Men’s baseball, s****r faces elimination
2 October 2012 By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf, Editor-in-Chief 15 Comments
This season may be the last for Towson’s NCAA Division I men’s s****r and baseball teams.
In a release sent from the President’s office, University President Maravene Loeschke stated that after auditing the Athletics Department, Director of Athletics Mike Waddell recommended the elimination of the two programs, as well as the reinstatement of men’s tennis and roster expansion for select women’s teams.
“I respect the thought and care Mr. Waddell and his team put into this recommendation and its alignment with the athletic challenges that institutions of higher education across the nation continue to face,” the release reads.
The release said that these changes are being considered to maintain the athletic department’s financial solvency and the ratio of female-to-male athlete proportionality
David Nevins, chairman of the Towson board of visitors, will head a task force to further examine this recommendation, as well as ask for feedback from Towson students, faculty, staff and alumni.
Loeschke will announce her final decision in mid-November, the release states.
This announcement comes hot off the heels of Towson’s football match vs. LSU, in which the athletics department received $510,000.
sad but true....
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