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Wichita, Kansas (January 31, 2023) – Wichita State Athletics and Taymar Sales U. announced a new multi-year agreement for the company to handle ticket sales and service. “Shocker Athletics looks forward to this critically important partnership with Taymar Sales U,” said Kevin Saal, Wichita State director of athletics. “Through this partnership, Taymar will integrate staff within the Shocker Athletics ticketing business, focusing solely on strategically aligning staff and resources to support focused outbound sales efforts. Past performance is a strong predictor of future results and we couldn’t be happier to align Shocker Athletics with the world-class service structure represented by Mark Dyer, Joe Rickert and the Taymar Sales U. team.” “Our partnership with Taymar Sales U. will support Shocker Athletics’ bold and aggressive strategic goals,” said Scott Barnhart, Senior Associate AD/Chief Revenue Officer. “This collaborative and intentional approach strategically positions Shocker Athletics to enhance development experiences for more than 250 student-athletes while simultaneously aligning enhanced resources to meet championship-level expectations through a competitive and excellent track and field program.” “We are thrilled to work with Kevin, Scott and their outstanding team at Wichita State,” said Mark Dyer, founder/CEO of Taymar. “The Shockers maintain a legendary basketball heritage, along with recent and historic successes in numerous other programs, and we are thrilled to welcome them to the Taymar family as our first school in The American.” Wichita State is the first school in the American Athletic Conference to sign Taymar and represents one of 18 current college sports clients for the company, which started in June 2019. “We are grateful for Kevin and Scott’s vote of confidence in Taymar Sales U. to serve Wichita State fans at the highest level,” said Taymar President Joe Rickert. “Kevin has seen our approach firsthand during our time with Kentucky, and we are thrilled to be working together again as the Shocker Athletics team builds something special in Wichita.” Visit www.TaymarSalesU.com or contact [email protected] for more information.
About Taymar Sales U.
Taymar Sales U. is a North Carolina-based college sports marketing firm focused on creating new revenue for sports departments and organizations that own and operate college sports events. Taymar Sales U. was founded on the belief that organizations want senior-level consulting and a more personalized service to help drive new revenue growth. Current partners include University of Kentucky, Louisiana State University, Georgia State University, Georgia Southern University, The Citadel, Robert Morris University, Northern Illinois University, Old Dominion University, University of Connecticut, South Carolina State University, Samford University, University of Akron , Northern Alabama University, Michigan State University, DePaul University, Furman University, Jacksonville State University and Wichita State University.
