ATHLETICS NSU ATHLETICS NSU ATHLETICS SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM quick facts The NSU Athletics Sponsorship • 8 NCAA DII National Championships Program is a way for organizations to • 21 Individual National Champions purchase targeted advertising space • 29 Regional Championships through our website, internet broadcasts, social media, publications, • 36 Sunshine State Conference Titles athletic venues, special events and • 9-straight years of a department GPA more. Our sponsors are able to make of 3.1 or higher the public aware of their product and/or service offerings, while supporting the • 250 Scholar All-American Honors NSU Department of Athletics. • 275 NCAA All-American Honors ATHLETICS WEBSITE NSUSHARKS.COM Sharks Sports update NSUSharks.com is the official website of Sharks Sports Update is the official Nova Southeastern University Athletics electronic newsletter of NSU Athletics and receives more than 350,000 visitors and gives a sponsor the opportunity to and more than 1.8 million page views reach more than 4,000 students, faculty, each year. Our website is the only place staff, parents, and fans each week. to view game summaries, updated statistics, video features and program SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES historical information. • One (1) advertisement per week in Sharks Sports Update (August - May). SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES • Sponsor advertisement with active link logo on NSUSharks.com GAME TICKET SPONSOR NSU GAME TICKET SPONSOR All NSU spectators must purchase a ticket for entry into each men and women’s basketball games, men and women’s soccer games, volleyball and baseball games. Sponsors have the ability to place a logo, advertisement or coupon on the back of each game ticket. NSU Department of Athletics prints and distributes more than 50,000 tickets a year. NSU ATHLETICS VISITOR’S GUIDE The NSU Athletics Visitor’s Guide is an electronic document that is available to visiting opponents and fans on NSUSharks.com with over 6,000 annual page views. The packet includes information about our teams, facilities, amenities, local restaurants, shops and more for fans who are visiting the South Florida area. PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES GAME DAY PROMOTIONAL ITEMS Sponsors are able to gain brand recognition by placing their logo on highly visible promotional items, joining their logo with the NSU logo. These items are distributed during NSU Athletic contests reaching a vast community of individuals from the surrounding area. NSU SPONSOR NIGHTS Sponsor Nights allow a business to be the highlighted sponsor for a specific athletic event, by providing the promotional giveaway and the halftime contest prize. Coupled with electronic scrolling messages and public address announcements, the public will be saturated with the sponsor’s message. PUBLIC ADDRESS NSU PUBLIC ADDRESS ANNOUNCEMENTS Public address announcements made throughout select on-campus athletic events allow sponsor messages to reach the public and NSU Community. Soccer (20/yr) Volleyball (15/yr) Basketball (25/yr) Baseball (25/yr) Softball (20/yr) Swimming (10/yr) SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES • Pre-scripted public address announcments read at NSU Athletic home events, inclusive of men’s and women’s soccer, volleyball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s swimming, softball and baseball. IN-GAME BROADCASTING SSC DIGITAL NETWORK The SSC Digital Network is the official digital network of the Sunshine State Conference. The SSC Digital Network is available online as well as on over-the-top (OTT) platforms Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Android TV and Apple TV 4th Gen. Mobile devices including iPhone, iPad, and Android will work with the default web browser. As a member of the SSC, Nova Southeastern’s games are broadcasted across this network to family and friends around the globe. By adding a logo to any one of the features on our broadcast listed below, the sponsor has the opportunity to reach approximately 100,000 viewers each year. SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES With each game broadcasted, comes multiple graphics associated with each part of the event. Below is a list of all graphics displayed during the course of a streamed event: • Pre-event information presented by sponsor. • Starting lineups for each Nova Southeastern team presented by sponsor. • Sponsored score graphics posted between sets, innings, quarters, at halftime and with a final score. • Timeouts presented by sponsor. • Instant replays presented by sponsor. • “Student-Athlete to Watch” presented by sponsor. • Commercials/live advertisement reads with logo. NEVCO VIDEOBOARD NEVCO VIDEOBOARD IN THE RICK CASE ARENA Located inside the Rick Case Arena, our 28’ by 20.95’ Nevco Video Board is a great way to provide a sponsor the opportunity to advertise their business in a highly visible location during volleyball and men’s and women’s basketball games. Featuring starting lineups, replays and interactive fan-engaging games, the Nevco Video Board is the premiere place for a sponsor’s likeliness to be seen by over 50,000 spectators each year. SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES • Fixed ads on the side panels of the videoboard shown during volleyball and men’s and women’s basketball games • Officiall timeout sponsor during volleyball and men’s and women’s basketball games • In-game fan engagement feature games (i.e. bag shuffle, car race, trivia) during volleyball and men’s and women’s basketball games • Sponsored fan cams and/or dance cams during volleyball and men’s and women’s basketball games • Sponsored replays during volleyball and men’s and women’s basketball games • Sponsored starting lineups before volleyball and men’s and women’s basketball games SOCIAL MEDIA ADVERTISING NSU SOCIAL MEDIA The NSU Department of Athletics is very aware of the importance and significance of social media. Each of our 17 sports are represented through Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, where gameday material, behind the scenes information and more are shared on each platform. Sponsors have the opportunity to reach a strong Shark fanbase by attaching their likeliness to a variety of social media inventory. GAMEDAY MATERIAL Starting from the morning of, gameday material is posted on each platform. Sponsors have the opportunity to attach their name to each graphic and benefit from interactions with fans. SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES SHARKS WEEKLY • Sponsored gameday graphic posted VIDEO FEATURE each gameday for each sport • Sponsored starting lineups for volleyball, Created to give an inside look at NSU Athletics, men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and J.A.W.S.S. (Just Another Weekly Sports Show) dives into the life of a different student-athlete and women’s basketball, softball, baseball has an average viewership of over 4,200 per week. • Sponsored score graphics posted Episodes debut each week from August-May, between sets, innings, quarters, at exluding holiday weeks, reaching over 100,000 halftime and with a final score viewers annually. • Title and/ or presenting sponsor for the video • Sponsored Sharks Fan of the Week • Logo placement throughout the video PUBLICATIONS GAME PROGRAMS NSU SCHEDULE POSTERS The NSU Department of Athletics prints game programs for each home event for fans in The Department of Athletics produces attendance. Sponsor logos are printed on the four schedule posters a year. More than bottom of each program. Between 13,000 - 15,000 3,500 posters are distributed throughout game programs are printed and distrubted each year. the NSU Campus and the surrounding • One (1) logo on game programs for volleyball, community and also serve as giveaway men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s items at the start of the season. basketball, swimming, baseball, and softball. 2019 SSC STANDINGS 2019 SAINT LEO LIONS ROSTER SCHOOL CONFERENCE OVERALL No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. B/T Hometown/Previous School Nova Southeastern 7-2 18-11 1 Bayley Williams OF 5-0 Fr. L/R New Port Richey, Fla. / J.W. Mitchell Rollins 9-4 23-5 2 Ciara McCoy OF 5-2 Sr. L/R Orlando, Fla. / William R. Boone No. 11 Florida Tech 6-4 22-6 3 Sara Neuman RHP 5-7 Jr. R/R Elk Grove Village, Ill. / James B Conant Saint Leo 7-5 18-11 4 Brigette Soza OF 5-4 So. R/R Miami Gardens, Fla. / American Senior High Tampa 7-6 15-9 Palm Beach Atlantic 5-5 17-14 6 Amanda James UTL 5-5 Jr. R/R Saint Charles, Ill. / Saint Charles North SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Embry-Riddle 5-5 12-10 7 Ashley Morris IF 5-2 Sr. L/R Leesburg, Ga. / Chipola College Lynn 4-6 14-18 8 Sadi Avants RHP 5-6 Jr. R/R Tushka, Okla. / Seminole State College Barry 4-8 11-22 9 Grace Spitulski C 5-5 Fr. R/R Winter Garden, Fla. / West Orange Florida Southern 4-9 9-12 11 Bailey Burk OF 5-5 Sr. L/R Pensacola, Fla. / Gulf Coast State College Eckerd 3-7 11-15 12 Kacie Kelly IF 5-3 Jr. L/R Jacksonville, Fla. / West Nassau UPCOMING HOME EVENTS 13 Emily Pilon IF 5-7 Fr. R/R Shorewood, Ill. / Providence Catholic NOVA SOUTHEASTERN OPENING MEET • SEPTEMBER 27, 2019 • NSU AQUATIC CENTER 14 Sarah Pauscher UTL 5-6 Jr. R/R Elk Grove Village, Ill. / Elk Grove 3.17 Softball Saint Leo (DH) 1:00 p.m. 15 Deanna Falciglia C 5-5 So. R/R Bronx, N.Y. / Cardinal Spellman 3.19 Softball Flagler (DH) 5:00 p.m. 16 Kayleice Hooks IF 5-8 Fr. R/R Pinellas Park, Fla. / Osceola Fundamental 3.21 Tennis Sonoma State 12:00 p.m. 18 Bethany Kursch 1B/3B 5-9 Jr. R/R Tampa, Fla. / Jacksonville 3.29 Tennis Florida Southern 2:00 p.m. NSU MEN’S SWIMMING VS. IRSC, FLORIDA • NSU WOMEN’S SWIMMING VS. IRSC 19 Alyssa Wash OF 5-10 Sr. R/R St. Johns, Fla. / Bartram Trail • One (1) logo on schedule posters for 4.2 Softball Lynn 6:00 p.m.