Ahearn Fund members are among the most passionate and loyal supporters of the Wildcats, but are certainly not the only avid K-State fans. Your support is crucial to the long-term success of K-State Athletics, and by sharing your passion for the program, along with your reasons for being a member with your friends, family, and colleagues, you become the Ahearn Fund's best ambassador.
The goal with the R1SE UP initiative is to begin to grow the Ahearn Fund into one of the largest annual fund memberships in the country so that we can further reflect to the collegiate athletics world just how loyal and passionate our fans are about the Wildcats. We believe our current members are the Ahearn Fund’s biggest fans and best ambassadors and will gladly encourage other K-State fans to join and help continue the momentum that we have experienced over the last several years in athletic and academic success. Each current and new member truly makes a difference, and we appreciate the Wildcat Nation for supporting our student-athletes.
This is about participation. For as little as $50 per year, every member of the Wildcat Nation can join the Ahearn Fund and directly enhance the experience for all 444-plus Wildcat student-athletes and help achieve the vision of a model intercollegiate athletics program with the goals of providing a world-cass student-athlete experience, championship-level athletic performance, and the best fan experience in the Big 12.
This campaign, which runs from December 12, 2011 – March 1, 2012, provides current members with the framework to recruit and refer new prospects to join the Ahearn Fund.
All Ahearn Fund members will receive an email at the program’s launch, and are asked to forward this email to all of their K-State family, friends, and colleagues. The email will contain a link to sign up as a new member. As soon as your friend, brother, sister, neighbor or co-worker joins the Ahearn Fund, and lists you as the referring member in the "Referred By" section, you receive credit and all accompanying R1SE UP rewards! As soon as new members join, they are able to begin recruiting new members and are eligible for rewards.
Those referred members preferring to mail their membership/donation can do so by sending it to:
A new member registration form may be downloaded below for you to print and distribute to potential new members. Referred members can also join by contacting the Ahearn Fund office at 1-888-232-9074.
Please note, in order for current members to be eligible for all R1SE UP rewards, any new member must provide the name of the referring Ahearn Fund member at the time they sign up. Fulfillment of rewards is based on the completion of the gift.
| New Members | Reward |
| 1 | R1SE UP Campaign Exclusive, individually numbered K-State Football Print featuring Coach Snyder; Entry in drawing for courtside seats to a 2012-13 Big 12 Men’s Basketball game |
| 5 | On-field experience for you and a guest prior to a K-State 2012 football game |
| 10 | Courtside seats at a 2012-13 Men’s Basketball game |
| 20 | Official, game used K-State football helmet |
For more information regarding the R1SE UP Member Referral Program, please contact Nate Warren at 785-532-7932 or via email at nwarren@kstatesports.com.
Call on your family, friends, neighbors and co-workers to help K-State Athletics “R1SE UP”
