Members of Western Carolina University fraternities and sororities contributed more than $1.5 million to the Catamount Club during the 2024-2025 edition of the Greek Challenge, an annual competition to see which organizations can raise the most money in support of the university’s athletics program.
Winners of this year’s challenge are Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, Sigma Chi fraternity, Delta Zeta sorority and Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. Those organizations will be recognized in an on-field celebration during WCU’s home football game Saturday, Nov. 8, as part of Homecoming weekend.
The $1,527,383.87 raised through the recently concluded challenge is more than double the total of $613,196.16 donated during the previous year’s competition, said Wes Cogdill, Catamount Club director and WCU associate athletics director for development.
“Since it began in 2014, the Greek Challenge is among the most successful fundraising activities for the Catamount Club,” Cogdill said. “Members of our fraternity and sorority organizations have always stepped up in a major way on behalf of our student-athletes, and this year’s results reinforce that high level of support.”
The 2024-2025 Greek Challenge is the first competition held with a new scoring rubric based on the total number of number of donors, the number of new donors and the total amount of dollars raised by each fraternity and sorority.
Participating Greek-letter organizations receive points based on where they place for each category. The group with the fewest number of points is named winner of its division.
The challenge is broken down into four flights based on the size of each organization’s membership, a step designed to make the event more equitable, with each flight having its own winner.
