NEW ROCHELLE, NY – Iona University Director of Athletics Matthew Glovaski announced a partnership with Opendorse to support Gael athletes in the area of Name, Image, and Likeness. Through the partnership with Opendorse, Iona athletics will launch the Gael NIL Marketplace, where brands, fans, and supporters can browse, contact, and secure NIL opportunities with Iona student-athletes.
 
"We are excited to begin our partnership with Opendorse," said Glovaski. "As we continually strive to best position our student-athletes in all aspects of their Iona experience, this relationship with a premier partner will provide comprehensive support in the NIL space."
 
"Iona athletes are prepared to embrace NIL opportunities like never before," said Opendorse CEO Blake Lawrence. "With access to the industry's top-performing resources, Iona will empower its athletes to maximize their value and easily connect with supporters. We're proud to support the Gaels in their pursuit of NIL success."
 
Each Iona student-athlete will be able to create and customize a profile in the Marketplace, which they will also be able to promote through their own social media channels. All aspects of an NIL opportunity for a student-athlete, including reviewing offers, proof of fulfillment, disclosing deals to Iona Athletics, and receiving compensation will be supported within the Opendorse platform.
 
In addition to the Marketplace, Opendorse will support Iona Athletics through NIL education. Through a combination of in-person and virtual offerings, Opendorse will bring a broad range of expertise to Iona student-athletes, with an emphasis on the areas of maximizing name, image, and likeness potential, compliance with NCAA and New York State NIL guidelines, and financial literacy.
 

ABOUT OPENDORSE:

Opendorse, the NIL company, is the leading technology provider in the athlete endorsement industry. More than 80,000 athletes use Opendorse to understand, build, and monetize their name, image, and likeness (NIL) with support from thousands of brands, fans, sponsors, donors and partners including Team USA, PGA TOUR, NFLPA, MLBPA, WNBPA, LPGA, over 100 professional and collegiate sports teams.
 

ABOUT IONA ATHLETICS:

Founded in 1940, Iona University is a master's-granting private, Catholic, coeducational institution of learning in the tradition of the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers. Iona's 45-acre New Rochelle campus and 28-acre Bronxville campus are just 20 miles north of Midtown Manhattan. Iona Athletics is an NCAA Division I program with more than 350 student-athletes competing in 21 varsity sports and competing primarily in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Iona athletics is committed as a department to its core values —building champions in academics, athletics, in the community and in life; integrity; collective responsibility; commitment to excellence; and fighting the good fight. Since the 2021-22 academic year, the Gaels have won conference championships in men's basketball, men's and women's cross country. The Maroon & Gold landed 261 student athletes on the 2021-22 MAAC Academic Honor Roll, recognizing those with a cumulative grade point average of 3.2 or higher.