RICHARDSON, Texas – The Lone Star Conference announced the league has entered a corporate partnership with Hour-A-Thon, a national leader supporting athletic departments in fundraising.
 
Under the multi-year agreement, Hour-A-Thon is provided opportunities to assist the 18 LSC member institutions in their athletics fundraising efforts.
 
“With a proven track record, Hour-A-Thon affords our membership an avenue to enhance their current athletic department fundraising efforts,” said Jay Poerner, Lone Star Conference commissioner. “We look forward to working with Hour-A-Thon and the LSC membership in expanding fundraising opportunities.”
 
Built by competitors for competitors, Hour-A-Thon provides athletic departments technology and a framework to create exciting experiences and incredible performances in athletics fundraising. The Hour-A-Thon format is a competition-based platform utilizing direct phone and text contact between participants and potential supporters over one hour of time generating funding in record time.
 
“Our team at Hour-A-Thon has empowered college athletic departments nationwide through our personal network fundraising one hour program," said Michael Braunstein, president and co-founder of Hour-A-Thon. "We are thrilled to partner with the Lone Star Conference, a distinguished leader among NCAA Division II athletic conferences. Hour-A-Thon has already made traction with many of the members after being selected as the official fundraising partner for the LSC."
 
To learn more about Hour-A-Thon, click here.
 

About Hour-A-Thon
One hour. All of your players. Competing to raise funds as a team. Hour-A-Thon's frictionless technology and proven fundraising framework creates great experiences and incredible performances. Built by competitors for competitors, Hour-A-Thon sets the pace for competitive fundraising at colleges across the country. Generate outsized returns for your team in record time with the Hour-A-Thon. All you need is your players-in-person or virtual-committed to texting and calling their networks for just 1 hour. The time is now, TAKE IT TO THE CLOCK!
 
About the Lone Star Conference
Long known as a leader in intercollegiate athletics, the Lone Star Conference is an innovative NCAA Division II athletics conference that aims to provide superior competitive experiences for member institutions and allow for comprehensive development of student-athletes through academic services and life skills programming. Founded April 25, 1931, the LSC is an 18-member league spanning three southwestern states: Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico. In addition to success at the Conference level, teams and individuals have distinguished themselves on the national stage. Entering the 2025-26 seasons, LSC member institutions have collected 83 NCAA Division II national team championships since 1981, adding women’s golf -- DBU -- and softball -- UT Tyler -- in spring 2025.