University of Akron Department of Athletics Annual Report
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NEWS AND NOTES Zips Surpass $1 Million In Ticket Revenue For 4th Straight Year At James A. Rhodes Arena… • In 16 home games, men's basketball attendance increased by 10 percent from the previous year. Student attendance proved to be one of the areas of greatest growth, jumping 28 percent overall from 2011-12. • The Zips played before crowds of 5,000-plus on five occasions, including Buffalo (5,403), Ohio (5,770), Bowling Green (5,247), Miami (Ohio) (5,189) and Kent State (5,699). The Ohio crowd ranked ninth in JAR history, while the Kent State attendance checked in at 11th on the all-time list. • The Zips' average of 3,782 fans per home contest was the second-highest in Rhodes Arena history, trailing only the 1983-84 campaign, UA's first in the JAR. Akron's average attendance was the third-highest mark in the league. • This season, 60,528 fans attended Akron men's basketball games, 5,263 more than any season in head coach Keith Dambrot's nine-year tenure (since 2004-05). • Women's basketball set a single-game high for attendance when 1,781 watched the Zips defeat Ball State, 64-52, on Feb. 16. 15 • Coinciding with the Zips' MAC East Division championship season, women's basketball ticket revenue increased 20 percent from 2011-12. • Volleyball was a ticketed event for the first time in 2012. At FirstEnergy Stadium – Cub Cadet Field… • The Zips attracted nearly 34,000 fans to men's soccer matches in 2012 and averaged more than 3,000 fans in a pair of NCAA Tournament games. Only UCONN averaged more fans than Akron at home during the NCAA postseason. • 4,400 fans piled through the gates to see men's soccer's 4-0 season-opening victory over Florida Gulf Coast in August. It was the fourth-highest single-game attendance recorded in Akron history. • Women's soccer established a program record when 1,165 fans were on hand for a MAC contest against Northern Illinois on Sept. 28. At InfoCision Stadium – Summa Field… • Overall football ticket revenue was up 9.1 percent in 2012, including a 12 percent increase in season ticket revenue.