UTA Athletics hosted a virtual pep rally Wednesday ahead of the men’s and women’s basketball season openers next week.
Eric Trimborn, assistant athletic director for marketing and promotions, said the department weighed the option to host a hybrid event with in-person spectators but opted to host the pep rally on Microsoft Teams instead.
“Due to budgetary things [and] costs of that nature, we were never able to fully execute that plan,” Trimborn said. “Then it turned into, ‘OK, how do we make this completely virtual?’”
Athletic director Jim Baker and head coaches Shereka Wright and Chris Ogden addressed those in attendance.