Nike signs on as for Kent State Golden Flashes
Participating in this sponsorship deal:
About Sponsor:
Nike, Inc. is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, which is part of the Portland metropolitan area. It is the world's leading supplier of athletic shoes and apparel and a major manufacturer of sports equipment, with revenue in excess of US$18.6 billion in its fiscal year 2008 . As of 2008, it employed more than 30,000 people worldwide. Nike and Precision Castparts are the only Fortune 500 companies headquartered in the state of Oregon, according to The Oregonian.
About Property:
Kent State University's intercollegiate athletic teams are known as the Golden Flashes or simply as the Flashes. The university fields sixteen varsity athletic teams, all of which play in the Mid-American Conference at the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I level with football competing in the Football Bowl Subdivision. In addition, Kent State has a men's ice hockey club team, which plays in the American Collegiate Hockey Association Division I as part of the Central States Collegiate Hockey League and has its home games at the Kent State University Ice Arena. Joel Nielsen has served as athletic director since May 1, 2010.