The Ram Athletic Fund (RAF) is proud to reintroduce Elev8, an initiative which aims to advance VCU's women's athletics programs through student-athlete empowerment, fundraising, fan engagement and community service.
Elev8 was relaunched in August of 2025 with a lunch reception to celebrate. Center for Sports Leadership Alumna RaShauna Hamilton was the keynote speaker for the event and led a panel of current and former women student-athletes on the importance of Elev8 and investing in women’s sports. The event was a huge success, with support for Elev8 and women’s sports at VCU continuing to grow since then. VCU Women’s sports team have had amazing success and this initiative will continue to support, recognize, and celebrate them.
Elev8’s mission includes six pillars:
- Raise funds to support female sports programs and student-athletes
- Foster a community of support, empowerment and growth for VCU female student-athletes
- Provide additional resources to enhance VCU's women's sports programs, career programs and events
- Participate in professional and personal development of student-athletes
- Engage the community with VCU women's sports programs
- Provide opportunities to recognize the accomplishments of female student-athletes
Elev8 supports VCU Athletics' women's programs by assisting in the enhancement and development of fundraising events, attending home sporting events, developing relationships with current student-athletes by engaging with teams at games and other events and making annual donations to women's athletics programs.
For more information, contact Assisiant Athletic Director for Development,
Sara Quatrocky, at
quatrockys@vcu.edu.
