Sun Devil Athletics
Roger and Shellye Smith Baseball Scholarship Fund
Roger and Shellye Smith Baseball Scholarship Fund
Learn more about your impact
Having been a part of Sun Devil Athletics during their time at ASU, the Smith family supports academic and athletic excellence and a well-rounded college experience, which they believe prepares graduates for success after college. That's why they established an endowed scholarship for the ASU baseball program — to financially support Sun Devil Baseball in its pursuit of building champion student-athletes who excel in the classroom, on the diamond and, most importantly, in life after baseball.
When you make a gift to the Roger and Shelley Smith Baseball Scholarship Fund, you help them increase access to higher education and allow baseball student-athletes to draw on their ASU experiences in order to make a lasting and positive impact in the communities where they live and serve.
Impact of Donor Support
- The cost for an out-of-state student-athlete to attend ASU for one year is $71,660 on average between tuition, team travel, equipment, sports medicine, food and nutrition and tutoring/academic resources.
- Arizona State ranked No. 1 in the Pac-12 Conference for the second year in a row in 2023 for Academic Progress Rating which tracks achievement in the classroom year over year ahead of Stanford, Cal, USC and UCLA.
- Some more metrics that show just how much these hard-working student-athletes have achieved with your support: 3.3 average GPA (fall 2022), 76% of student-athletes received “Scholar Baller” status (3.0 GPA or higher), 110 student-athletes with a 4.0 GPA and 138 Academic All-Americans since 2000, which ranks second in the Pac-12 during that stretch.
Our family believes in giving back and sharing the blessings we have received financially and through our time."