Help us raise money

CTE is a devastating neurodegenerative disease caused by repetitive head impacts in sports and military service that can only be diagnosed after death. We are raising funds to support the Concussion Legacy Foundation’s End CTE campaign, which is leading efforts to prevent, diagnose, and treat CTE while supporting patients and families fighting the disease.

We are participating in memory of members of the Washington State community we suspect we have lost to CTE, including 3 defensive linemen on our 1998 Rose Bowl team: Leon Bender, Dorian Boose, and Gary Holmes. Read more about their stories here. 

We are competing against other schools including University of Washington, University of Michigan, Michigan State, Stanford, and University of Colorado to see who can raise the most funds. To remind us we’re all in the fight to End CTE together, the losing captains will film themselves singing the winner’s fight song and CLF will post the video to their social media accounts (like last year). Thank you for joining and supporting our team!

- Ryan Leaf '97