Whether on the court or on the field, with every Syracuse University student-athlete’s success comes a true test of endurance. Reaching top-level performance requires a commitment of each player’s body, mind and spirit, plus a persistent support team behind the scenes. In fact, it was Sports Medicine Coordinator Don Lowe’s 25-year charge (1975-2000) to care for student- athletes that helped shape SU’s athletic program into what it is today.

You too can help support the health and welfare of SU student-athletes through your $500, $1,500, $5,000, $10,000 or more donation to the Donald and Mary Lowe Sports Medicine Facility.

Your donation will entitle you to be memorialized now and in the future with a personalized Wall of Honor plaque near the training room. What is great about your monetary support is that it will be added to my family’s contributions to build and outfit the entire training area with state-of-the-art equipment and amenities. Best of all, it will be conveniently located inside the Carmelo Anthony Center, already under construction on campus.

Now is the time to help shape the Donald and Mary Lowe Sports Medicine Facility! To reserve your spot on the Wall of Honor, donate $500, $1,500, $5,000, $10,000 or more in a one-time gift or a pledge by calling 1-877-CLUB4SU toll-free or 315-443-1419.

Sincerely,

Jeffrey D. Lowe

About Don Lowe:
Don Lowe served as the SU Sports Medicine Coordinator for basketball and football for 25 years (1975-2000). He served as part of 13 bowl teams, 20 NCAA and 3 NIT men’s basketball tournament teams, including 2 NCAA and one NIT final four squads. His staff athletic trainer mentorship produced dozens of athletic training professionals in the NFL, NBA, NHL, USOC, and numerous collegiate, clinical, and high school settings. He also started Onondaga Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation, which served the greater Syracuse community.

His U.S.O.C. experience highlights include his service as the men’s basketball athletic trainer in the 1983 Pan American Games, and as a member of the U.S.A. Olympic Training Staff at the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona. Don assisted in forming the New York State Athletic Trainers’ Association (NYSATA) and served as President, 1984-1986. He helped to obtain professional regulation of athletic trainers in New York State in the 1990s and served the National Athletic Trainer’s Association (NATA) as District II Secretary. Outstanding service awards include: 1983 Thomas Sheehan Award for Most Outstanding Athletic Trainer in NY, the 1986 National Collegiate Athletic Trainer of the Year Award by NATA and 1995 NATA Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer. Don was selected to enter the NATA and NYSTATA Halls of Fame in 1999. He is supported by his wife Mary, daughters Heather and Melissa, and son Jeff, a former SU football and men’s lacrosse student-athlete. The Lowe family’s contributions to the health and success of Syracuse University athletics continue beyond the last quarter of the 20th century to the present, state-of-the-art, Donald and Mary Lowe Sports Medicine Facility.

About the gift: When Syracuse recognized the need for a new sports medicine facility, the University approached former SU Coordinator of Sports Medicine, Don Lowe. An honored member of both the National Athletic Trainer’s Association (NATA) and New York State Athletic Trainer’s Association (NYSTATA) Hall of Fames, Don Lowe’s generosity and that of his family established the SU sports medicine fund to build a state of the art facility for future student-athletes and athletic trainers.