The J-Club was founded in 1959. Former letter winners were asked to pay dues to support varsity athletics. Today, hundreds of alumni, parents and fans support athletics at Saint John's University by paying dues, assisting in identifying potential future Johnnie student-athletes and "getting the red out" at SJU athletic contests. Get connected and stay connected!

 
Fight, You Johnnies!

The J-Club, a dues-based booster organization of former Johnnie student-athletes, parents and fans, plays a key role in support of our varsity programs, intramurals and club sports.  The J-Club promotes attendance at our games, leading the cry to “Get the Red Out” by wearing “Johnnie Red” apparel in the stands.  The J-Club extends hospitality at home games.  The J-Club hosts the Red Tie Gala.  The J-Club, in partnership with Jostens, conducts the Gagliardi Trophy awarded annually to the outstanding NCAA Division III football player who exhibits excellence in athletics, academics and community service. 

We encourage you to meet the J-Club Board at home football games this fall.  We’ll be looking forward to the opportunity to visit with you at our hospitality tent shared with the SJU Alumni Association. 

Also, come join us for the second annual Saint John’s University J-Club Red Tie Gala on Friday evening, January 30, in the Twin Cities. The Red Tie Gala promises an evening of dining and dancing, fun and games. All members of the extended SJU community are welcome to join Johnnie coaches, alumni, parents, spouses, fans and friends at the second annual mid-winter extravaganza. Anyone wishing to donate silent auction items such as sports memorabilia, time-shares and dinner coupons should contact Thom Woodward '70, J-Club secretary, at twoodward@csbsju.edu.  Proceeds support Johnnie athletics. 

Membership in the J-Club has its privileges.  Dues-paying J-Club members receive the satisfaction of being a real part of Saint John’s teams.  You also receive a pass for two to all regular-season home football, basketball and hockey games; that alone is a $400 value.  In addition, you’ll receive a J-Club luggage tag that will easily identify you (and your suitcase!) as a proud and integral member of the Johnnie team. 

Here are just some of the ways the J-Club supplemented Athletic Department budgets this past year.  These purchases--crucial to the success of Johnnie athletics, the fun and the games--were made possible by J-Club members like you. 

· Fitness equipment used by all student-athletes
· Sound system upgrades at Durenberger Fields and at the baseball park
· Assistance in the purchase of new scoreboards for soccer and baseball
· Timing equipment for Nordic skiing and swimming
· Uniforms for baseball, basketball and track and field
· Goalie equipment for hockey
· J-Club blankets for graduating senior student-athletes in 13 sports as we continued this long-standing tradition

Please join the J-Club today by sending in your dues for 2008-09.  Use the online form to submit your dues -- $25 for recent Johnnie student-athletes in the classes of 2006, 2007 and 2008 and only $100 for all others.  Be sure to reply by August 15 so we may send out your pass and luggage tag before we kick-off the upcoming seasons. 

If you wish to make a gift to Johnnie athletics over and above your dues, you are welcome to do so.  Your gift will go to the general Athletic Department fund unless you wish to designate it for a particular varsity sport, intramurals or a club sport. Thank you. 

Thank you for supporting Johnnie athletics.