PIRATE BLUE

The Pirate Blue Athletic Fund is the driving force behind Seton Hall University’s continued growth in athletics. Pirate Blue provides the resources necessary to ensure Seton Hall student-athletes the opportunity to achieve their maximum academic and athletic potentials. With nationally-ranked teams in both men’s and women’s sports, All-America and All-Academic recognition for our student-athletes, and a growing number of alumni garnering headlines in the professional ranks, it is an exciting time to be associated with Seton Hall University and the Pirates athletics program.

The generous support of Pirate Blue donors has played a key role in the continuing advancement of Seton Hall’s athletic program. The financial support provided by members of the Pirate Blue Athletic Fund enable the athletics department to:

• Provide each student-athlete with quality educational opportunities
• Generate new athletic scholarships Renovate and upgrade athletic facilities
• Provide the University and our coaches with the opportunity to recruit talented student-athlete
• Ensure that our student-athletes have the opportunity to succeed in the classroom and on the playing fields

In fact, Pirate Blue dollars make up in excess of 25 percent of the annual athletics operating budget. Without your support of Pirate Blue events and your individual and corporate contributions throughout the year, Seton Hall could not be a competitive Division I athletics program.

As a founding member of the BIG EAST Conference, Seton Hall is committed to top quality programs in all of its varsity sports. Your generous support of Pirate Blue will make you a member of “The Team Behind The Team” as you play a key role in the continuing advancement of our entire athletics program and in the lives of nearly 260 young men and women who wear a Seton Hall uniform.

CAPITAL PROJECTS

MEN'S BASKETBALL LOCKER ROOM RENOVATION

OWEN T. CARROLL LED SCOREBOARD PROJECT Over the past several years, upgrades have been made to our baseball and soccer facilities, including the addition of synthetic field turf and lighting to Owen T. Carroll Field, remodeling to the indoor batting cages and new coaches' offices for the entire staff.  All of these facility enhancements have had a profound impact on the overall athletic experience for the young men and women who are a part of our soccer and baseball programs.  Our next project is critically important to improving the programs as we have plans to install a new state of the art LED Scoreboard to Owen T. Carroll Field by the summer of 2012.  Already we have raised over half of the $220k goal for this project.

Attractive naming opportunities are available for our athletic campaigns. For additional information, contact Bryan Felt, Director, Pirate Blue Athletic Fund: (973) 275-6445 or bryan.felt@shu.edu.