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The Pursuit Approaches A Sellout; Fewer Than 100 Tickers Remain On Sale

The Pursuit Approaches A Sellout; Fewer Than 100 Tickers Remain On Sale

Football Aug 09
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MONROE, La. – Fewer than 100 tickets remain on sale for The Pursuit, the University's premier kickoff event for the upcoming football season as well as the 2019-20 academic year, scheduled for Monday, Aug. 19 from 6-9 p.m. at the Bayou Pointe Student Event Center. The Pursuit is sponsored by BancorpSouth.
 
Individual tickets are priced at $100 and tables of eight are on sale for $800. Tickets/tables can be reserved online here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pursuit-2019-tickets-64173947003. Guests are encouraged to purchase tickets in advance since a sellout is expected. For additional information, contact the ULM Athletics Department at (318) 342-5360.
 
The keynote speaker for The Pursuit is former ULM All-American Joe Profit, who became the first 1,000-yard rusher in school history in 1969.
 
A graduate of Richwood High School in Monroe, Profit was a trailblazer in 1967, becoming the first black to play football at a predominantly white Louisiana college as well as the first black football player to compete in the Gulf States Conference. He led the team in rushing and all-purpose yards for three seasons in a row from 1968-70. Profit, who still ranks among ULM's all-time Top 10 in rushing (2,818 career yards) and all-purpose yards (3,661 combined), was selected by the Atlanta Falcons in the first round (No. 7 overall) of the 1971 National Football League Draft.
 
Profit is a candidate for Georgia's 7th U.S. Congressional District.
 
Program highlights include comments from ULM President Nick J. Bruno and Athletics Director Scott McDonald as well as a season preview from head football coach Matt Viator.
 
Guests will enjoy food provided from Catfish Cabin, Fieldhouse Bar & Grill, Danken Trail and Waterfront Grill along with drinks from Marsala Beverages and Southern Glazer's.
 
The event benefits the Warhawk Club, formerly the ULM Athletic Foundation.
 
The Pursuit is named in honor of the Curtis P-40 "Warhawk" fighter planes, flown by Gen. Claire Lee Chennault's Flying Tigers during World War II. The ULM Warhawk mascot takes its name from the planes, which featured the iconic noses painted with an open shark's mouth with jagged teeth.
 
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