREN GARMAN
JASON & DEBRA GASKILL
TIMOTHY & DEANNETTE HARRIES
DONALD & BYRKIE HOLSINGER
BRIAN & DANIELLE HOOVER
ANDY HORNBAKER
JIM & CINDY JOHNSON
JONES HERITAGE REALTORS
MATTHEW & KATI KARLESKINT
LINDA LESACK
JERALD LIVINGSTON
AFTON LUNDY
RONALD & MARY MAVITY
ANDREW & REGINA MCLENON
MATTHEW & MIRANN MCNAUGHT
RICHARD MILLER
JOHN & AMANDA MINTON
LANCE & ANNA MOSER
SCOT & JILL PHILLIPS
MARISSA POPPE
TIMOTHY & SAMANTHA RHODES
ERIC & KATHRYN ROSENBLAD
TYGE SANBORN
JIM & LINDA SCOTT
WILLIAM SIMMS
RICHARD & JACQUELYN SIMONCIC
HOWARD & TINA SMITH
DAMIAN & KATHRYN SMITHHISLER
THOMAS & GAYLE STEPHAN
JOYCE THOMAS
NELSON & HELEN TOBUREN
GARY & SHEILA TREDWAY
RON & JUDY VIGNERY
JOHN & LARISSA VON ROHR
ALLEN & STEPHANIE WATTS
BRANDON & ERIN WEAVER
RICK & STACEY WEBB
BRAD WELLS
HEATHER WHITE
JOHN & DEBBIE ZINN
GIFTS OF $50 OR MORE - DECEMBER 1, 2020 - DECEMBER 31, 2021

Leader Donors

JOHN & DONA COLLAR
ERIC & LORA GROOMS
SANDRA HAILE
COLEMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION, INC.
FREEMAN HEALTH SYSTEM
GREG OHMES
JIM & CAROL GASKILL MEMORIAL TRUST
KANSAS CROSSING CASINO
MATT & DEBBIE NEIS
ROBERTA WHETZEL
WINCO FIREWORKS

 

 

Silverback Fund Troop 
Gifts of $50 or more 

DANIEL & MARILYN ALCALA
CLARK & LACIE ANDERSON
KIM & MELISSA ANDERSON
BILL & MARY LINDA ARNOLD
DOUGLAS & LISA BALL
KENNETH & LINDA BENSO
LEWIS & KAROLYN BERTALOTTO
BARBARA BIERMAN
JODY & JENNIFER BILLIARD
JIM & NANCY BISHOP
JIM BISHOP & ASSOCIATES REALTORS
MIKE & DEBRA BOLTON
MICHAEL BOYD
TOM & KOETA BRYANT
RON & NANCY CLOSE
PAT & BONNIE CROSSLAND
LANCE & NATALIE CULLEN
NATE & HANNAH DAVIS
HARVEY & SHARON DEAN
MICHAEL & JANE DOHERTY
STEVE & LORI ERWIN
KATHLEEN FLANNERY & JEFF STEINMILLER
RICHARD & JAN GELLENDER
LLOYD & JEAN GILBERT
KIMBERLY GRASSMEYER
JOHN & DENISE GRASSO
CHUCK & SANDRA HAILE
KEVIN & JULIE HAMILTON
STU & AMY HITE
DONALD & BYRKIE HOLSINGER
JAY & LYNNE HOOD
JERRY & JUDITH HUDSON
JIM & CINDY JOHNSON
KANSAS TEACHERS COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION
MATTHEW & KATI KARLESKINT
MIKE & JANET KARR
JOHN KELLER & SARA BEEZLEY-KELLER
CASEY & BARBARA KOCH
JERRY & PATRICIA LEEDS
LINDA LESACK
LIMELIGHT MARKETING, LLC
JERALD LIVINGSTON
BRIAN & MAGGIE LLOYD
RONALD MAVITY
MATTHEW & MIRANN MCNAUGHT
MIDWEST MINERALS, INC.
JUDY MILLER
RICHARD MILLER
JOHN & AMANDA MINTON
BRETT & KOURTNEY MISSE
KEVIN & FRANCES MITCHELSON
LANCE & ANNA MOSER
MR. LONGARM, INC.
OTTO J & JANICE K OSSANA TRUST
GUY & PAMELA OWINGS
TIM PADGETT
BRAD & KIT PARKS
BILL & PAMELA PHALEN
CAROLYN PINAMONTI
CHRISTOPHER & MICHOLEE POLSAK
REDA INVESTMENTS, LLC
KEITH & BRIDGET RITCHEY
RON'S SUPERMARKET
MATT & STACY SCHICKE
STEVEN SCHWARTZ
BOB & COLLEEN SCIFERS
STEVE & CATHY SCOTT
TOM & BARBARA SIMS
JAYSON & JAIME SNYDER
NANCY STOMS
MASON STOUT
BRIAN & LAURA SULLIVAN
ELIAS & MAGDA TAWIL
NELSON & HELEN TOBUREN
TREDWAY FAMILY FOUNDATION
SANDRA TURLEY
ALLEN & STEPHANIE WATTS
BRAD WELLS
MIKE & KARLEIGH ZAFUTA
JOHN & DEBBIE ZINN
DENNIS & DIANA ZWAHLEN

Leader Donors

Kansas Crossing
Winco Fireworks
Freeman Health Systems
Coleman Family Foundation, Inc.
Roberta Whetzel
Jerry and Dawn Ross
Greg Ohmes
John and Dona Collar
Eric and Lora Grooms
Matt and Debbie Neis

Silverback Fund Troop 
Gifts of $50 or more 

Marvin and Patricia Ackerson
Daniel and Marilyn Alcala
Bill and Mary Linda Arnold
Wayne and Sarah Baldwin
Douglas and Lisa Ball
Andrew Bartolac
Richard and Ruth Beal
Phil and Darla Berry
Philip and Patty Blair
Jonathan Boulanger
John Burke
Bob and Tami Campbell
Craig and Gail Campbell
Ronald and Catherine Cearley
Clay Blair Family Foundation
Jerry Cummings
Nate and Hannah Davis
Joe and Janice Dellasega
Robert Drake
Richard and Michelle Ducre
Doug and Jan Eaton
Steve and Lori Erwin
Larry Evans and Gayle Woods
Kathleen Flannery and Jeff Steinmiller
Kenneth and Diane Foote
Tom Fritts
Kendall Gammon
Harold and Nancy Gauert
Ken and Sharon Gauert
Michael and Judith Gilliam
Thomas and Sue Gosch
Chuck and Sandra Haile
Robert and Sandra Hennessey
Harlan and Carol Hess
Leroy and Sandy Heusted
Mark and Rebecca Hittner
Brian and Danielle Hoover
Andy and JoAnn Hornbaker
Chuck Hosman
Jerry and Judith Hudson
Jim and Cindy Johnson
Matthew and Kati Karleskint
Gene and Delores Keiter
Phillip and Marilyn Kubler
Alex and Bailey Kuhlman
Pamela Lattin
John and Rosemary Levra
Vicki Little
Jerald Livingston
Brian and Maggie Lloyd
Margaret Lush
Jack and Judy Maddux
Ronald Mavity
Taylor and Melba McCann
Ross McCullough
Andrew and Regina McLenon
Rene and Mary Mejia
Gary and Sue Ann Myers
Edward and Rachel O'Dowd
Lynette Olson
Otto J and Janice K Ossana Trust
P & L Development, LLC
Tim Padgett
John and Amy Purcell
Reda Investment, LLC
James Routh
S & A Financial Services, Inc.
Don and Reva Sambol
Billy and Carol Savage
Steve and Cathy Scott
Dennis and Suzanne Shaw
Ralph Sibley
Richard and Jacquelyn Simoncic
Bob and Debra Stringer
Elias and Magda Tawil
Teaney Family Foundation
Frank and Velma Teske
Tredway Family Foundation
James and Wendy Urkevich
Lisa Van Inwegen
Ron and Judy Vignery
Phil Vogrin
Gary and Shirley Wall
Gene Wayenberg, Jr.
Wheeler & Mitchelson, Attorneys
Stephen and Shauna Wright-Regas
Philip and Rita Young
Richard Youngberg
Art and Rosemary Zimola
John and Debbie Zinn

Leader Donors

Kansas Crossing
Winco Fireworks
Freeman Health Systems
Coleman Family Foundation, Inc.
Roberta Whetzel
Jerry and Dawn Ross
Greg Ohmes
John and Dona Collar
Eric and Lora Grooms

Founding Silverback Fund Donors
Those who gave in our initial year

Marvin and Patricia Ackerson
Zachary Adams
Kim and Melissa Anderson
Matthew and Kristin Anderson
Nancy Anderson
Margaret Arnold
Lewis and Karolyn Bertalotto
Mike and Debra Bolton
Steve and Diane Brace
Brenner Mortuary, Inc.
Destry and Joan Brown
Kevin and Marina Brown
Mary Catherine Brown
Tom and Koeta Bryant
Richard and Brenda Buckner
Duane and Patricia Callahan
Katherine Bradshaw Chappelear
Dean Chickadonz
Dick and Faith Coleman
Coleman Family Foundation, Inc.
John and Dona Collar
Phillip Cook
Harold and Judy Cooper
Lance and Natalie Cullen
Nathan and Hannah Davis
Harvey and Sharon Dean
Michael and Laura Dick
Greg Dodson
Jeff and Ann Elliott
Richard and Teresa Ferguson
Kathleen Flannery and Jeff Steinmiller
Freeman Health System
Chuch Hosman and Carol Garrison
Lloyd and Jean Gilbert
Roberta Ann Gosch
Lynn Grant
Eric and Lora Grooms
Chuck and Sandra Haile
Timothy and Deannette Harries
Jim and Jean Harris
Donald and Eileen Hawkins
Harlan and Carol Hess
Mark and Rebecca Hittner
Donald Holsinger
Jay and Cheryl Hutchins
John and Mary Jensen
Jim and Cindy Johnson
Ned and Sharon Johnson
Wilford Johnson
Zane and Kristen Johnson
Jones Heritage Realtors
Matthew and Kati Karleskint
Russell and Bryana Kelley
Eric and Debra Larson
John and Rosemary Levra
Lane and Stacy Lord
Leon and Karen Lungwitz
Lisa Lutz
Manley Family Trust
Alice Miles
Douglas and Charlene Niedens
Lynette Olson
Darrell and Mary Pankratz
Joel and Sharon Partridge
George and Lisa Paterni
John and Janet Patterson
Pittsburg Interiors
James and Sally Porter
Steve and Tracy Rampy
John and Carole Robb
Karen J. Russell Trust
Miles and Paula Schnaer
Steve and Cathy Scott
Bradley and Anna Shafer
Tim Sinclair
Joseph Smith
Thomas and Gayle Stephan
Jim and Janis Tarter
Richard and Elizabeth Taylor
Teaney Family Foundation
John Wachter
Gary and Shirley Wall
Gene Wayenberg, Sr.
Brad Wells
Douglas and Sheryl Wohlford
Wayne and Kathy Young