University of Victoria Athletics

14th Annual VIKES CHAMPIONSHIP BREAKFAST

Date: September 28, 2021
Location: Online on Zoom

After an unprecedented year, we will once again be taking the Vikes Championship Breakfast virtual in 2021.

The Vikes Championship Breakfast is the largest annual fundraising event for Vikes Athletics and since the inaugural event in 2008, the Vikes Championship Breakfast has raised over $6.7 million towards student-athlete scholarships with over $1.7 million being fully endowed from the proceeds. The support generated by the event helps with both recruitment and retention of athletes, allowing Vikes varsity athletes the opportunity to compete at the highest level and excel in their scholarship.

All proceeds from the breakfast support student-athlete scholarships. Support can be directed to specific varsity programs or to the Vikes General Fund. The University of Victoria generously provides $200,000 in matching funds in support of Vikes student athletes.

Keynote Speaker: Fresh off his Olympic debut in Tokyo as Canada's flag-bearer, Vikes rugby alumnus Nathan Hirayama will deliver the keynote address at this year's Vikes Championship Breakfast. The former Vikes rugby standout says that without the Breakfast and the community's generosity, he and many of his teammates wouldn't have been able to continue playing and live out their Olympic dreams. This year's Olympic squad will see three of Hirayama's former Vikes teammates take the field in Tokyo. Read the full story.

     

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PREVIOUS KEY NOTE SPEAKERS

2020 Debbie Yeboah (Women's Basketball Alumni)
2019 Chris Hindmarch-Watson (swimming), Joann Malhotra (nee Nash - women's soccer) and Lindsey Bergen (nee Jennerich - rowing)
2018 Gareth Rees (Men's Rugby Alumni)
2017 Ian Hyde-Lay (Men's Basketball Alumni)
2016 Nancy Mollenhauer (Women's Field Hockey Alumna)
2015 Simon Whitfield (Olympic Triathlete)
2014 Darcy Marquardt (Women's Rowing Alumna)
2013 Dr. Paul E. Zehr (UVic Professor and author)
2012 Pierre Lafontaine (Former Swimming Canada CEO)
2011 Adam Kreek (Men's Rowing Alumni)
2010 Stephanie Dixon (Women's Swimming Alumna)
2009 Bob Lenarduzzi (President, Vancouver Whitecaps FC)
2008 Chris Hebb (Men's Basketball Alumni)

BREAKFAST FUNDS RAISED
2020: $630,000
2019: $550,000
2018: $604,000
2017: $595,050
2016: $503,909
2015: $466,756
2014: $482,640
2013: $492,086
2012: $426,606
2011: $424,685
2010: $377,405
2009: $338,196
2008: $330,961