Five to Fight: A Campaign for Iona Athletics Set for Dec. 1-5
Support Iona Athletics Dec 1–5! Five to Fight fuels scholarships, facilities, coaching and student-athlete success. Join Gael Nation and make an impact.
Five to Fight: A Campaign for Iona University Athletics is the annual campaign generating philanthropic support for all of Iona University's Division I programs! After a one-year hiatus, we are excited for the campaign's return this December.
Five to Fight will run from December 1 through December 5, 2025. We are asking Gael Nation to rally around Iona's student-athletes to drive critical support for the advancement and sustainability of the Maroon & Gold. Your support creates lasting change across multiple areas:
- Assuring Competitive Excellence: Your support creates opportunities and provides resources for student-athletes to excel both in and out of the classroom, while allowing our coaches to recruit and develop future leaders.
- Modernizing Athletic Infrastructure: Your gifts allow us to continually improve our training spaces and acquire cutting-edge equipment, giving our student-athletes the tools they need to compete at the highest levels.
- Expanding Educational Access: Athletic and academic scholarships supported by donors like you helps make higher education accessible to our talented student-athletes.
- Strengthening Leadership: Your contributions help us attract exceptional coaches and staff while investing in their ongoing professional growth, ensuring our programs maintain the highest standards of excellence.
The generosity supporters like you – the team behind our teams – is the cornerstone of everything we accomplish. Each gift has an impact and helps us build a program that will attract and develop exceptional talent for years to come. With the unwavering support of family, friends, alumni and fans, we continue to see how powerful it is when Gael Nation comes together in support of our student-athletes. These five days are about spreading the word to renew support and welcoming those to Fight the Good Fight for the first time!
Matches & Challenges
As a special point of emphasis this year, Iona University Athletics is encouraging supporters to help elevate the Five to Fight campaign by committing to matching or challenge gifts. Any supporter interested in participating at this level should reach out to Chris Aliano at caliano@iona.edu or (914) 633-2598 for more information.
Many companies have matching gift programs that can help double or even triple one's gift to Iona. If you or your spouse works for such a company, please obtain the required form from the personnel office, and return it with your gift. Gifts made to Iona Athletics as part of the Five to Fight campaign are tax deductible as prescribed by state and federal law.
To make a gift, visit the Five to Fight Website, call (914) 633-2598, or email caliano@iona.edu. Checks can be made out to Iona University Athletics and mailed to:
Iona University Athletics
Attn: Chris Aliano
Hynes Athletics Center - East
715 North Ave
New Rochelle, NY 10801
ABOUT IONA
Founded in 1940, Iona University is a master's-granting private, Catholic, coeducational institution of learning in the tradition of the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers. Iona's 45-acre New Rochelle campus and 28-acre Bronxville campus are just 20 miles north of Midtown Manhattan. With a total enrollment of nearly 4,000 students and an alumni base of 55,000 around the world, Iona is a diverse community of learners and scholars dedicated to academic excellence and the values of justice, peace and service. Iona is highly accredited, offering undergraduate degrees in liberal arts, science and business administration, as well as Master of Arts, Master of Science and Master of Business Administration degrees and numerous advanced certificate programs. Iona students enjoy small class sizes, engaged professors and a wide array of academic programs across the School of Arts & Science; LaPenta School of Business; NewYork-Presbyterian Iona School of Nursing & Health Sciences; and Hynes Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation. Iona also continues to be recognized in prestigious national rankings. Most recently for 2025, Iona has been named one of the nation’s best colleges by The Princeton Review, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes and others. Additionally, U.S. News & World Report recognized Iona as one of top for social mobility in the country, while Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW) ranked an Iona degree in the top 6 percent nationally for long-term return on investment. Iona’s LaPenta School of Business, meanwhile, is also accredited by AACSB International, a recognition awarded to just 6 percent of business schools worldwide. In addition, The Princeton Review once again named Iona to its “Best Business Schools for 2025,” recognizing both its on-campus and online MBA programs. Connecting to its Irish heritage, Iona also opened a new campus in County Mayo, Ireland, located on the historic 400-acre Westport House Estate. A school on the rise, Iona officially changed its status from College to University on July 1, 2022, reflecting the growth of its academic programs and the prestige of an Iona education.