RCAF
About RCAF
BRYAN MAGGARD, Ph.D
Vice President for
Intercollegiate Athletics
CAJUN NATION,
As we charge into 2025, I want to express my sincere gratitude for your unwavering support of Ragin’ Cajuns Athletics! Your generosity fuels our pursuit of excellence and provides our student-athletes with an unparalleled experience.
Together, we’ve celebrated remarkable achievements. Over the 2024 calendar year, our Cajuns earned Sun Belt Conference regular-season titles in both baseball and softball, a pair of NCAA Regional appearances, six All-Americans in track and field, Sun Belt Conference West Division Championship, another 10 win regular season for the fourth time in school history, and a school-record seventh consecutive bowl appearance in football, all while leading the conference in community service. This success is a testament to the dedication of our student-athletes and coaches, and your commitment to their development.
Academically, our student-athletes continue to shine, with a cumulative fall semester department GPA of 3.07, and a growing number of graduates each year. We are immensely proud of their commitment to both athletic and academic pursuits.
LOOKING AHEAD TO 2025, OUR ATHLETIC
DEPARTMENT PRIORITIES ARE CLEAR
- Student-Athlete Experience: Create an invaluable experience that will inspire all student-athletes to reach their highest levels of academic, athletic, and personal success.
- Fiscal and Facility Management: Generate the necessary resources to win championships.
- cULture: People are our most valuable asset. Our cULture sets us apart.
These priorities, taken from our strategic plan, provide a road map to success in the new landscape of college sports. With your continued support, continued excellence is well within reach. We are confident that 2025 will be another remarkable year for Louisiana Athletics, filled with victories on and off the field.
On behalf of our coaches, staff, and student-athletes, THANK YOU for being an integral part of the Ragin’ Cajuns family. Your passion and generosity inspire us every day.
GEAUX CAJUNS!
What Is
The RCAF
The Ragin' Cajuns Athletic Foundation is the official fundraising arm for Louisiana Athletics. The RCAF's mission is to build authentic relationships that provide resources to enhance the experience of Louisiana student-athletes. RCAF members assist in generating revenues for three main purposes:
- Offset annual student-athlete scholarship costs.
- Provide financial resources for capital projects such as new state-of-the-art athletic facilities or renovations that enhance existing athletic facilities.
- Enhance sport specific operating budgets.
How to Become an RCAF Member
Any gift of $50 or more to an area within Louisiana Athletics makes you a member of the RCAF. A minimum investment of $50 to the RCAF unlocks your membership benefits and activates Investor Ranking; members can accrue Priority Points without receiving member benefits. Join the RCAF today and help Louisiana Athletics gain an edge on the competition.
RCAF
Mission Statement
To build authentic relationships that provide the resources to enhance the experience of Louisiana student-athletes.
RCAF
Team
Office Address:
RCAF Office 201 Reinhardt Dr.
Lafayette, LA 70506
Louisiana Athletics Ticket Box Office 111 Reinhardt Dr.
Lafayette, LA 70506
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 43603
Lafayette, LA 70504
Louisiana Athletics Ticket Office
* = Executive Committee
Todd Trahan*
Chairman of the Board - Executive Committee Member
Ryan Pecot*
Vice-Chairman of the Board - Executive Committee Member
Gus Rantz*
Secretary/Treasurer - Executive Committee Member
Cindy Cobb*
Immediate Past-Chairman of the Board-Executive Committee Member
Eric Haik*
Executive Committee Member
Jimmy Hollier*
Executive Committee Member
Elliot Myers*
Executive Committee Member
Richie Falgout
Executive Committee Member
John Blohm*
Executive Committee Member (Ad-Hoc)
Trey Frazier*
Executive Committee Member (Ad-Hoc)
Donna Landry*
Executive Committee Member (Ad-Hoc)
Dr. Bryan Maggard*
Executive Committee Member (Ad-Hoc)
Dr. E. Joseph Savoie*
Executive Committee Member (Ad-Hoc)
Marianne Bourgeois
Megan Cobb
Brandt Etier
Henri Hebert
J.D. Morein
Patrick O'Bryan
Jason Patout
Hunter Trahan
Dr. Brett Venable
Albert Simien
Donnie O'Pry
Elisabeth Arnold
Jason Emert
Raymond Richard
Jed Leblanc
Thomas Kreamer
Dru Milke
RCAF
FAQs
The Ragin' Cajuns Athletic Foundation is the official fundraising arm for Louisiana Athletics. The RCAF's mission is to build authentic relationships that provide resources to enhance the experience of Louisiana student-athletes. RCAF members assist in generating revenues for three main purposes: Offset annual student-athlete scholarship costs. Provide financial resources for capital projects such as new state-of-the-art athletic facilities or renovations that enhance existing athletic facilities. Enhance sport specific operating budgets.
The RCAF is a non-profit organization that is the official fundraising arm for Louisiana Athletics. The RCAF Champions Fund is the main source of support in creating a first-class experience for 400+ Ragin' Cajuns student-athletes. The RCAF Champions Fund directly supports scholarships, nutrition, athletic medicine, recruiting, strength and conditioning, and competitive excellence for Louisiana student-athletes.
Click here for more information on how you can give to Louisiana Athletics.
Any gift of $50 or more to an area within Louisiana Athletics makes you a RCAF Member which also unlocks your membership benefits and activates RCAF Priority Points & Investor Ranking. RCAF Members can accrue Priority Points without receiving member benefits.
Become a RCAF MemberLouisiana Athletics relies on the generous support of members like you to support each of our 16 sport programs and 400+ student-athletes to the highest degree and provide them with the resources needed to succeed. Gifts to the RCAF help provide the funds necessary to cover the total cost of attendance (tuition, room and board, books, fees, and cost of living stipend) - a bill that exceeds $10M each school year and makes up a significant share of Louisiana Athletics' annual operating budget.
Outside of that, RCAF dollars are also spent on facility enhancements and support services that consist of various resources that help provide a world-class experience to our student-athletes through the areas of nutrition, strength and conditioning, academics, sports medicine, technology, student-athlete development, mental health, etc. All of the gifts to the RCAF support scholarships and support services for Louisiana's student-athletes and improvements to our athletic facilities. Donations are not used for RCAF administrative costs. Administrative costs are paid through a separate budget, as determined by the UL Foundation and RCAF Board.
The easiest way to update your contact information is to log in to your Cajuns Account and edit your profile. Please be sure to include your account number on your correspondence.
The RCAF membership year runs on a fiscal year, beginning July 1 and ending on June 30th of each year. In each fiscal year, the RCAF has priority seating deadlines for all 4 ticketed sports where season ticket holders must renew their Champions Fund Fee and Season Tickets before the following dates:
- Football: April 30
- Basketball: August 30
- Baseball: October 30
- Softball: October 30
Yes, you can set up a payment plan for your Louisiana Athletics contributions by logging in to your Cajuns Account and navigating to “Manage My Donations” or by contacting the RCAF at 337-851-7223 or email RCAF@louisiana.edu.
With the recent change to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, passed by Congress in 2017, please consult your tax advisor for advice regarding your specific situation.
The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act now indicates that gifts where the member receives seating benefits for events held on campus are no longer charitable and thus are not tax deductible. These gifts, under previous tax law, were able to be deducted at 80 percent of the total gift amount. This directly applies to RCAF personal seat donation (PSD) contributions for seats, loge boxes, and suites for football games, baseball, and softball games. This law also impacts the charitable nature of these payments since the seat related portion of these gifts are no longer considered a donation based on the University's legal interpretation of this Act. The Athletics Department will continue to steward those members that make seat related payments for the contributions they make to the department with RCAF Priority Points, but these payments will no longer be represented in the UL Foundation's charitable giving totals. Reasoning and guidance for this change was not provided with the new Act despite requests. The University has made a thorough effort to evaluate and interpret the changes in the face of the lack of guidance from the IRS. Based on guidance from tax professionals and legal counsel, the University has applied these changes with the best intentions for members and the University within our legal limits.
Yes, Champions Fund Fees now count towards RCAF Benefits.
No. Champions Fund Fees are only required based on the location of your season tickets.
You can find your donation history and RCAF Priority Points & Investor Rank by signing in to your Cajuns Account.
- Priority points
- 1 point: For every $100 given across athletics
- 1 point: For every $200 given across Krewe Allons
- 1 point: For every $300 given across the entire University
- 1 point: For each season ticket purchased
- 10 points: For each year as an investor to the Champions Fund
Your Investor Rank is determined by your yearly RCAF contributions which establishes your Investor Level. Priority points are then used to rank you within your level.
Matching gifts are an easy way to multiple the impact of your gift and many companies match gifts to Louisiana Athletics! Check with your company or click here to find out if your company has a matching gifts program which will work with athletics gifts.
