Help Phaidra Prepare to Compete With Team USA And Ultimately Rio In 2016

Help Phaidra Prepare to Compete With Team USA And Ultimately Rio In 2016

If it wasn’t for a chance encounter at a law school party, Phaidra Knight might never have found rugby. The basketball player bumped was planning on continuing her career on the court, but through a random rugby encounter, she was encouraged to check out the women’s rugby team; after finding herself near the team during a practice one day, she was hooked. A lifelong football fan, Phaidra loved the opportunity to tackle and strategize, and quickly left behind hoops for the rugby pitch. 

After playing competitive rugby for several years, with detours into strongman, bobsledding and Crossfit, Knight has her sights set on 2016 and thinks that women’s rugby is poised to explode in the United States -- after all, rugby is the second most popular sport in the world after soccer. To help fund her training goals, which include working with elite coaches and nutritionists, Phaidra is calling on rugby fans to help her raise funds. Please see below for a detailed outline of contribution levels and rewards, and give generously. When women’s rugby is the hottest sport around, you’ll be able to say you supported it since the start!

Help Phaidra Prepare to Compete With Team USA And Ultimately Rio In 2016

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What is Dreamfuel?

There is an assumption that all Olympians, Olympic hopefuls and elite athletes have sponsors.This is far from the case, as 85% of Olympic hopefuls’ income is less than 15k USD / year. 

Dreamfuel is the premier high-level crowd-funding platform specifically designed by and for athletes. We work with each athlete or athletic organization to tap into the community that surrounds them, thereby engaging new fans and supporters along the way. As a result, we are able to create and enhance a global community that will benefit the athlete’s direct needs as well as help to build a long- term fan base. 

Our goal is to provide athletes with a new revenue stream to support their incredible efforts outside of or in addition to the traditional means of sponsorships and governing body stipends.

The Dreamfuel Team

 

Emily White
NCAA Division I swimmer, artist and athlete manager. Deep experience with successful crowdfunding for both artist and athlete campaigns.

 

Cortney Harding
Experience developing partnerships for Soundrop, Superglued, Gumroad, official.fm, and ThingLink. Former Billboard music editor with a talent for developing relationships. Nine-time marathoner, crossfitter.

Emily Erdman
2013 Wellesley College grad with a BA in Computer Science. Part of the first all-female team to win the 2013 Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges — Northeastern Region (CCSCNE) programming contest. Member of the Northeast Select Side Rugby team for 2 years.