Taylor Gerring 鈥�05, a UCF College of Business graduate who is a blockchain pioneer and expert and co-founder of EthereumFoundation, has pledged $5.5 million to UCF Athletics. This is the largest single cash pledge commitment ever by an individual for UCF Athletics. In addition, Gerring has pledged $1 million to The Kingdom, UCF Athletics鈥� official NIL collective.

As part of Mission XII, the Knights鈥� strategic athletics fundraising campaign to ensure a successful transition into the Big 12 Conference, this commitment will help fund construction of a new football administration and coaches building as part of the Hagle Football Gateway project. In recognition of this extraordinary leadership gift, the UCF Board of Trustees voted today to honor Gerring by approving the naming of the Taylor A. Gerring Football Center.

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Gerring, of Stuart, Florida, credits his UCF education for giving him a strong foundation for the success he has achieved in business. He graduated with a bachelor鈥檚 degree in business administration.

鈥淚鈥檓 happy to give back to the university to show my appreciation for everything that鈥檚 been provided to me,鈥� he says. 鈥淢y hope is that it inspires other students to achieve great things.鈥�

Gerring is an avid Knights fan whose enthusiasm grew while he was in school with his business fraternity Delta Sigma Pi and through his involvement after graduation with the Chicago UCF alumni community. His worlds collided in 2014 at the Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl.

鈥淚 was living in Europe and traveled back, very excited to see the culmination of this whole Bitcoin/Ethereum world come together with my UCF Knights in St. Petersburg, and it鈥檚 literally the Bitcoin Bowl鈥 was like, 鈥榠s this event made for me?鈥� 鈥� he says.

鈥淚 have met many Shareholders Society donors over the last couple of years and have enjoyed becoming part of thiscommunity of like-minded friends who care deeply about the success of the Knights,鈥� Gerring says. 鈥淚 am proud to make this investment in UCF Football. Our competitive success on the field is very important to the comprehensive growth and progress of the university. This is my way to do what I can in this moment of time as we enter the Big 12 Conference. There鈥檚 a lot of momentum and excitement behind that, and I hope to inspire other donors to jump in and help us reach the end goals we鈥檙e looking for.鈥�

UCF is creating a one-of-a-kind football campus to help the football team succeed at the highest levels of competition and enhance the fan experience. These initiatives are part of the larger Mission XII program to expand and enhance game and practice facilities for all of the Knights鈥� teams throughout the Kenneth G. Dixon Athletics Village.

In addition to the Taylor A. Gerring Football Center, the Hagle Football Gateway will feature Nicholson Plaza; McNamara Cove, which will offer student-athletes a recovery river and hydrotherapy; a renovated Wayne Densch Sports Center, which will include an expanded football team locker room, the Thow Family Locker Room; enhancements to UCF鈥檚 football practice complex; a new VIP parking lot; and a pedestrian promenade. Phased construction is scheduled to start in the spring of 2024.

Gerring鈥檚 $5.5 million gift to UCF Athletics includes $5 million in support of the construction of the football center and $500,000 that will be invested in the Taylor A. Gerring Athletics Facilities Endowment Fund.

鈥淯CF aspires to be the best metropolitan research university in the country, and that includes building a collegiate athletics program that competes at the highest level,鈥� said 香港六合彩开奖结果 President Alexander N. Cartwright. 鈥淲e are grateful for passionate alumni like Taylor who are reinvesting in their alma mater. Taylor鈥檚 significant investment in UCF Football will be a game-changer in delivering unmatched facilities for competition, training and recovery.鈥�

鈥淲e appreciate Taylor鈥檚 belief in our capital vision as part of Mission XII to build new unique first-class facilities for our student-athletes, coaches, staff and fans,鈥� says UCF Vice President and Director of Athletics Terry Mohajir. 鈥淭aylor鈥檚 gift commitment will provide huge momentum for our fundraising efforts. His generosity will help us 鈥榬each for the stars鈥� as we continue to emerge as a national program.鈥�

鈥淲e鈥檙e so grateful for Taylor and how he continues to be one of the biggest supporters of our program,鈥� says 香港六合彩开奖结果 football head coach Gus Malzahn. 鈥淭his gift is huge for our program, both now and in the future, and we鈥檙e extremely thankful for his investment in UCF Football.鈥�

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