Jaguar Athletic Fund

The Mission of the Jaguar Athletic Fund is to support student-athletes by providing supplemental funding for scholarships, academic services, recruiting costs and other operational needs.

Annual gifts to the Jaguar Athletic Fund help underwrite scholarships for recruitment of student-athletes, recruitment and retention of top-quality coaches and staff, academic support, travel and other critical operating needs.

Membership Information

There are several Giving Options for the Jaguar Athletic Fund:

1. Contributions to the Jaguar Athletic Fund provide several ways to financially support USA student-athletes:
• financial assistance for all sport programs(recruiting, traveling, equipment)
• scholarship assistance for all sport programs
• programs and projects that benefit individual sports or the department as a whole
• operational costs of the JAF


2. Contribution to a specific sport program(s):
• These funds are used at the discretion of the sport program’s head coach upon the approval of the Director of Athletics.


3. Contributions may be split among two or more beneficiaries
• (i.e. $300 to the JAF Boosters and $300 to a specific sport or program for a total contribution to the Jaguar Athletic Fund of $600)

Q & A

Why does the Jaguar Athletic Fund provide these giving options?

People sometimes have different reasons to give to the JAF. Some may wish to support the department as a whole while others, specifically former South Alabama student athletes, may prefer to direct all or a portion of their gift to the program they participated in while at USA.

Do I receive the same benefits regardless of giving to the JAF Boosters or to a specific program or sport?

No. While all gifts to athletics count toward accumulation of priority points, only gifts to the JAF Boosters count toward priority seating in football and basketball.