The Red Raider Club has helped sustain Texas Tech athletics for 75 years.

Originally known as the Matador Club, the Red Raider Club was founded to encourage athletic excellence at Tech. This excerpt from the January 31, 1926, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal describes the beginnings of the Red Raider Club.

"The Matador Club…was organized at the opening of the college term to support college athletics and to develop close contact between the people and of the plains and the college students and faculty members in order that all athletic programs may be given the whole-hearted support of everyone."

The article refers to the very first fund drive and its $3,700 goal. The Matador Club called on the people of Lubbock and the surrounding areas to meet specific expenses.

Over time, our name has changed, our base of support has stretched nationwide, and scholarships have become our primary focus. Obviously, $3,700 does not go as far as it used to. However, the original of active support for Texas Tech Athletic lives on at the Red Raider Club.