Marketing

CAPE COD, Mass. - The Eastern College Athletic Conference announced today that the Combat Sports Inc. will provide hockey, baseball, and softball equipment buying programs to the ECAC membership, as well as provide mementos for the awards program.

Combat Sports Inc. will be the entitlement sponsor to the ECAC DIII Hockey, Baseball, and Softball Players of the Week programs as well as the Player of the Year award in all three sports. They will also be entitlement sponsor of the ECAC Coach of the Year program for DIII hockey, baseball, and softball.  Combat Sports Inc. will provide each of the 17 annual winners of the ECAC DIII Hockey, Baseball and Softball Coaches of the Year awards with a memento in the form of a set of golf clubs.  Additionally, if an ECAC softball, baseball, or hockey team wins an NCAA Championship, that institutions' stick or bat budgets will be completely fulfilled by Combat Sports Inc. for the following year.

"Our partnership with Combat Sports Inc. is a new and exciting one," said ECAC Commissioner Rudy Keeling. "Their eagerness in providing our student-athletes and administrators with affordable buying programs and exciting mementos shows that they share our enthusiasm for collegiate athletics.  Combat is dedicated to offering our membership quality products and excellent customer service." 

"Combat Sports is extremely excited and proud to partner with the ECAC," said Steven Sutherland, President for Combat.  "The NCAA team business is a major part of the strategic focus of our company moving forward.  Our partnership with the ECAC provides the platform to market our brand to both the players and fans of ECAC Division III Hockey, Baseball and Softball alike."

The ECAC Corporate Partner Program is dedicated to developing relationships with commercial entities that are committed to the mission of the ECAC, support the ideals of intercollegiate athletics, value the pursuit of excellence on and off the field of play, and serve the needs of the membership. The Corporate Partner Program offers a wide range of marketing opportunities, including, but not limited to, championship naming rights, entitlement rights to student-athlete recognition programs, and official supplier designations.

About Combat Sports Inc:
Combat Baseball/Softball's mission is to design and manufacture bats that were made by players for players and to create the best bats on the market.  As a grassroots company, our focus is on the player and our plan is simple, to strengthen the softball and baseball community with unparalleled technology.
Combat Hockey and its affiliated companies have been designing and manufacturing composite hockey sticks since 1993.  Having supplied over 2 million units, we have become renowned at offering hockey enthusiasts an affordable, high quality patented (pending) composite hockey stick that is extremely durable and performance enhancing.

About the ECAC®
The ECAC is the nation's largest athletic and the only multi-divisional conference with 319 Divisions I, II, and III colleges and universities from Maine to North Carolina and westerly to Illinois. Established in 1938, the ECAC, a non-profit service organization, sponsors more than 100 championships in 37 men's and women's sports, assigns more than 4,400 officials in 12 sports, administers nine affiliate sports organizations and six playing leagues and recognizes more than 2,500 student-athletes in 23 sports through the public relations arm of the conference. The ECAC serves as the primary conference for select members in the sports of men's and women's ice hockey, and men's lacrosse.