Youngstown State University’s baseball team raises between $40,000 and $60,000 of additional income every year through four major fundraisers and other efforts around campus. Without these efforts, and the support of the community, the baseball program would not be able to provide its athletes the level of experiences expected at an NCAA Division I institution. In fact, all of the 21 NCAA-sanctioned sports on the YSU campus rely heavily on fundraising to support their programs. The athletic department laid off or did not fill vacant positions totaling 22 of its staff in the 2020-21 budget to accommodate a dip in revenue largely because few tickets were allowed to be sold for games during the height of the pandemic.
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