BATON ROUGE, La. — Tickets for the 2015 LSU Baseball First Pitch Banquet are now on sale at https://lsutaf.org/Events. The event, which signifies the beginning of the college baseball season, will be held at 6 p.m. on Sunday, January 25 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Baton Rouge.
Former Major League pitcher Kyle Peterson, the lead college baseball analyst for ESPN, will serve as the keynote speaker for the banquet.
“I am honored to be a part of the 2015 LSU First Pitch Banquet,” said Peterson, an All-American at Stanford and the first-round draft selection of the Milwaukee Brewers in 1997. “I respect Coach Mainieri and the LSU baseball program immensely and have always enjoyed my trips to Baton Rouge and Alex Box Stadium. The fans of LSU are a great example of what makes college baseball so popular, and I look forward to interacting with them this January and throughout the season once again.”
Members of the 2015 LSU squad will conduct an autograph session with ticket holders beginning at 6 p.m. Following are more details about the First Pitch Banquet:
Sunday, January 25
Crowne Plaza Hotel
6 p.m. – 9 p.m.
6-7 p.m. – Player Autograph Session
6-8:30 p.m. – Silent Auction
7-9 p.m. – First Pitch Banquet and Live Auction
Deadline to Purchase Tickets: Friday, Jan. 16
Visit https://lsutaf.org/Events to purchase tickets online!
Adult Ticket – $75
Child Ticket – $25 (8th grade & under)
Coaches Committee Member – $65
Purple Level Sponsor Table – $1000
Gold Level Sponsor Table – $1500
A sponsor table includes tickets at a designated table, special tickets to attend a VIP reception with LSU coaches, administrators and former players, a signed photo with coach Paul Mainieri, a sponsor bag, and the table sponsor name included in the banquet program.
For more details about sponsorship levels and donating auction items, please contact Hannah Pope at 225-578-0171 or hchambers@lsu.edu , or Janice Guitreau at jguitreau@mac.com.