LC Inks Deal with Adidas; Gears Up for NAIA Debut

[July 12, 2018] 

Lincoln College’s first-year Athletic Director Mark Perdue has been busy this summer in preparation for leading the LC Athletics Department into its inaugural season of competition as a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Perdue’s top priorities during the off-season have included helping his coaches build competitive schedules, entering the department into a uniform & equipment contract with a major athletics dealer, and the launching of a new athletics website.

According to Perdue, all three of these goals are well on their way to being realized. “Our coaches have been able to create schedules that will keep our athletes playing at a high level and allow us to take advantage of our location to keep travel time at an acceptable level,” he said.

The first teams to go into action for the Lynx this fall will be the Cross Country, Men’s Soccer, Women’s Volleyball, and Women’s Soccer teams.

Cross Country will see the least amount of change to their schedule due to the fact that the LC team has participated in events that include four-year schools in the past.

Men’s Soccer has a 16 match schedule set up with four of their matches being played at home. The first home match for the Lynx will be on August 29th against St. Ambrose.

The Women’s Volleyball team will also play their first home event as an NAIA program on August 29th when they host Judson University. The Lady Lynx will feature a number of local players on their roster including four Lincoln Community High School grads: Kaylyn Hoffert, Morgan and Kennedy Lolling and Grace Bossingham.

The Women’s Soccer team will be making their return to competition after not fielding a team in 2017. The team will be under the direction of first-year head coach Frank Eguez and will compete in twelve matches. The first home event is scheduled for September 14th.

As for his goal of entering LC into a uniform and equipment contract, Perdue is pleased to announce that Lincoln College will begin a multi-year partnership with Bumblebee Team Sports a division of Brennan-Eberly Team Sports, Inc. and Adidas. Bumblebee Sports is a Nicholasville, Kentucky-based company which will serve as the direct contact between Lincoln College and Adidas to assist the school in purchasing Adidas apparel, footwear and accessories for the Lynx athletic teams through the 2022-23 season.

“We are excited to team with Bumblebee Team Sports in order to make Adidas products available to our Student-Athletes and have their iconic brand across our Department," said Perdue.

Perdue’s third major goal for the summer was to oversee the launch of a new athletics website. This goal will be realized when the school’s new site www.lincolnlynxsports.com goes live on July 13th.

Designed and hosted by SIDHelp, the new athletics web page offers a more responsive design to allow fans to find the information they want on all devices.

According to Perdue, “For many prospective athletes, a school’s athletics web page is their first point of contact; therefore, we want our site to be one that students and parents will be attracted to and that can highlight all of the opportunities available to the student-athletes at Lincoln College.”

[Mark Tippett
Lincoln College
Sports Information]