Clemson AD Graham Neff shares update on Clemson Athletics

Clemson Family,

I hope your summer is going well. What a time to be a Clemson Tiger!

As we close the book on the 2023-24 athletics year, I want to reach out to thank you for another record-setting year of your support of Clemson Athletics. This past season was historic in many ways but headlined by the record number of fans in our venues.

Quite simply – Thank you.

Home attendance grew by more than 20% year-over-year across all sports, resulting in a record number of tickets sold and – incredibly – 1,060,216 people passing through the gates at our 201 home athletic events. Clemson ended the season ranked in the top 15 nationally in attendance in six sports: Lacrosse (3), Men’s Soccer (3), Softball (7), Gymnastics (8), Baseball (11), Football (14).

To highlight what you helped achieve on the field:

Men’s Basketball reached its second Elite Eight in program history, upending New Mexico, Baylor and Arizona in the NCAA Tournament.

Off the field, it was another historic year for Academic Progress Rate, Graduation Success Rate and Grade Point Average.

In short – it was an incredible year.

This coming year promises to be even bigger. During the 2024-25 season, we’ll celebrate the 50th year of varsity women’s athletics at Clemson. This is an important milestone that began with four sports in 1975 and has now grown to 12 sports and 150,000 fans through the gates in 2023-24. We’re investing, and we’re proud of it.

And, as we celebrate our progress, I know there are many headlines about the changing landscape in college athletics. I want you to know that we are working around the clock to do what’s best for Clemson, and to do everything we can to lean further into what makes Clemson different. We have the success we do today as an athletic department because we’ve never been afraid to think differently. Innovation is a core tenant and it is at the forefront of our steadfast commitment to competitive excellence and to build upon our brand nationally.

I have never been…

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Author : Clemson Wire

Publish date : 2024-07-06 17:20:56

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