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Hello Frog Fam! 
We hope you had a wonderful holiday season and are looking forward to supporting our full slate of spring sports! January brings on a new year of leadership and a new year of excitement for TCU Athletics!
We’d like to focus our attention in this month's BTA Playbook on our new Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, Mike Buddie, TCU baseball season ticket information, as well as Hall of Fame nomination, and Dutch Meyer Scholarship application information.
In the coming month, please be on the lookout for our Coaches Classic registration email as we look forward to hosting the 28th Annual Coaches Classic on Monday, April 28, 2025!
We look forward to seeing you around campus this Spring and to connecting with you in the New Year!
Go Frogs!
Jill Kramer
Associate Athletic Director
Director of the Block T Association |
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 Block T Association membership renewals are still in full swing! Winter sporting events have already begun, so be sure to get your membership renewed today!
We are always looking for ways to increase engagement with all 8,500+ TCU letterwinners. Your 2024-2025 Block T Membership (Lifetime Members included), will include 10 priority points to add to your account, entry to our BTA tailgates, BTA networking events, program/team reunions, Block T Pop-up store access, and our newest addition – FREE ENTRY to all Soccer, Volleyball, and Women’s Basketball games for the 2024-2025 season. Your GA ticket will be uploaded to your Horned Frog ticket account before each team's season!
Block T Association member contributions assist in funding events such as the TCU Athletics Hall of Fame Banquet, tailgates, exclusive networking events, and other special events and programs throughout the year. By contributing to the Block T Association, members make a lasting impact on the former, current, and future generations of TCU Athletics. The newest feature of our simplified Block T Association membership page allows for auto-renewal, so you can be sure you are up-to-date with your annual Block T Association contribution!
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 TCU Athletics introduced Mike Buddie as its ninth Director of Intercollegiate Athletics on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. Buddie joins TCU from the United States Military Academy at West Point where he served as Director of Athletics since 2019.
Buddie has been prominent on the national level as Chair of the Division I Baseball Committee. He was able to retain successful head coaches throughout his time at West Point, providing contract extensions to Head Football Coach Jeff Monken as well as coaches in four other sports who received Patriot League Coach of the Year honors.
Prior to his time at Army West Point, Buddie served four years as athletics director at Furman University. He negotiated a multi-year partnership with Nike, produced the department's first balanced budget and spearheaded an effort to bring the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament back to Upstate South Carolina in 2017. He also secured several major financial gifts, including a trio of $1 million endowments in support of the football and volleyball programs. Under Buddie's leadership, the Paladins won 26 Southern Conference Championships.
Buddie was senior associate athletic director for administration/development at Wake Forest. During his decade in Winston-Salem, N.C., he oversaw a number of different areas while serving as the sport administrator for baseball, women's soccer and men's golf. He also worked with the football and men's basketball programs. He was previously director of Wake Forest's Varsity Club.
Buddie is a 1993 graduate of Wake Forest with a degree in communications. He was a standout on the mound for the Demon Deacons baseball team. He was drafted by the New York Yankees in the fourth round of the 1992 Major League Baseball draft. During his career, Buddie played for the New York Yankees and the Milwaukee Brewers from 1998-to-2002 and was a member of the Yankees' 1998 World Series championship team.
A complete press release over the hiring of Buddie can be found HERE.
Buddie's introductory press conference can be seen by clicking HERE. |
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TCU Baseball is right around the corner! Season tickets are on sale TODAY, while individual game tickets will be on sale on Monday, Feb. 3!
The Horned Frogs officially open the season on Feb. 14, in San Diego, but will be back at the friendly confines of Charlie and Marie Lupton Baseball Stadium at Williams-Reilly Field for its home-opener against Tarleton on Tuesday, Feb. 25!
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 The nomination window for the TCU Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2025 is STILL OPEN! Nominations will remain open through Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025.
As one of the many benefits of being a lifetime or current dues-paying member of the Block T Association, only LIFETIME and CURRENT dues-paying Block T Association Members are eligible to nominate candidates for the Hall of Fame. In addition, those former TCU athletes that are up for nomination must also be a current Block T Association member. We encourage all eligible members to take part in this process and recognize the exceptional achievements of our outstanding alumni. Your participation and support are essential in ensuring the recognition of those deserving to be inducted into the TCU Athletics Hall of Fame.
For more detailed information regarding Hall of Fame nomination criteria and a step-by-step guide to the nomination process, we invite you to visit the Block T Association website. There, you will find valuable resources and guidelines to assist you in making your nominations.
Online nominations are preferred and can be filled out HERE. Should a Block T Association member prefer to print out the nomination form and email it in, that PDF form can be found HERE. Please email all printed out forms, as well as any supporting materials to blockt@tcu.edu.
Uncertain of your membership status? A list of current Block T Association members can be found on the Block T website by clicking HERE. If you and/or the Hall of Fame nominee needs to join or renew its Block T Association membership, please RENEW/JOIN HERE.
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 One of the great legacies and benefits of the TCU Block T Association membership is the Dutch Meyer Scholarship. L.R. “Dutch” Meyer made a gift to TCU in 1964 to initiate a scholarship fund for the children of former TCU athletes who elect to attend TCU.
The Dutch Meyer Scholarship application* window is still open, with a deadline for the 2025-26 TCU academic year set on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, at 5 p.m. Complete information about the Dutch Meyer Scholarship can be found at the link below, along with a link to the online application*.
* - All applications must be submitted through the online form via the link below. Prior PDF versions of the application are no longer accepted.
Dutch Meyer Scholarship Information | Online Application Form
As a reminder, prospective DMS applicants must be the child of a TCU former student-athlete, who is a current annual or lifetime Block T Association member, that has paid his/her contributions. If an applicant is applying for the DMS, the parent must have become a Block T Association annual or lifetime member prior to Feb. 1, of that year.
Is your membership current? | Join or Renew your Block T Association Membership
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Thursday, Jan. 30
- Hall of Fame Nominations Close
Saturday, Feb. 1
- Dutch Meyer Scholarship Applications Deadline
Monday, Apr. 28
- TCU Coaches Classic | Rockwood Golf Course (Fort Worth)
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Are you a TCU Letterwinner and want to share an announcement with your former teammates and coaches? The Block T Association Playbook is a great place for those announcements!
Just email the Block T Association with your announcement (wedding, anniversary, births of children/grandchildren, etc.) and we will look to include it in upcoming Playbooks throughout the year!
Email your announcement (and photos if you have them) to Block T Association Announcements.
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| Looking for previous issues of the Block T Association Playbook? Click HERE |
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