Longtime Drake University supporter and local philanthropist Suzie Glazer Burt has made a historic $5 million gift to the Drake University women's basketball program, Drake University president Marty Martin and director of athletics Brian Hardin announced Monday, April 29.
Glazer Burt's $5 million commitment to the program is the largest non-capital gift to a women's basketball program in NCAA history and will have a transformational effect on the Drake women's basketball program and its student-athletes.
"I highly respect Jennie Baranczyk and the Drake women's basketball program, and I believe that when women empower women, there is no limit to the impact we can make in the lives of these incredible student-athletes," Glazer Burt said.