Coach Joe McDonald Sun Devil Football Scholarship
Coach Joe McDonald Sun Devil Football Scholarship
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This scholarship is named in honor of the late Joe McDonald, whose storied career as a player, coach and administrator at ASU spanned two decades. During his tenure, McDonald was known for championing those around him. J. D. Hill, who excelled under McDonald’s guidance and went on to the NFL, remembered his coach fondly: “He wanted us to succeed, and he wanted to always give our best on and off the field.” This fund continues McDonald’s legacy by directly supporting student-athlete football players who might otherwise struggle with the costs of attending ASU. Your gift lowers these barriers to entry and allows student-athletes to focus on achieving success and giving their best both on and off the field.
Impact of Donor Support
- The cost for an out-of-state student-athlete to attend ASU for one year is more than $75,000 on average between tuition, team travel, equipment, sports medicine, food and nutrition and tutoring/academic resources.
- In 2024, Arizona State ranked ahead of Stanford, Cal, USC and UCLA for the third year in a row for Academic Progress Rating which tracks achievement in the classroom year over year.
- Some more metrics that show just how much these hard-working student-athletes have achieved with your support: 3.40 average GPA (spring 2024), 43% of the senior class made the Dean’s List throughout the 2023-24 academic year, 50 total student-athletes across six teams were named to the 2023 conference Academic Honor Roll and 165 total Sun Devil student-athletes received degrees in the 2023-24 academic year, with 58 graduating with honors.
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