BATON ROUGE, La. — Tickets for the 2016 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 31 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Baton Rouge.
The “Voice of the Tigers,” Jim Hawthorne, will serve as the keynote speaker for the banquet. Hawthorne’s successor as LSU’s radio voice, Chris Blair, will also address the audience.
Members of the 2016 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 31
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, January 22
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 Chambers Pope at 225-578-0171 or hchambers@lsu.edu , or Janice Guitreau at jguitreau@me.com.