Who We Are | Rising Athletes Org

Our Story

After years of seeing detrimental changes to the ways youth sports are funded and treated, two lifelong athletes wanted to make a change. So they did.

Rising Athletes was founded in 2020 to support K-12 athletes, to let them do what they love: play sports!

Our Mission

We strive to inspire and motivate youth athletes to participate in sports programs by organizing, creating, and sustaining opportunities for success. We do this by allocating funds, assets, and resources from the community for youth athletics.

Our Vision

Here at Rising Athletes, we are assisting athletes, parents, guardians, and community members on their athletic journey. We strive to support, educate, and get kids back to play.

Non-Profit

Rising Athletes Organization is a 501(c) 3 non-profit founded in 2020 to provide support and assistance to youth athletes and youth athletic programs. Located in the greater La Crosse, Wisconsin region, we are a community-based non-profit dedicated to building bridges between the community and K-12 athletics.

What We Do

Support

We provide financial support to assist in covering the various expenses required to participate in athletics such as registration, equipment, and uniform costs. As young children are also students, we assist in providing necessary academic supplies for their classroom needs.

Educate

We strive to provide foundational tools to young student-athletes as they navigate their journey both on and off the field through creating blog and video series, sharing educational resources, and creating an open-dialogue environment to encourage active listening and teaching.

Connect

We believe in our community. The greater La Crosse area is there for each other, and that is what we are here to do. We create bridges between our community members and our youth student-athletes to support them on their academic and athletic journey.