NACMA announced at its recent convention that Virginia Tech (Group 1), University of Montana (Group 2) and Minnesota State University Moorhead (Group 3) as its 2025 Marketing Team of the Year Award (MTOY) recipients, presented by PrestoSports.

As big changes are coming to college athletics, it is increasingly important that we, as marketers, not only generate revenue, but also help fans understand the importance of their financial support. Tennessee Senior Deputy Athletics Director/Chief Revenue Officer, Ryan Alpert, and Colorado Director of Athletics Strategic Communications, Steve Hurlbert, join members of the NACMA Research and Resources Committee to discuss common revenue sharing myths as well as tools and best practices to educate our fans.

Hear from Jon Wepking, associate AD for external relations at MSU Moorhead, who talks about turning a non-revenue generating event into a huge revenue generator for the university. Out of a problem for the cross-country team came a solution that led to more than $14,000 in participation revenue and over $11,000 in ticket sales! Listen to Jon talk about the planning and execution of this unique event.

In this session, we take time to sit down with 2024 Best Of Award winners for the Brand Management Category. Listen to hear from Caitlin Opp & Chris Fowler (Wake Forest) and Emily Ysselstein (Waterloo) on their gold-winning submissions!

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