The Cardinals are students of the Ball State University, which is a state-run university
situated in Muncie, Indiana. The campus of the University is situated in the northwest of the city
and occupies more than one thousand acres. The most prominent alumni of the Ball State are Joyce
DeWitt, David Letterman, Jim Davis and John Schnatter. Being a normal school in the past, Ball
State is now a large University most well-known for its majors in the branches of architecture,
anthropology, teaching, communications and entrepreneurship.
The Ball State teams specialise in a number of sports, such as baseball, footbal, tennis,
voleyball, soccer, swimming and diving. Womens most popular sports are basketball, tennis and
golf.
The Ball State Cardinals are members of the NCAA Mid-American Conference, and were champions in
the 1976, 1978, 1989, 1993 and 1996 years. In the NCAA the teams compete in the following mens
sports: basketball, golf, swimming, tennis, volleyball, baseball and football, and womens sports:
the same kinds except beseball, as well as field hockey, gymnastics, track-and-field and
cross-country. The first Cardinal team was formed in 1926.The current head coach of the team is
Brady Hoke, while the mascot of the team is Charlie Cardinal. The Ball State Cardinals work out at
the Scheumann Stadium.
A great number of professional athletes were active in Ball State sports before becoming
professionals. The players Justin Beriault from Dallas Cowboys, Brad Maynard, a professional player
for the Chicago Bears, Blaine Bishop, former member of Tennessee Titans, Bernie Parmalee,
originally from the Miami Dolphins and current trainer at the University of Notre Dame, and Dante
Ridgeway, a catcher for the New York Jets are all representatives for the NFL.
NBA leading players Theron Smith (from Charlotte Bobcats) and Bonzi Wells (from Houston Rockets)
participated in the NCAA as well as the Major League Baseball players - Bryan Bullington, pitcher
for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Larry Bigbie from St. Louis Cardinals.
Ball State tickets are a real show to the spectators, so it would be wise to get the Cardinals
tickets early. The tickets for the immediate and all other upcoming events are available at
Vividseats.com, which is one of the leading ticket-brokers on the secondary ticket-market.
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