Challenges

Below is the list of Challenges for Dolphin Dash 2023!

College Challenge

By participating in the College Challenge, your college could win over $25,000! Colleges will compete against each other for the following prizes:

Alumni Fast Start Challenge

• $2,500 will be awarded to the college with the most alumni donors at midnight on the first day, February 20.
  • 2022 Defending Champions: Davis College of Business & Technology

Most Donors

• First Place: $10,000
  • 2022 Defending Champions: Davis College of Business & Technology 
• Second Place: $5,000
  • 2022 Defending Champions: College of Arts & Sciences

Most Dollars Raised

• First Place: $10,000
  • 2022 Defending Champions: Brooks Rehabilitation College of Healthcare Sciences
• Second Place: $5,000
  • 2022 Defending Champions: Linda Berry Stein College of Fine Arts & Humanities

Alumni Benchmark

• $1,000 awarded to each college with 50 alumni donors or $2,500 awarded to each college with 100 alumni donors by Friday, February 24, 2023
  • Congrats to our 2022 benchmark winners - College of Arts & Sciences and Davis College of Business & Technology!
• $2,500 will be awarded to the College with the most alumni donors at the end of the week.
  • 2022 Defending Champions: Davis College of Business & Technology

College of Law - you have no alumni! To give you an equal chance to win prize money, we are setting separate goals for you. 

• College of Law Donor Benchmarks:
  $1,000 if all COL students and employees make a gift
  $1,000 for 25 donor benchmark
  $2,000 for 50 donor benchmark
  $3,000 for 75 donor benchmark

Athletics Challenge

Each of our JAX Athletics teams and the spirit squad will compete against each other for the chance to win challenge matches, secure benchmark incentives, and raise support for each of their programs so our student-athletes can continue to succeed on the field, in the classroom, and in the community. Prizes include:

Most Donors

• First Place: $4,000
  • 2022 Defending Champions: Women's Lacrosse
• Second Place: $3,000
  • 2022 Defending Champions: Women's Soccer
• Third Place: $2,000
  • 2022 Defending Champions: Men's Soccer
• Fourth Place: $1,000
  • 2022 Defending Champions: Spirit Squad

Most Dollars Raised

• First Place: $4,000
  • 2022 Defending Champions: Men's Lacrosse
• Second Place: $3,000
  • 2022 Defending Champions: Men's Golf
• Third Place: $2,000
  • 2022 Defending Champions: Women's Golf
• Fourth Place: $1,000
  • 2022 Defending Champions: Baseball

Alumni Participation Benchmarks

Any alumni count!

• 10 Alumni Donors: $500 per team
• 20 Alumni Donors: $750 per team
• 30 Alumni Donors: $1,250 per team

Best GiveCampus Advocate

Awarded to the team with the representative (coach or student-athlete) with the highest number of gifts generated from their unique advocate URL from GiveCampus.

• $1,000
  • 2022 Defending Champion: Women's Soccer

Fast Start

• $1,500 to the team with the most donors after the first two days (February 20 - 21 at 11:59pm)
  
  • 2022 Defending Champions: Men's Soccer

Mid-Week Madness

• $1,500 to the team with the most donors halfway through the week (Wednesday, February 22, at noon)

Finish Strong

• $1,500 to the team with the most donors by midnight on the last day (Friday, February 24, 2023)
  • 2022 Defending Champions: Women's Lacrosse

Consistency is Key Benchmarks

• More donors than 2022:
• $500 per team
• More dollars than 2022: 
• $250 per team

Most Improved Donor Count From 2022

• $1,000
• 2022 Defending Champions: Men's Soccer

Results and winners will be announced the week of February 27.

Affinity Network Challenge

A benchmark challenge between alumni affinity networks: JU Black Alumni Network, GOLD Phin Alumni Network, Green Key Alumni Network, and new this year, the JU Military Veterans!

Most Donors

• $2,500
  • 2022 Defending Champions: Jacksonville University Black Alumni Network

Most Dollars Raised

• $2,500
  • 2022 Defending Champions: Jacksonville University Black Alumni Network

JAX RecWell Challenge

A challenge between our Club sports teams: Esports, Men's Club Soccer, Women's Club Soccer, Club Tennis, and Watersports!

Most Donors

• $1,500
  • 2022 Defending Champions: Women's Club Soccer

Most Dollars Raised

• $1,500
  • 2022 Defending Champions: Club Tennis

50 Donor Benchmark

• $1,000
  • Congrats to our 2022 benchmark winners - ESports and Women's Club Soccer

Greek Challenge

Greek organizations (current) compete for the following prizes:

Most Donors

• First Place: $2,000
  • 2022 Defending Champions: Alpha Delta Pi
• Second Place: $1,000
  • 2022 Defending Champions: Alpha Kappa Alpha
• Third Place: $500
  • 2022 Defending Champions: Delta Delta Delta
• Fourth Place:$300
  • 2022 Defending Champions: Alpha Epsilon Phi

Most Dollars Raised

• First Place: $2,000
  • 2022 Defending Champions: Alpha Delta Pi
• Second Place: $1,000
  • 2022 Defending Champions: Alpha Epsilon Phi
• Third Place: $500
  • 2022 Defending Champions: Delta Delta Delta
• Fourth Place: $300
  • 2022 Defending Champions: Alpha Kappa Alpha

Benchmark

• Each Greek organization currently active on campus that gets 10 alumni donors will receive $250 for their chapter, 25 alumni donors will get $500, 50 alumni donors receives $1,000
  • Congrats to our 2022 benchmark winners! Alpha Delta Phi, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Delta Delta Delta, Alpha Epsilon Phi, Gamma Phi Beta, and Sigma Nu

*All gifts to the Greek Challenge support JU's Greatest Needs.

Varsity Sailing vs. Shooting Challenge

Varsity Sailing and Varsity Shooting go head to head to compete for top prizes for the most donors and the most dollars raised!

Most Donors

• $2,000
  • 2022 Defending Champions: Varsity Sailing

Most Dollars

• $2,000
  • 2022 Defending Champions: Varsity Shooting

Most Alumni Donors

• $1,000 
  • 2022 Defending Champions: Varsity Sailing

Trustee Dolphin Dash Scholarship

The Jacksonville University Board of Trustees are excited to once again recognize leaders in philanthropy! As more Jacksonville University Dolphins give forward and hit leaderboard participation goals during Dolphin Dash, the Board will unlock THREE $10,000 scholarships for our students!

Students! To be eligible, sign up on GiveCampus to become a social media advocate and share the message about Dolphin Dash with your friends, become a Dolphin Dash Champion, or support any Challenge throughout the week! Click for details.

Mini Challenges (New!)

The Champion Challenge
The champion who raises the most money using their unique giving advocate link will receive $1,000 to donate to any Jacksonville University college, school, team, or organization of their choice (must be an approved JU organization). Sign up to become a champion here and read here on how to get your advocate link. 

'Phins Across America Challenge
In 2022, Dolphin Dash had at least one supporter from every state in America except for Wyoming and South Dakota! This year, we want to break that record. If at least one supporter from every state makes a gift during Dolphin Dash, an additional grant of $5,000 will be unlocked. 'Phins Up to our Dolphins nationwide!

JU Social Spirit Challenge
Let's see your Dolphin pride on social media! The person, organization, or team with the most JU spirit will be awarded $1,000 for the Jacksonville University college, school, team, or organization of their choice (must be an approved JU organization). Get loud, competitive, and silly! Let's see those PHINS UP! Make sure to set your social accounts to public and tag @jualumni and @jacksonvilleu so that we can see and repost your content! #DolphinDash