Middle Tennessee State Univ. Partnering With The Aspire Group

The Aspire Group and Middle Tennessee State Univ. have reached an agreement to create a ticket sales and fan relationship center on the school's Murfreesboro campus. MTSU becomes the 26th school to sign with Atlanta-based Aspire, and the 29th collegiate property in all. Aspire will market and sell tickets for football, basketball and other sports sponsored by the Blue Raiders. The company's fan relationship center on campus will include a manager, three sales consultants and an intern who will be responsible for maximizing ticket sales revenue and growing attendance.

"We felt there was a segment of business we were missing, and Aspire has been successful with developing new business with their partnerships at other universities," MTSU AD Chris Massaro said. The Blue Raiders enter Conference USA next season. The on-site manager will be Rob Titterington, who formerly ran the Rutgers property.