LA MIRADA, Calif. — The week of October 20 - October 24, 2025 was a historic one for Biola Athletics. From the goodness of God and the generosity of those in and around the Biola University Athletics community, $592,158 was raised in support of Biola's Athletics Week of Giving.

Generous donors provided $489,658 of support from Monday through Friday, to the benefit of Biola's 17 varsity programs, its general athletics fund, Biola Spirit and the Biola Sports Medicine team. An additional $102,500 was doled out to those groups via week-long and daily challenge awards. These challenge awards were unlocked via donor incentives throughout the week.

The challenge award funding was available due to the generosity of generosity of West Coast Sand & Gravel, Consolidated Contracting, Blue Blood Investigations, B&B Real Estate and the Biola Athletics Board.

The biggest beneficiary of the week was Biola Women's Basketball. Head Coach Mike Simonson's group finished up its Athletics Week of Giving with $119,283 provided from 185 donors plus some challenge award wins. That amount was 140% of the team's fundraising goal, and it surpasses the previous single-team record for a single Athletics Week of Giving ($91,685) set by Men's Basketball in 2024.

Overall, 2,197 donors contributed to the effort for the week. The funds raised go to support the operations for each program. The money will help towards travel, team gear and equipment, facilities needs, athletics scholarships, assistant coach funding, and more. 

Thank you to each of you who gave money or prayed to support this important week. This outpouring of support will help ensure our Biola Athletics Community continues to remain firmly rooted while boldly rising.