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Sports Link

Ball State Sports Link, the national leader in sports media and production, is participating in One Ball State Day 2020 to increase opportunities for our creative storytellers.

 

Any contribution, of any amount, will go directly to Sports Link's overall fund to support advancing our students for a career in sports media and production through travel opportunities, awards entry fees, professional guest speakers and gear.

 

In 2019, our students:

  • dedicated over 50,000 combined hours to producing digital and linear sports content.
  • produced over 18,000 minutes (300+ hours) of sports programming (audio and video) to digital AND linear platforms.
  • produced over 6,000 minutes (100+ hours) of live sports to an ESPN platforms.
  • recorded over 10 million organic impressions of content across all social media platforms.
  • recorded over 2 million organic video views of content across all social media platforms.
  • recorded over 125,000 engagements of video content across all social media platforms.

Did You Know?

  • Grew to over 50 students in the program, including 45% from out-of-state and 46% women and/or of minority classification.
    
  • Continued our summer workshop series to include 11 different high schools and over 200 high school students who attended a camp session or workshop learning about CCIM, TCOM, Sports Link and Digital Sports Production. 
    
  • Created a new studio show, Every Athlete Matters, syndication with WIPB and 11 additional cable providers or networks in state of Indiana, southwest Michigan and west central Ohio. The show is be available in every county in Indiana.
     
  • Created an Olympic sports radio package which brings student- produced broadcasts to commercial AM/FM distribution through Woof Boom radio, 102.9 FM and 1340 AM. The package will feature 10-12 live events each semester.
     
  • Our initial voyage into the world of Esports in Spring 2019 proved wildly successful and engaged a cross-campus partnership with students in the Esports club. The vast growth of this industry in sports production, its sponsorship and audience size potential warrants us to continue in this path and grow. It also aligns with conference and NCAA growth of Esports at the college level, but more importantly, provides a skill-set in the marketplace for our students. 
     
  • Since 2009, students in Ball State Sports Link have garnered over 125 state or national awards for sports production, including 49 Emmy and/or Student Production Award nominations (22 wins) and 37 Sports Video Group/Best of College Sports Media nominations (10 wins).
     
  • Since 2009, Students have won 44 Indiana Association of School Broadcasters first-place awards, 18 Indiana Society of Professional Journalists first-place awards, as well as 19 Broadcast Education Association “Best in the Nation” honors and three “BEA Best of Festival” awards from all entry genres. 
     
  • Sports Link graduates can be found at ESPN, Turner Sports, Raycom Sports, MLB, Indy Car, NASCAR, NBA, NFL, NHL and NCAA Athletics Departments

 

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Rank State Gifts
1 IN 15
2 VA 2
2 IL 2
Leaderboard
$2,500 Student Org Challenge
Ball State Alum and Foundation Board Member, Patrick Alderdice '92, will be giving $2,500 to the student organization with the most gifts between 9:00-10:00pm
Rank Prize Department Gifts
1 $2,500 Ball State Student Media 129
2 Dance Marathon 105
3 Cardinal Kitchen 6
4 Black Student Association 4
5 Spectrum 3
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$1,000
Unlock $1,000 for Take Flight!
Cardinals help Cardinals, and 500 gifts by noon unlocks $1,000 for the Take Flight fund.
500 / 500 Gifts
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Leaderboard
College Leaderboard
The college with the most gifts by midnight will receive $2,000 to support students' greatest needs!
Rank Prize Department Gifts
1 $2,000 College of Fine Arts 1,749
2 $1,000 College of Communication, Information, and Media 839
3 $500 College of Sciences and Humanities 396
4 Teachers College 336
5 Miller College of Business 237
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Leaderboard
Academic Department Leaderboard
The three academic departments with the most gifts by midnight will receive $8,000, $4,000 and $2,000 in challenge funds respectively for the benefit of students' greatest needs.
Rank Prize Department Gifts
1 $8,000 Theatre & Dance 1,367
2 $4,000 Journalism 315
3 $2,000 School of Music 312
4 Communication Studies 180
5 Special Education 92
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Leaderboard
Help Student Orgs!
Help student organizations get ready for the new academic year! The four student orgs with the most gifts from 1-4pm on April 7 will receive $250 each.
Rank Prize Department Gifts
1 $250 Ball State Student Media 26
2 $250 Dance Marathon 14
3 $250 Cardinal Kitchen 12
4 $250 Black Student Association 8
5 Spectrum 6
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Evening Leaderboard
The needs of our students are greater than ever. The eight areas with the most donors between 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. will each receive $1,000 thanks to challenge dollars given by donors.
Rank Prize Department Donors
1 $1,000 Theatre & Dance 163
2 $1,000 Ball State Student Media 73
3 $1,000 Athletics 61
4 $1,000 Journalism 39
5 $1,000 Dance Marathon 38
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Areas of Giving
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