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Athletic Event Agreement Summary
This is an Athletic Event Agreement executed between the University of Nebraska at Kearney (UNK), Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, located in Kearney, Nebraska, and Northwestern Oklahoma State University (NWOSU), located in Alva, Oklahoma. The agreement was signed by authorized representatives of both institutions, including Dr. David Pecha (Executive Vice President for NWOSU) and Scott Benson (Vice Chancellor for Business & Finance for UNK). The contract was processed and finalized through the University of Nebraska's business office, with final signatures completed on February 10-11, 2026.
The agreement covers three women's volleyball matches scheduled for September 11-12, 2026, at the Health and Sports Center in Kearney, Nebraska. The University of Nebraska provides Northwestern Oklahoma State University with a cash guarantee of $4,500 to cover the visiting team's expenses. The University of Nebraska assumes all management responsibilities and pays event expenses, including officials' fees, but excludes visiting team expenses unless otherwise specified. The agreement is governed by National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) rules and includes standard provisions for cancellation, with a liquidated damages clause of $2,000 applicable if either party cancels, forfeits, or fails to appear without valid justification or mutual written consent. The agreement permits the University of Nebraska and its conference to use NWOSU's trademarks, logos, and participant likenesses for promotional purposes in accordance with NCAA regulations.
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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY
ATHLETIC EVENT AGREEMENT
This Agreement sets forth the terms between the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, a public body corporate, for and on behalf of the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics of the University of Nebraska at Kearney having an address at 2504 9th Avenue, Kearney, Nebraska 68849 (the “University of Nebraska”) and the Visiting Team, individually or collectively referred to herein as “Party” or “Parties”, describes the arrangements for the intercollegiate athletic contest(s) between the Parties’ respective teams described herein. Any notice to either party shall be in writing and shall be served in person, by electronic mail, or by certified mail, addressed to the individuals listed below.
AGREEMENT REFERENCE NUMBER: _______________ VENDOR NUMBER: _________
MAXIMUM CONTRACT TOTAL TERM START DATE TERM END DATE
See Agreement Details
VISITING TEAM LEGAL NAME:
VISITING TEAM INFORMATION
Contact:
Address:
City, State, Zip:
Phone:
Email:
INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT INFORMATION UNIVERSITY BUSINESS OFFICE INFORMATION
Contact: Emily Ridgeway Contact: Michael Christen
Address: 2501 15th Avenue Address: 2504 9th Avenue
City, State, Zip: Kearney, Nebraska 68849 City, State, Zip: Kearney, Nebraska 68849
Phone: (402) 270-1635 Phone: (308) 865-8448
Email: ridgewayea@unk.edu Email: contracts@unk.edu
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA ATHLETICS APPROVAL
Director of Athletics Head Coach
SOURCES OF UNIVERSITY FUNDING
COST OBJECT NAME
COST OBJECT
NUMBER
COMMITTED
BUDGET
RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUAL APPROVAL SIGNATURE
ACCEPTED BY:
VISITING TEAM
THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY
OF NEBRASKA (THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA)
Signature: Signature:
Printed Name:
Printed Name:
Printed Name: Title: Title:
Date: Date:
The above signed represents that they are a representative authorized to sign on behalf of the
Visiting Team and to enter into this Agreement. Upon completion of this Agreement, there may be additional documentation, including tax forms, which will need to be completed to ensure proper and timely payment to the Visiting Team for the arrangements stated here within.
I affirm that I am authorized to sign on behalf of “The University of Nebraska” pursuant to the bylaws of the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, Executive Memorandum No. 14 and other respective campus policies. Any person signing a University contract without proper authorization may be subject to disciplinary action, including dismissal.
Docusign Envelope ID: 9972F806-5367-4BE7-9313-605E18407EE1
09/12/2026 jcbingesser@nwosu.edu
Women's Volleyball
Alva, OK 73717
580-327-8667
09/11/2026
Natalie Hagan
709 Oklahoma Blvd
Jon Bingesser
5377130100
Northwestern Oklahoma State University
Dr. David Pecha
Executive Vice President
02/04/2026 | 13:15 CST
163660
02/10/2026 | 10:22 CST
Vice Chancellor for Business & Finance Scott Benson
K20260017
ATHLETIC EVENT AGREEMENT
Strategic Partnerships and Operations – December 8, 2025 Page 2 of 2
1. CONTEST(S):
Sport: __________________________________
Venue/City: __________________________________
Date/Time: __________________________________
2. FINANCIAL AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS (if not applicable please indicate “n/a”):
Cash Guarantee: $_______________________
Additional Considerations:
3. OFFICIALS AND GAME EXPENSES: The University of Nebraska shall assume management of the event and pay the expenses thereof, including the official’s fees, but not including the expenses of Visiting Team unless otherwise stated herein.
Officials will be arranged by the University of Nebraska.
4. CANCELLATION, FORFEITURE, NON-APPEARANCE: The Parties agree that if a Party’s team cancels, forfeits or fails to appears for a contest, actual damages would be difficult to calculate, therefore, the Party whose team cancels, forfeits or fails to appear shall pay the other liquidated damages in the amount of $ _____________ unless such cancellation, forfeiture or failure to appear is by mutual consent and confirmed in writing and executed by authorized representatives of both Parties, or is caused by conditions beyond the Party’s control (an “Event of Force Majeure”), including but not limited to Acts of God, including fire, flood or water damage; elements of nature, including blizzard, tornados, lightning storms and adverse and inclement weather; outbreak, escalation or credible threat of hostilities, including war, riots or terrorism; labor disputes;
contamination or destruction from any nuclear, chemical, or biological event; failures of facilities and/or essential services, including lighting and telecommunications systems; directive of athletic conference or National Collegiate Athletic Association
(“NCAA”) authority; state and local orders and directives; and reasonably anticipated or actual health emergencies including an outbreak of serious life-threatening contagious disease or health crisis, epidemic and pandemic.
A Party asserting an Event of Force Majeure hereunder (“Affected Party”) will give reasonable notice to the other Party of an
Event of Force Majeure upon it being foreseen by, or becoming known to, the Affected Party. There shall be no obligation by either Party to reschedule the athletic contest.
5. GOVERNANCE AND ELIGIBILITY: The said contest shall be played under the rules of the National Collegiate Athletics
Association (“NCAA”). It is agreed that in the event the rules and regulations of the NCAA are amended, modified, or changed in any manner so as to make the terms of this Agreement to be in conflict with the subsequently changed rules or regulations, then the terms of this Agreement are to be considered amended so as the terms shall not be in conflict but in accord with such rules and regulations.
6. ENTIRE AGREEMENT: This is the entire Agreement of the Parties, and may contain handwritten amendments, which are only valid if initialed by an authorized representative of both Parties.
7. TELEVISION: Any telecast or distribution (live or delayed, whole or condensed, including highlights) via any and all forms of media and methods of distribution and of distribution technology to University of Nebraska home games and certain games played at neutral sites, when applicable, will be coordinated in advance by the Visiting Team with the University of Nebraska and the Mid-American Intercollegiate Athletics Association (“The MIAA”), as applicable. The Visiting Team authorizes the
University of Nebraska (and its conference) to use (and to authorize each entity effecting or facilitating the Contest’s broadcast to use) the trademarks and logos of the Visiting Team and the names and likenesses of the Visiting Team’s individual players, participants and coaches to promote and publicize such game and the participating teams and institutions, provided that such trademarks, logos, names and likenesses must not be used as an endorsement of any product or service or in any manner prohibited by applicable NCAA rules and regulations.
Docusign Envelope ID: 9972F806-5367-4BE7-9313-605E18407EE1
Three matches guaranteed
Women's Volleyball
September 11-12, 2026, Time TBA
Health and Sports Center, Kearney, NE
Certificate Of Completion Envelope Id: 9972F806-5367-4BE7-9313-605E18407EE1 Status: Completed
Subject: UNK Athletic Event Agreement
Source Envelope:
Document Pages: 3 Signatures: 5 Envelope Originator:
Certificate Pages: 6 Initials: 0 Michael Christen
AutoNav: Enabled
EnvelopeId Stamping: Enabled
Time Zone: (UTC-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
1400 R St.
Lincoln, NE 68588 christenmt2@unk.edu
IP Address: 144.216.255.219
Record Tracking Status: Original
1/26/2026 3:11:02 PM
Holder: Michael Christen christenmt2@unk.edu
Location: DocuSign
Signer Events Signature Timestamp Emily Ridgeway ridgewayea@unk.edu
Security Level:
DocuSign.email
ID: 1
1/26/2026 3:11:06 PM
Completed
Using IP Address: 144.216.255.219
Sent: 1/26/2026 3:11:03 PM
Viewed: 1/26/2026 3:11:13 PM
Signed: 1/26/2026 3:14:41 PM
Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure:
Accepted: 8/6/2024 10:33:05 AM ID: 1b049cb8-fde1-41cf-9608-af65b4a77839
Rick Squiers squiersr@unk.edu
Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (Optional)
Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style
Using IP Address: 144.216.255.229
Sent: 1/27/2026 10:37:43 AM
Viewed: 1/27/2026 10:38:33 AM
Signed: 1/27/2026 10:38:44 AM
Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure:
Not Offered via Docusign
Marc Bauer bauermd@unk.edu
Director of Athletics
Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (Optional) Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style
Using IP Address: 144.216.255.218
Sent: 1/27/2026 10:37:43 AM
Viewed: 1/27/2026 11:40:32 AM
Signed: 1/27/2026 11:52:45 AM
Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure:
Accepted: 1/27/2026 11:52:44 AM ID: 7ceadce9-d908-4ff3-8ce7-e1d6b5131034
Natalie Hagan hagannr@unk.edu
UNK Athletics Business Analyst
Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (Optional) Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style
Using IP Address: 144.216.255.217
Sent: 1/27/2026 10:37:43 AM
Viewed: 1/27/2026 11:44:16 AM
Signed: 1/27/2026 11:45:57 AM
Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure:
Not Offered via Docusign
Signer Events Signature Timestamp Dr. David Pecha bmfranz@nwosu.edu
Athletic Director
Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (Optional) Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style
Using IP Address: 156.110.42.10
Sent: 1/27/2026 11:52:47 AM
Viewed: 1/27/2026 7:26:04 PM
Signed: 2/4/2026 1:15:01 PM
Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure:
Accepted: 1/27/2026 7:26:04 PM ID: 47fe0cc5-343e-4af5-92e2-45fb296cc47d
Val Glaser val.glaser@nebraska.edu
Payment Services Accountant
University of Nebraska
Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (Optional), Login with SSO
Completed
Using IP Address: 134.238.165.79
Sent: 2/4/2026 1:15:03 PM
Viewed: 2/10/2026 7:26:40 AM
Signed: 2/10/2026 7:27:28 AM
Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure:
Not Offered via Docusign
Scott Benson bensonsa1@unk.edu
Vice Chancellor for Business & Finance
University of Nebraska at Kearney
Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (Optional)
Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style
Using IP Address: 144.216.255.220
Sent: 2/10/2026 7:27:29 AM
Viewed: 2/10/2026 10:22:28 AM
Signed: 2/10/2026 10:22:55 AM
Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure:
Not Offered via Docusign
Lynelle Fritzen
FRITZENL@UNK.EDU
Associate Director of Business Services
University of Nebraska
Signing Group: UNK Contracts Processing
Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (Optional), Login with SSO
Completed
Using IP Address: 144.216.255.221
Sent: 2/10/2026 10:22:57 AM
Viewed: 2/11/2026 8:56:06 AM
Signed: 2/11/2026 8:57:04 AM
Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure:
Not Offered via Docusign
In Person Signer Events Signature Timestamp
Editor Delivery Events Status Timestamp Michael Christen christenmt2@unk.edu
Executive Director
University of Nebraska at Kearney
Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (Optional)
Using IP Address: 144.216.255.217
Sent: 1/26/2026 3:14:44 PM
Viewed: 1/27/2026 10:37:00 AM
Completed: 1/27/2026 10:37:42 AM
Freeform Signing
Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure:
Not Offered via Docusign
Agent Delivery Events Status Timestamp
Intermediary Delivery Events Status Timestamp
Certified Delivery Events Status Timestamp
Carbon Copy Events Status Timestamp
Witness Events Signature Timestamp
Notary Events Signature Timestamp
Envelope Summary Events Status Timestamps Envelope Sent Hashed/Encrypted 1/26/2026 3:11:03 PM
Certified Delivered Security Checked 2/11/2026 8:56:06 AM
Signing Complete Security Checked 2/11/2026 8:57:04 AM
Completed Security Checked 2/11/2026 8:57:04 AM
Payment Events Status Timestamps
Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure
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