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DEAR TYEE CLUB MEMBERS Welcome to The Tyee Difference the UW Athletic Department s new magazine highlighting the remarkable impact you make in the lives of Husky student athletes and in the success of all our sports teams Over my past 18 years with the UW I ve had countless opportunities to connect with our student athletes at games matches practices and in the academic center I m always in awe of how incredibly hard they work They study hard earning an average 3 17 GPA They practice train and eat right They give their all for love of their sport exalting with us in heart pounding victories and lamenting with us in heart breaking defeats They volunteer in the community care about their teammates and respect their coaches They are amazingly talented and committed always pursuing lofty goals And they recognize and appreciate that your support makes it all possible So do we Tyee Club donors whether you contribute via your season tickets make annual or endowment gifts to support scholarships or remember UW Athletics in your will you set the UW apart from so many other collegiate sports programs We are blessed with die hard Dawg fans and supporters who believe in the dedicated young studentathletes who embody Husky spirit The Tyee Club Husky Athletics and our entire University community would like to thank former Athletic Director Scott Woodward for his accomplishments at Washington We wish him all the best THE TYEE DIFFERENCE Published by the University of Washington Tyee Club VOLUME 1 NUMBER 1 WINTER 2016 Tyee Club members support the academic and athletic experiences of more than 650 student athletes in 22 men s and women s sports Your gifts account for nearly 25 percent of the funding we need to recruit the most sought after student athletes hire the best coaches develop championship teams and build facilities that make the fan experience second to none You make all the difference We hope this magazine and future issues of The Tyee Difference will prove to you what all of us have known for a long long time Your support really does make all the difference Go Huskies Jennifer Cohen Interim Athletic Director Sr Associate Athletic Director for Advancement WRITING AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT Teresa Moore and Liz Murtaugh Gillespie Moore Ink PR Fundraising Communications GRAPHIC DESIGN DavidOwenHastings com THE UW TYEE CLUB Graves Hall Box 354070 Seattle WA 98195 4070 The Husky Men s Basketball team shared the spotlight in Shanghai with UW President Ana Mari Cauce influential Chinese billionaire Jack Ma and the Texas Longhorns who lost to Washington 77 71 in the inaugural PAC 12 China game in November The Huskies combined academics and culture with athletics doing advance research on China and touring famed spots like the Huangpu River and Buddhist temples tyeeclub uw edu 206 543 2234 uwtyeeclub org

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A TRIBUTE TO TRYGVE Trygve Skoglund was the baby in a five kid family Outgoing and exuberant he d been a standout football player for Bellevue High School adored his family and friends and had nothing but the brightest future ahead of him as a freshman at his beloved University of Washington When Trygve died suddenly of a ruptured stomach ulcer in 2001 at the age of just 19 it was a tragedy THE SKOGLUND FAMILY S ENDOWMENT HONORS THEIR SON WITH THE GIFT OF A UW COLLEGE EDUCATION for all who knew him and for all the lives he would ve touched after UW graduation Today his parents Paul and Susan Skoglund are helping to ensure that his legacy lives on forever by establishing the Trygve Carl Skoglund Memorial Endowment Fund giving student athletes the chance for the UW education their son never completed If you want to know where your charitable money is being spent and see the blessings you re giving to someone providing an education is the most worthwhile thing you can do both for yourself and the student you re giving it to Susan says A few years ago the couple attended the annual Husky scholarship dinner where Susan said their gift hit home There were so many student athlete hands that went up when someone asked if they were the first in their families to attend college and even more went up when they asked who wouldn t be here without a scholarship Susan recalls I thought this is why we do it We re giving a kid something he ll value for the rest of his life A 1968 UW Engineering graduate who has held family season tickets to Husky Football for nearly 50 years Paul calls their endowment an investment in a young person s future Their current scholarship recipient is senior linebacker Travis Feeney who has joined the 21 member extended Skoglund family for some of their regular Sunday home cooked dinners Paul says his kids and grandkids look up to Travis a fine young man and role model Just like Trygve U WT YEECLU B O RG 1

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YOUR SUPPORT DRIVES BASKETBALL HOPES ON THE COURT AND OFF At a recent gathering of top donors to Husky Women s Basketball three student athletes shared their dreams for post UW life as confidently as they talked about their quest for a national championship Chantel Osahor wants to coach or maybe practice law Kelsey Plum has her sights set on sports broadcasting Katie Collier aspires to work with young children All three attest to how special it is to play a sport they love at Washington We play for people who really care about us not just as athletes but as humans Kelsey said Their head coach Mike Neighbors sees the potential in each of his 14 daughters every day They love being Huskies They love being together and helping each other he told donors at the event And they have something so many other schools don t They have you You make UW and our team special Husky Basketball is also a special place for Men s Assistant Coach Will Conroy and one of the team s most promising new recruits 5 Dejounte Murray the Howard and Frances Keller Endowed Men s Basketball Scholarship recipient Both grew up in Seattle and feel a deep connection to their city and their hometown university Will had a stellar collegiate career as a Husky in the early 2000s but left to play pro ball before finishing his degree Every time I d come back here to play and work out with the kids Coach Romar would walk me down to the academic center to show me how many credits I needed to get my degree I promised him I d do it and now I am said Will who graduated this fall with a degree in theatre He was helped along by a scholarship from our donor funded Finish Line program which helps former student athletes return to the UW to complete their degrees The first in his family to attend a Division 1 school Dejounte called his scholarship to UW a blessing There s no way I could have come to school here without my scholarship said Dejounte who played for Rainier Beach High School I won t take it for granted The people who support scholarships changed my life The freshman s role models are the Seattle bred pros and former pros like Will Brandon Roy and Jamal Crawford who come back home to support their neighborhoods and families I ve thought a lot about what happens following college and after basketball Dejounte said I see myself giving back to the community I m from I m a Seattle kid I love this place I see kids going through what I went through and I want to give them the guidance and support that others gave me These basketball players are incredible students and hard working student athletes They embody what we are as a University and as a community And all of it comes because of you our donors You are responsible for 25 percent of our revenue It s what gives our student athletes the incredible experience we promise them when they come here the opportunity to get the best education on planet Earth and to compete in their sport at the highest level Thank you Lorenzo Romar Husky Basketball Head Coach LEFT TO RIGHT Kelsey Plum Tyee Club member Linda Barbo Katie Collier and Chantel Osahor U WT YEECLU B O RG 3

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THANK YOU ENDOWMENT DONORS YOUR GIFTS REAP A RETURN MEASURED BY THE LIVES OF STUDENT ATHLETES Defensive lineman Jarett Finau who earned a degree in philosophy in 2015 was continuing his education by working on the Pipeline Project a UW outreach tutoring and mentoring program for underserved K 12 youth The idea is to go into local high schools that don t have the resources others have and create a pipeline to higher education explained Jarett who was the first person in his family to earn a college degree We re educating the kids who go to these high schools to even the playing field For those students and for many of Jarett s teammates scholarships make all the difference A lot of us wouldn t be here without scholarships You ve granted us the opportunity for a degree he said Defensive back Brian Clay now earning a master s degree in education said he chose UW because of its balance of great sports and prestigious academics Volleyball player Cassie Strickland and basketball forward Chantel Osahor shared their warm memories I m going to hold on to Coach Keegan Cook telling us not only to be good athletes and good students but to be good people to carry ourselves in the right way all the time Cassie said Chantel praised the fans and supporters who think of us not just athletically but academically and our futures too The common denominator among all the student athletes You our loyal donors A perennial dean s list graduate student in education An aspiring college basketball coach A medical anthropologist A young man helping underprivileged kids find their way to college You aren t just the best student athletes You re some of the best students at the University That s how Ed Taylor UW Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate 4 T HE T Y E E DI FFERENC E WI N T E R 2016 Academic Affairs described Husky student athletes at the 18th annual Donor Appreciation Scholarship Dinner where more than 300 people celebrated the impact of scholarships on the lives of young women and men After endowment donors and their scholarship recipients enjoyed dinner and conversation together four student athletes represented their 600 colleagues in a panel discussion focusing on their plans for the future and the lasting memories of their years as Huskies Your gifts come alive through the lives of our alumni These are people who will do things in the world we haven t yet fully imagined Dean Taylor said Thank you for supporting the hearts and minds and the hopes and dreams of our student athletes

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YOUR IMPACT ON ENDOWMENTS Rule changes approved this year by the NCAA now require us to cover the full cost of college attendance for our student athletes This rule change added 804 000 to our annual scholarship costs making scholarship endowments more important than ever before Establishing a full or partial scholarship endowment shows your deep commitment to Husky Athletics Contact us at 206 543 2234 to learn more 50 000 Today our scholarship endowments total 57 5 million and pay out 2 18 million a year to cover about 23 percent of our scholarship costs To fully endow all our scholarships providing a permanent source of worry free funding to give all our student athletes the chance to learn and compete would cost 250 million 40 000 30 000 OUT OF STATE TUITION ROSE 42 7 Approximate endowment value PERCENT 20 000 IN STATE TUITION HAS INCREASED Approximate annual distribution 56 5 10 000 Projected scholarship costs this year 57 5 million FROM 2007 TO 2015 12 66 million 2 18 million PERCENT FROM 2007 TO 2015 07 08 08 09 09 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 Scholarship rates shown include tuition room and board and books A SPECIAL THANK YOU A 50 percent match in late 2015 from the University of Washington encouraged many of our generous donors to make an even bigger impact on the lives of student athletes We are deeply grateful to them for generously creating new scholarship endowments or adding to existing ones Robert and Jeri Berg Edward and Pamela Bridge Andres Maestas and Lacey Bundy Dwayne and Terese Clark Ronald and Wanda Crockett Neal and Janet Dempsey III Catherine Boshaw and Douglas Edlund Craig and Marilee Eerkes Kristie and Benjamin Forrest Rick Freedman Anne Gittinger Gary and Marcia Grimstad Wayne and Carol Gullstad Thomas and Mary Herche Frederick Hines Jr John and Rosalind Jacobi Nick and Michele Keller Jean K LaFromboise Foundation Blake and Molly Nordstrom Bruce and Jeannie Nordstrom John and Ingrid Osterhaug William and Dorothy Philip Nancy and Benjamin Remak David and Carol Robinson Kathleen and J Matthew Rossmeissl Kerry Sawyer Paul and Susan Skoglund Carrie and Skip Slavin Jim and Patricia Voelker John and L Diane Wallace Alexander and Erika Washburn U WT YEECLU B O RG 5

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HUSKY PRIDE FROM ATHLETICS TO ACADEMICS THE REMAKS SHOW THEIR LOVE FOR THE UW GIVING BACK FOR VOLLEYBALL FANS Ben and Nancy Remak stand amid decades of treasured UW memorabilia in their Kirkland home A photo of them enjoying lunch with iconic quarterbacks Sonny Sixkiller Warren Moon Hugh Millen and Brock Huard Ticket stubs banners hundreds of trinkets and tchotchkes And a mound of volleyballs lovingly autographed by season after season of grateful Huskies 6 Following one of Husky Volleyball s most successful years reaching the NCAA s Elite Eight with a 31 3 record the Remaks are among the team s and the University s biggest fans They mean so much to the girls says Head Coach Keegan Cook It s a reminder that these student athletes are part of something much bigger than themselves when they see Ben T HE T Y E E DI FFERENC E WI N T E R 2016 and Nancy and how much they love the program and how committed they are to the University in all facets of their lives The couple met during college Nancy at the UW first a history major and then earning an MPA at the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance and Ben at Central Washington He says he became

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a Husky fan to get the girl They married in 1979 and bought their first season football tickets that year They went to their first UW volleyball match in 2003 after their daughter Elsa began playing the sport in elementary school It ignited yet another Husky passion and passion is putting it mildly The Remaks have endowed scholarships in the History Department the Evans School and for UW Volleyball recently adding to their endowments to make an even bigger impact Through the years they have mentored several student athletes hosted team dinners become close to many players families and traveled the nation to countless away games In 2014 they donated half the cost of a dazzling purple state of the art volleyball court the only one of its kind in the conference to improve the safety health and competitiveness of the team Coach Cook calls the gift transformative That court has become synonymous with Washington volleyball When the players and families and fans come out and see it it says this is a volleyball school It s a different level of commitment he says For Nancy and Ben their generosity is a humble way of paying forward the benefits that their education careers and lives have given them Life has been really good to us Why wouldn t we choose to help others Ben says FUN FACT UW Athletics does things the right way adds Nancy Look at the graduation rates Look at these wonderful young women and men It s an honor to support them YOU MAKE AN INCREDIBLE DIFFERENCE THE LOYAL SUPPORT OF ALL OUR TYEE CLUB DONORS CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR STUDENT ATHLETES COACHES AND TEAMS IN THEIR SPORTS IN THE CLASSROOM AND IN LIFE HERE ARE JUST A FEW WAYS THAT YOUR SUPPORT MAKES A DIFFERENCE 4 AND 50 17 AND 20 Number of learning specialists and tutors for our studentathletes all funded by donor gifts thank you Your support fueled unprecedented academic success in the 2015 fall quarter Teams that averaged a 3 0 GPA or better and three teams earned a 3 4 Gymnastics Women s Soccer and Women s Tennis 73 3 12 AND 80 Football set a team record at 3 12 with 80 players over a 3 0 GPA Of all our student athletes earned a 3 0 or above Husky libero Cassie Strickland earned one of the most prestigious honors in college sports the Senior CLASS Award in NCAA Division I women s volleyball The awards chosen by nationwide votes of coaches media and fans in each sport are presented annually to the most outstanding senior student athletes in 10 different Division I sports Cassie is the first Husky to win the honor in any sport The awards are presented to seniors who exhibit excellence in the classroom community character and competition Senior CLASS Award Fueling success at the Fuel Bar Our student athletes go through 600 bananas 1 500 Greek yogurts and 1 250 chocolate milks a week and 15 000 protein shakes a year The average football player eats 4 000 to 5 000 calories a day Volleyball Head Coach Keegan Cook was named Pacific North regional coach of the year U WT YEECLU B O RG 7

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IN FULL SWING SCOTLAND TRIP STANDS OUT AMONG DONORS MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THRIVING HUSKY MEN S GOLF TEAM Donors like Brian Leitgeb and Tom Johnston right made the trip possible for student athletes like freshman Carl Yuan and sophomore Frank Garber Right before their 2015 16 season got underway our Men s Golf team traveled to Scotland where they played some of the oldest courses in the world side by side with 22 loyal donors who funded the trip It was a unique opportunity for the team to get to know the donors who make their program strong and to play in tough conditions that pushed their skills to new limits When you re in Scotland you re playing a whole different brand of golf Coach Matt Thurmond says The wind s blowing the whole time You have to learn all these low shots with no spin and softer clubs Competitively it s had a huge impact on our team Matt says We ve won two tournaments this fall Husky Invitational and Gifford Collegiate and both times it was in 20 mph winds Those wins have boosted the confidence of a team that graduated one of the best UW golfers of all time last year Cheng Tsung Pan who won a Husky record eight tournaments That s a big loss On paper people might think we re down this year but we don t believe that Matt says These guys are really consistent and hard workers Sometimes young golfers gripe that playing in such conditions messes with their swing but this team embraced the challenge 8 T HE T Y E E DI FFERENC E WI N T E R 2016 They re thoughtful responsible and recognize the vital role donors play in giving UW golfers the best opportunities to hone their skills every day from donated practice time on golf courses across the region and the team vehicles that get them there to the cutting edge technology in UW s on campus golf training facility to The Playground at Washington National Golf Club a practice facility designed for elite golfers that allows the Husky team to train more efficiently than the competition During their trip to Scotland Matt smiled every time a donor raved Wow I can t believe how good these kids are and not just because it s true To see the happiness and fulfillment our donors get out of realizing their contributions matter Matt says that s really something

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A GRATEFUL RECEIVER GIVES BACK LOYAL DONOR AND MEMBER OF 85 ORANGE BOWL TEAM JOINS FOREVER WASHINGTON Jim Simpson bleeds purple always has always will Some of his earliest and fondest memories happened at Husky Stadium where he cheered on his favorite football team with his father a UW alum dentistry professor and die hard Dawgs fan He marveled at Sonny Sixkiller s passing prowess witnessed Warren Moon s MVP performance in the Huskies 1978 Rose Bowl victory and like so many young football players in Seattle dreamed of playing for Coach Don James someday When it came time to go to college there was no doubt where I wanted to go says Jim a longtime Tyee Club donor who recently created a program endowment for the Big W Club and plans to add to it in the future through Forever Washington a giving program for those who remember UW Athletics in their wills Jim s dream to play for Coach James came true in 1983 when he walked on as a wide receiver for the Huskies He proudly suited up in purple and gold for each of his four years and will forever treasure playing in the 1985 Orange Bowl victory It was a real magical team Jim says Our captains had incredible leadership and we had a great coaching staff It was a group of guys who came together and said we re gonna go for it We did all the extra little things we had to do That s what our coaches always drilled into us Anybody can come up with a game plan but if you execute on the little things you ll have the edge over your opponents And I ve tried to exemplify that in my career Jim graduated in 1987 with a degree in history and launched a successful career in sales In addition to supporting Husky Athletics through annual gifts and Forever Washington Jim is planning a spring 2016 golf tournament and will donate the proceeds to the Big W Club He hopes to create more opportunities for former UW student athletes to reconnect with one another after they leave campus and to reaffirm their commitment to the student athletes who follow in their footsteps INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT FOREVER WASHINGTON Visit uwtyeeclub org foreverwashington or call the Tyee Club office at 206 543 2234 U WT YEECLU B O RG 9

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NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION U S POSTAGE PAID SEATTLE WA PERMIT NO 62 THE UW TYEE CLUB Graves Hall Box 354070 Seattle WA 98195 4070 CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED tyeeclub uw edu 206 543 2234 uwtyeeclub org AND THE AWARD GOES TO THE BEST OF THE BEST TYEES We are proud to honor these amazing Tyee Club members for their extraordinary contributions to Husky Athletics Our Dave and Ruth Cohn Alumni Merit Award which honors a former letterwinner for outstanding service and support to the University goes to Trish Bostrom A Women s Tennis standout who was inducted into the Husky Hall of Fame in 1987 Trish has served as co chair of the UW s Title IX Planning Committee a member of the Tyee Board of Advisors and president of the UW Alumni Association DAVE AND RUTH COHN ALUMNI MERIT AWARD 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 10 Patricia Trish Bostrom Blake Nordstrom Jim Lambright Mike Rohrbach Bob Houbregs John Wilcox Denise Ashbaugh Steve Hawes Andre Riley Lorenzo Romar Tom Turnure Bruce Richards Greg Lewis Bill Douglas 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 Warren Moon John Buller Bruce Kramer John Meyers Bob Flowers Rick Redman Norm Dicks Charles Mitchell Dick Sprague Frank Orrico John Nordstrom Rich Worthington Torchy Torrance Jim McCurdy T HE T Y E E DI FFERENC E WI N T E R 2016 Our Frank Orrico Award given annually to a Tyee Club member who s shown outstanding commitment and volunteerism to Husky Athletics goes to Jim Rose A football season ticket holder for almost four decades Jim and his wife Margie have supported a scholarship endowment the Campaign for the Student Athlete and the renovation of Husky Stadium Jim s volunteerism generosity and leadership have made a lasting impact on countless student athletes and Husky programs FRANK ORRICO AWARD 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 Jim Rose John Kathy Connors Dave Rost Kristie Forrest Neal Dempsey Nick Keller Col Don Wiethuechter Anne Gittinger LaGayle Sosnowy Maxine Barnard Jack Rhodes Gertrude Peoples Dave Torrell Bob McMillen 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 Tom Porter Tom Wolthausen Mike Malone Don Barnard Ron Crockett Dave Cohn Wayne Gittinger Bruce Nordstrom

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