MOMENTUM

BALANCE
EXCELLENCE

olorado State University is well-

growing and most vibrant areas in the country.

The core of any great university is, of course,

academic success. Colorado State faculty
produced seven consecutive years of more than
$300 million in research expenditures placing
us among the best public research universities
nationally and at the very top among universities
without a medical school. In fact, the most recent
National Science Foundation higher education
survey ranked us among the top 10 percent in
the country in research quality and productivity.
Our faculty is, by all objective measures, highly
productive and among the most competitive
anywhere. Nearly 80 percent of our graduates are
in jobs or in graduate school within six months of
graduation, and more than 9 out of 10 Rams would
select CSU again, demonstrating the quality of the
campus and learning environments.

As an institution, in the face of one of the worst

economies in modern history, Colorado State has
thrived demonstrating our ability to turn adversity
to advantage and succeed while remaining true
to our mission and values. Our commitment
to excellence has driven nearly $1 billion in
infrastructure improvements on our campus over
the past decade. And with the recently approved
41,200 capacity on-campus stadium, Colorado
State has in process, or already built, more than
a quarter of a billion dollars in athletic facilities
upgrades in just the past few years. This is an
institution on the move, on the rise, and headed to
even greater success in the years ahead.

As the Denver Post wrote in a banner headline

Dec. 11th, Rams own the state. Colorado State
has built a powerful position in one of the nations
most-attractive and fastest-growing regions, the
Denver metropolitan area. This metro area, which
includes Fort Collins, has 1.6 million TV households,
according to Nielsen, ranking it 17th nationally, and
the Denver Post ranks in the top 10 newspapers
nationally for Sunday circulation. This thriving metro
area includes 3 million people, $158 billion in gross
domestic product from 115,000-plus businesses,
and 1.5 million workers. In Denver alone, Colorado
State has nearly 50,000 living alumni, and that
figure jumps to more than 85,000 living alums in
the entire metro area along the Front Range.

established as one of the nations top

public research universities and has emerged

nationally as an institution on the rise both
academically and athletically. The key to this
success is a mix of quality and ambition to
be excellent in all we do, combined with an
unparalleled location that is one of the fastest-

ATHLETICS EXCELLENCE

1.6

Million
CSUs home DMA is Denver
ranked #17 which includes
nearly 1.6 million
TV households

462
Number of matches won
by Tom Hilberts volleyball
teams more wins than
any coach in any sport at a
Division I school in Colorado.

4 of 5

Our mens basketball program has

made four postseason appearances
in five years, including two of the
past three NCAA Tournaments.

2014
Top Diversity
Program
NCAA / Minority Opportunities
Athletic Association Award for
Diversity and Inclusion goes to CSU.

Our football team has emerged as a national

success story. The Rams this fall attracted
multiple home sellouts in support of a
breakthrough 10-win season. Quarterback
Garrett Grayson was named a Heisman Trophy
aspirant after breaking nearly every school
record for passing and total offense, and wide
receiver Rashard Higgins (a sophomore) was
a national finalist for the Fred Biletnikoff Award
after leading the nation in receiving yards and
touchdowns. Higgins was the only consensus
first-team All-American from a non-Power 5
conference. We have produced 14 NFL draft
picks since 2000 and expect to have several
more in 2014. We qualified for our 12th bowl
game in 21 years while producing numerous
All-Americans and Academic All-Americans. We
stand for consistent and sustained excellence.
Our volleyball program, under the direction of
Tom Hilbert, is the very definition of success,
recently qualifying for the NCAA Tournament for
the 20th consecutive year, spending most of the
year ranked in the top 10 and advancing to the
Regional Semifinals for the ninth time. In addition,
Colorado State annually ranks among the
national leaders in attendance and recently sold
more than 11,000 tickets for the NCAA first- and
second-round matches, ranking second among 16
national sites in attendance. Hilbert has won 462
matches at CSU more wins than any coach in
any sport at a Division I school in Colorado.
Our mens basketball program has made four
postseason appearances in five years, including
two of the past three NCAA Tournaments and
recently cracked the Top 25 rankings again.
Attendance has risen dramatically under the
guidance of third-year coach Larry Eustachy,
with the Rams attracting multiple sellouts at
Moby Arena. In 2012-13 the Rams set a program
record with 26 victories, cracked the Top 25
and advanced to the second round of the NCAA
Tournament. The current team started the
season with a school-record 13 consecutive wins
and was included in the Top 25 for the second
time in three seasons, becoming the fourth
ranked CSU sports program in 2014-15.
Our womens basketball team won the Mountain
West regular-season title in 2014. A record
six players earned all-conference honors. The

program has been a consistent postseason

participant and has made numerous appearances
in the national polls, rising to as high as No. 3.
Our mens cross-country team made its
second consecutive appearance in the NCAA
Championships and finished the year ranked #19.
Our track team produced two All-Americans
hurdler Trevor Brown and thrower Kiah Hicks
at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, while
Brown, Hicks and heptathlete Justin Green were
indoor All-Americans.
A school-record 74 student-athletes were
named Scholar-Athletes by the Mountain
West in 2013-14. Cross-country runner Christian
Meyer was named the Mountain West Scholar
Athlete of the Year, becoming the first CSU
male to win the award and accompanying postgraduate scholarship. Mens golfer Cameron
Harrell was named a Cleveland Golf/Srixon
All-America Scholar for 2013-14.
Alumni Becky Hammon and Amy Van DykenRouen made national headlines. Hammon
retired from the WNBA as one of the top players
in league history, and was immediately hired
as an assistant coach by the world-champion
San Antonio Spurs. Hammon is the first female
full-time assistant coach in the history of North
Americas four major sports. Also, Hammon
was named Sportswoman of the Year by
ESPN. Van Dyken-Rouen, a six-time Olympic
gold medalist, was paralyzed in an accident
this summer but her remarkable recovery and
determination to walk again prompted CSU to
name one of its campus streets Amy Van Dyken
Way in her honor. She is the only former student
to have a campus street named for her.
CSU has always been a standard-bearer for
excellence with integrity. We are one of fewer
than 20 Division I institutions without a major
NCAA infraction in our history.
CSU had two programs post perfect APR scores
in the latest NCAA report, and all programs rank
among the best in the Mountain West.
We have committed to providing all allowable
amenities for student-athletes that are part
of recently passed NCAA legislation. In other
words, we are committed to playing by the
same rules instituted by Power 5 conferences.

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
Weve seen seven consecutive years of
record enrollment, while strengthening
our commitment to diversity and to firstgeneration students 25 percent of our
students, one-in-four, are the first in their
families to go to college. Our land-grant
heritage and commitment to access are still
defining characteristics of our university.

Our first-year retention rate is now right at 87

percent including the single largest one-year
retention rate increase in CSUs history last
year. The quality of our faculty and learning
environment is at the core of this success, and
weve invested in this even as weve seen tighter
budgets bucking the national trend and getting
better even in the face of real challenges. Some
examples include:
In the past five years, weve
seen 30 percent increases in
academic and student support
expenditures, coupled with flat
spending on administration. We
focus on the right things.
CSU has added six new
academic departments or
special academic units, three
new graduate degrees, 12 new
undergraduate majors, and 17
new undergraduate minors. Our
curriculum has retained its focus
but has never been broader
to give our students what they
need to succeed in a global
marketplace.
Total faculty numbers have
grown 13 percent in five years
to keep pace with record
enrollment. Weve also had a
13 percent increase in women
tenure-track faculty and a 17
percent increase in minority
tenure-track faculty during this
period. We strive every day
to reflect the society we were
created to serve.

More than 5,000 Colorado State students take

part in undergraduate research opportunities
every year and the number of students
involved in education abroad has increased 70
percent in the past five years alone.
Weve maintained our commitment to student
success demonstration of our belief that a
truly great university fosters and builds success
among its students, not just access. Our fouryear graduation rate has gone up 14 percent
over the past five years, putting us well on
the path to attaining our stretch goal of an 80
percent, six-year graduation rate.

Weve directed our resources to our

students, and have seen a 158 percent
increase in institutional need-based
financial aid and an 80 percent increase in
privately funded scholarships. Total annual
financial aid at the institution has increased
$27 million over five years.
All of this success has contributed to a 147 percent
increase in private giving to our University over
the past five years, with a record high $143.3
million raised in FY14 alone and unprecedented
levels of alumni engagement. We have built an
effective fundraising organization that, in turn, is
building a successful philanthropic culture.

5,000+

Colorado State students take

part in undergraduate research
opportunities every year.

Seven
consecutive years

of record enrollment.

158
PERCENT

increase in institutional
need-based financial aid.

DIA

#11
globally
Denver International Airport
handled 145,235 passengers
per day in 2012, through
more than 20 airlines,
placing it #11 in the world.

Colorado State is routinely highlighted in national rankings

recognizing top universities and programs.
CSU moved up two spots in the U.S. News and
World Report annual Americas Best Colleges
ranking of public universities in 2015. CSU is No.
58 in the latest rankings and has climbed nine
spots in just two years, the result of a continuous
commitment to boost faculty excellence, make
available more student scholarships, and
make capital improvements across campus.
In August 2014, CSU was named to an elite list
of green colleges, adding another accolade to
the universitys recognition for its commitment
to sustainability. The Princeton Review 2015
Green Honor Roll includes only 24 universities
across the nation, all of which scored 99 out of
99 on an annual sustainability assessment.

CSU is listed among the nations best

universities by Princeton Review, a New-Yorkbased educational services company. Students
surveyed say that CSU is a hidden gem that
offers a wonderful education, friendly people,
and awesome culture, along with excellent
green efforts, a strong engineering program,
and myriad research opportunities. CSU also
cares about its students becoming active
members in the community, according to the
2014 Princeton Review Best 378 Colleges.
The professional program in the Department of
Occupational Therapy in CSUs College of Health
and Human Sciences designated a Program
of Excellence by the state of Colorado ranks
No. 6 among similar programs nationwide,
according to U.S. News and World Report in
its 2014 Best Graduate Schools edition.

CSUs professional doctoral veterinary medicine

program is ranked No. 3 in the nation, according
to U.S. News and World Reports 2014 Best
Graduate Schools edition. The College of
Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
consistently places among the top three vet
schools in the nation. It is also ranked third
in the nation in federal research funding.

CSUs College of Business part-time MBA

program was ranked 34th in the nation in
U.S. News and World Reports 2014 Best
Graduate Schools edition. The program was the
highest ranked one of its kind in Colorado.

Net Impact, a community of student and

professional leaders dedicated to positive social
and environmental change, recently placed
CSUs College of Business fifth among its Top
50 Schools for Social Impact and 21st among its
Top 50 Schools for Environmental Sustainability.

CSUs graduate programs in science, engineering

and business also were recognized as some
of the best in the nation by U.S. News and
World Report in its 2014 Best Graduate
Schools edition. Civil engineering and
chemistry were both ranked in the top 50.

Bloomberg BusinessWeek ranked CSUs College

of Business as one of the top undergraduate
business programs in the country for 2014. CSU
ranked No. 73 in this years BusinessWeek
rankings, up from No. 89 last year.

CSUs online Psychology undergraduate degree

completion program, Human Development
and Family Studies undergraduate degree
completion program, Master of Engineering,
Civil Engineering specialization, and Master of
Computer Science and Information Technology
were independently reviewed and ranked by
GetEducated.com as top Best Buys. The datadriven lists spotlight the most affordable online
degrees from regionally accredited colleges.

For the fifth year in a row CSU has been named

a Military Friendly School, in the company of
the top 15 percent of all colleges, universities,
and trade schools. The list, published by GI
Jobs magazine, recognizes higher education
institutions that embrace Americas military
service members, veterans and spouses as
students and ensure their success on campus.
Fashion-Schools.org ranked CSUs Department
of Design and Merchandising in the upper
echelon of fashion design and merchandising
programs in the nation for 2014. CSUs
department was ranked ninth in the country
in the fashion merchandising category and
16th nationally for fashion design. CSU ranked
second in the Southwest region in both fields.

CSUs College of Business is among the Best

Administered business schools in the nation
according to Princeton Review. CSUs College
of Business ranks sixth in the nation in the
Best 295 Business Schools book for 2014.

An equal-access and equal-opportunity University

From: Neth,Cara
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 4:01 PM
To: Ozzello,Gary

Bohlender,Kristi

Milligan, Thomas
Phifer, Tony

Subject: Data
Given all the discussion out there about conference changes, I wanted to share some of the analysis we've been doing
on how CSU stacks up. Some interesting stuff in here that could be worth sharing with some of your folks who have
asked about this. For fun yesterday we also checked out how we stack up against some specific institutions (below). Our
fund raising and alumni engagement numbers really stand out.

Institution

Enrollment

R&D
Expenditures
reported to
NSF

Research
Funding per
tenured or
tenure-track
faculty

Student:faculty

Dollars raised
in FY2014

Total
alumni
FYlS

Total
alumni
donors
FYlS

BYU

29,672

$38M

$32K

18:1

unknown

Unknown

unknown

Central
Florida

60,767

$185.5M

$239K

31:1

$33M

247,194

2%

Cinci

43,691
48,793

$423M
$487M

$386K
$495K

$120M
$60M

248,880

31 '119

$258M

$8K

$49M

276,029
284,989

7%
7%

UConn

18:1
24:1
16:1

csu

32,236

$317M

$315K

16:1

$172M

210,529

s. Florida

Cara
Cara J. Neth
Director, Presidential and Administrative Communications
Office of the President
Colorado State University

6%

10.6%

Competing Head to Head

Colorado State University
Stacks Up with the Power 5

Colorado State University is outperforming its higher education counterparts in Colorado

and around the country in building support among alumni and friends and revamping and
improving facilities to recruit the very best students, faculty, and staff.
A breakdown by the numbers:

Colorado State outperforms

the Power 5 Median

CSU ranks in the top tier

of public universities

in enrollment, philanthropy, and

research funding per faculty member.

in U.S. News & World Report, moving up

nine spots in the last two years alone.

CSUs alumni participation

results have increased nearly
45% over the past 5 years

Weve invested more

than $1.3 billion in campus
infrastructure improvements

while the national average declined by

greater than 10%. Today, CSUs percentage
of alumni donors is closely in line with the
median of the Power 5 conference schools.

since 2010, including more than

a quarter of a billion dollars in
athletics facilities upgrades.

In the last five years,

CSU has more than

tripled its private support
and in Spring 2016 announced its first
$1 billion fundraising campaign.

Enrollment
Research Funding
Philanthropy
Research $/Faculty Member

Colorado States FY15 total fundraising

dollars exceeded the
University of ColoradoBoulders results by

53%

Student: Faculty Ratio*

Total Alumni
Alumni Donors

than University of Colorado-Boulders,

and CSUs lead has increased
in each of the past 5 years.

Power 5
Conference Mean

Median

32,236
$317M
$172M
$315K
16:1
210,529
10.4%

34,587

31,387

$481M

$351M

$219M

$130.7M

$319K

$289K

16.5:1

17:1

281,061

232,811

11.1%

10.6%

*As reported in U.S. News & World Report.

Colorado State Universitys

Alumni Participation
is Nearly 50% Higher

Colorado State
University

Enrollment
Research Funding
Philanthropy
Research $/Faculty Member
Student: Faculty Ratio*
Total Alumni
Alumni Donors
*As reported in U.S. News & World Report.

Colorado State
University

Big 12
Conference Mean

Median

32,236
$317M
$172M
$315K
16:1
210,529
10.4%

28,554

28,475

$243M

$243M

$148M

$102M

$174K

$172K

18.4:1

18.5:1

218,509

195,600

11%

10.3%

Leading the Way

Compared to in-state competitors and other leading public research
institutions in the U.S., Colorado State University is leading the way
100%

Athletics
Budgets +56%

90%
80%

Alumni
Participation
+45%

70%
60%
50%

Academic &
Student
Support +30%

40%
30%

Graduation
Rates +14%

20%
10%
2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016

and donors are noticing. This spring

alone, Colorado State received:

A $40 million gift

to create the Colorado State University Institute

for Biological and Translational Therapies, a stateof-the-art regenerative medicine research facility.

A $20 million gift to

name Sonny Lubick Field
in honor of our legendary football coach at
the new $250 million on-campus stadium
(now under construction and slated to
open for the 2017 football season).

A $20 million gift to

support the IBTT project.
A $13 million gift
to support academic
programs and scholarships
in business, chemistry, geosciences, and natural
resources and the new Michael and Iris Smith
Alumni Center at the new multi-purpose
on-campus stadium.

Enrollment +8%

BIG XII schools have

more than 52,000 alumni
living in Colorado
approximately 16% of all Big XII alumni and nearly
30,000 of them live in the Denver metro area.

Our Home Market

Colorado State University has built a
powerful position in one of the nations
most attractive and fastest-growing
regions, the Denver metropolitan area.
This metro area, which includes Fort
Collins, has 1.6 million TV households,
ranking it 17th nationally. The Denver
Post ranks in the Top 10 nationally for
Sunday circulation. This thriving metro area
includes 3 million people, $158 billion in
gross domestic product from 115,000plus businesses, and 1.5 million workers.
In Denver alone, Colorado State has nearly
50,000 living alumni, and that gure
jumps to more than 85,000 living in the
entire metro area along the Front Range.
In addition to a robust Colorado media
market, CSU social media channels
have almost 760,000 subscribers
and CSU in-house publications reach
an audience of 2.2 million.

You Can Get There from Here:

Colorado State University

Drive time/distance from
Colorado State University is
DIA to Fort Collins:
located in the heart of Fort
Collins in Northern Colorado,
1 hour and 10 minutes
an hour north of Denver along
(approx. 70 miles)
Colorados picturesque Front
Range. With quick access to
major highways, Denver International Airport (DIA), and ample lodging and
entertainment venues, visiting CSU and Fort Collins is easy and enjoyable.

LovelandFort Collins
Avg. Charter Flight Times
Loveland-Fort Collins, Municipal Airport to:

Avg. Commercial Flight Times

Denver International Airport to:

West Virginia, MGW

2.5 Hours

West Virginia, MGW

2.5 Hours

Texas Tech, LBB

1 Hour

Texas Tech, LBB

1.3 Hour

Iowa St, AMW

1.5 Hours

Iowa St, DSM

1.5 Hours

Kansas St, MHK

1 Hour

Kansas State, MHK

1.2 Hour

Kansas, FOE

1.25 Hours

Kansas, KCI

1.5 Hours

Texas, AUS

1.75 Hours

Texas, AUS

2 Hours

TCU, FTW

1.5 Hours

TCU, DFW

2 Hours

Baylor, ACT

1.5 Hours

2 Hours

1.25 Hours

Average times for April (would

change slightly in winter).

Baylor, DFW

Oklahoma, OUN

Oklahoma, OKC

1 Hour

Stillwater, SWO

1.25 Hours

Does not include aircraft taxi time.

Stillwater, SWO

1 Hour

Flight times based on regional

jet speeds (would be very
similar for larger aircraft).

Airport Service to Denver or Fort Collins

Denver International Airport (DEN) is the 15th busiest airport in the world and
the fifth busiest in the United States. With more than 53 million passengers
traveling through the airport each year, via more than 20 airlines, DIA is
one of the busiest airline hubs in the worlds largest aviation market.
Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport (FNL) is a vibrant regional transportation
center just 15 miles from Colorado State University. Charters can fly directly into and
out of the airport. An FAA-certified commercial airport, FNL serves users ranging
from single-seat privately owned aircraft to 170 passenger commercial airliners.

Rams Own the State.

Denver Post, Dec. 11, 2014

Colorado State Athletics

olorado State University is well-established as one of the nations top public

research universities, propelled by a steadfast commitment to excellence in all we
do combined with an unparalleled location in one of the fastest-growing and most

vibrant regions in the country. Ram Athletics is part of this drive on the move, on the rise, and
headed to even greater success in the years ahead.

COMPETITIVE COMMITMENT
We have committed to playing by the same rules
instituted by the Power 5 conferences providing
all allowable amenities and benets for studentathletes, including paying the full cost of attendance.
Our University commitment to Athletics has
increased 45.7% in the past five years, from $25.35
million in FY10 to $36.94 million in FY14, with an
additional $1.5 million in support expected for FY16 for
student scholarships, nutrition, team travel, and more.
Total University commitment to Rams football has
increased 47.4% in five years, from $8.17 million to
$12.04 million in FY14.
Colorado State ranked among the top-performing
athletic programs in the country through the rst half
of the 2014-15 academic year in the Leareld Sports
Directors Cup fall standings with the third-highest
ranking for FBS non-Power 5 schools.

Colorado State is moving forward with construction

of a $220 million, 41,200-capacity on campus
stadium with expanded revenue-producing premium
seating, suites, loge boxes, and clubs; cutting-edge
technology; and the capacity to oer a rst-rate fan
experience while maximizing CSUs brand exposure.
We are one of fewer than 20 Division I schools
without a major NCAA infraction in our history.
Were tied for the highest federal graduation rate
in the Mountain West Conference.
Weve opened a state-of-the-art refueling station
to provide additional nutrition to student-athletes.
Weve built an in-house Athletics video production
unit to enhance recruiting, gameday experiences,
and live game-streaming capabilities.
We added womens soccer as a new varsity sport
that began play with the Fall 2013 season.

WINNING PROGRAMS
CSU has a winning record in football against Power 5
conferences in the last 3 years.
Quarterback Garrett Grayson was named a Heisman
Trophy aspirant after breaking nearly every school record
for passing and total offense, and wide receiver Rashard
Higgins (a sophomore) was a national nalist for the Fred
Biletniko Award after leading the nation in receiving yards
and touchdowns. Higgins was the only consensus firstteam All-American from a non-Power 5 conference.
We have produced 14 NFL draft picks since 2000 and
expect to have several more in the 2015 draft.
We qualied for our 12th bowl game in 21 years while
producing numerous All-Americans and Academic AllAmericans.

COMPETITIVE FACILITIES
With the recently approved 41,200 capacity on-campus
stadium, Colorado State has in process, or has already built,
more than a quarter of a billion dollars in athletic facilities
upgrades in just the past few years.
We spent $11.5 million in the last three years expanding,
renovating, and branding Moby Arena, the primary
competition space for volleyball and both basketball programs
and training and conditioning space for all student-athletes.
The addition of the new stadium will open up expanded space
in Moby Arena for additional sports and training.
The $7 million, 16,000-square-feet Anderson Academic
Training Center opened in 2009 is a centerpiece of CSUs
commitment to student-athletes, with a state-of-the-art
weight room, strength and conditioning oces, a computer
lab, study areas and a nutrition center.
CSUs $13 million, LEED-Gold certied, 66,267-square foot
Indoor Practice Facility is designed for use by multiple sports.

COMPETITIVE MARKET
Colorado State University has built a powerful position in
one of the nations most-attractive and fastest-growing
regions, the Denver metropolitan area. This market, which
includes Fort Collins, has 1.6 million TV households,
ranking it 17th nationally, and the Denver Post ranks in the
top 10 newspapers nationally for Sunday circulation. This
thriving metro area includes 3 million people, $158 billion in
gross domestic product from 115,000-plus businesses, and
1.5 million workers.
Colorado State has more than 85,000 living alums in the
metro area along the Front Range, and more living alumni
in the state than any other campus in Colorado.
Colorado State is the anchor sports property on ESPN Radio,
including live coverage for all football and mens basketball
games and select womens games.
Under Armour is the Rams ocial apparel provider.

Our volleyball program recently qualified for the NCAA

Tournament for the 20th consecutive year, spending most
of the year ranked in the top 10 and advancing to the Sweet
16 for the ninth time. The team just won its sixth straight
conference championship. Colorado State annually ranks
among the national leaders in attendance and recently
sold more than 11,000 tickets for the NCAA rst- and secondround matches, ranking second among 16 national sites in
attendance.
Our mens basketball program has made four postseason
appearances in five years, including two of the past
three NCAA tournaments and recently cracked the top 25
rankings again. Attendance has risen dramatically under
third-year coach Larry Eustachy, with the Rams attracting
multiple sellouts at Moby Arena.
Rams womens basketball won the Mountain West regularseason title in 2014. Third-year coach Ryun Williams (306 D1
career wins, 62% winning percentage) was the 2014 MWC
Coach of the Year.

Mens cross-country made its second consecutive

appearance in the NCAA championships, finishing the
year ranked #19.

Rams Own the State.

Denver Post, Dec. 11, 2014

Colorado State University Athletics are on the

move, on the rise, and headed for success.

OUR COMMITMENT
We play by the
Power 5 rules
providing all allowable amenities
and benefits for student-athletes,
including full cost of attendance.

Tied for highest federal

graduation rate in the
Mountain West Conference.

41,200
Capacity of newly-approved
on-campus stadium

47.4%

Increase in University
commitment to football
in last 5 years.

One of fewer
than 20
Division I institutions
with no major NCAA
infractions in our history.

Anderson
Academic
Training Center
opened in 2009

45.7%

Increase in University
commitment to Athletics
in last 5 years.

$7 million,
16,000-square-foot

New in-house video production

unit and state-of-the art studentathlete refueling station.

MORE THAN

$250,000,000
in athletic facilities upgrades

$13 million,
66,267-square-foot

Indoor Practice
Facility
designed for use by
multiple sports

2014

$11.5 million expansion,

renovation and branding of

MOBY ARENA

the primary competition space

for volleyball and both basketball
programs and training and conditioning
space for all student-athletes.

Top Diversity
Program
Received NCAA and Minority
Opportunities Athletics Association
Award for Diversity and Inclusion
in athletics, January 2015.

OUR PROGRAMS
Ranked in the

FOOTBALL
Winning record against
Power 5 conferences
in the last 3 years.
National success story,
attracting multiple home
sellouts in support of a
breakthrough 10-win season.

Quarterback Garrett Grayson

named Heisman Trophy aspirant
Wide receiver Rashard Higgins
a national finalist for the
Fred Biletnikoff Award after leading
the nation in receiving yards and
touchdowns only consensus
rst-team All-American from
a non-Power 5 conference.

14
bowl games
12 in 21 years

NFL draft picks

since 2000.



Numerous All-Americans and

Academic All-Americans

VOLLEYBALL

20

consecutive years
in the NCAA
Tournament

TOP 10
for most of 2014
Advanced to

Sweet 16

for the ninth time.

Just won

SIXTH

straight conference
championship

Attendance has risen

dramatically under the guidance
of third-year coach

LARRY EUSTACHY,
attracting multiple sellouts
at Moby Arena.

In 2012-13, set a program record

26 victories,
cracked the Top 25 and
advanced to the third round
of the NCAA Tournament.

Ranked in Top 25

for second time in three seasons

for the NCAA first- and

second-round matches

Ranks
2nd
among 16 national sites
in attendance.
Coach Tom Hilbert has won 462
matches at CSU more wins

WOMENS
BASKETBALL
WON MOUNTAIN WEST

regular-season title in 2014.

Alumna Becky Hammon first female
full-time assistant coach in history
of North Americas four major sports,
one of top players in WNBA history,

ESPNs Sportswoman of the Year

than any coach in any sport at

a Division I school in Colorado.

MENS
BASKETBALL

4 of 5

postseason appearances in ve
years, including two of the past
three NCAA Tournaments.

Recently cracked the

TOP 25

rankings again.

The Denver
Metropolitan Area:
One of the nations most-attractive
and fastest-growing regions.
3 million people
$158 billion gross domestic product
from 115,000-plus businesses
1.5 million workers

1.6 Million

Among national leaders in

attendance selling more than

11,000 tickets

OUR MARKET

CSUs home DMA is Denver ranked

#17 nationally with 1.6 million
TV households
Denver Post ranks in the top
10 newspapers nationally
for Sunday circulation

WE BRING . . .
MO RE THAN

85,000

living alumni on Colorados

Front Range more than any
other campus in Colorado.

MENS CROSSCOUNTRY

Anchor sports property on

ESPN Radio

Men had second consecutive

appearance in the NCAA Championships

including live coverage for all

football and mens basketball games
and select womens games.


 
Regularly produces indoor

RAMS official apparel provider.

Ranked #19

and outdoor All-Americans

74

Mountain West
Scholar-Athletes
in 2013-14.

OLYMPIANS

in swimming/diving, womens
basketball, track and cross country