# Which Lone Star schools use Opendorse? 2 of the 18 Lone Star athletic departments covered by Whistle (11%) use Opendorse, the nIL marketplace and disclosure, as of 4 Nov 2026: Eastern New Mexico University, St. Mary's University (Texas). Across all 1,085 covered NCAA departments, 83 use Opendorse (8%), so the Lone Star is above the national adoption rate. Among nil vendors detected in the Lone Star, Opendorse ranks No. 2 of 2. _Data as of 4 Nov 2026._ Source: automated detection on each Lone Star department's public athletics website, vendor partner pages, job postings and staff titles, medium or higher confidence only; 18 covered Lone Star schools, 1,085 covered NCAA schools in total. _Canonical URL: https://gowhistle.io/technology/opendorse/lone-star_ ## Opendorse in the Lone Star at a glance - **Vendor:** [Opendorse](https://gowhistle.io/technology/opendorse) — NIL marketplace and disclosure - **Category:** NIL - **Conference:** [Lone Star](https://gowhistle.io/directory/lone-star) - **Lone Star schools using it:** 2 of 18 covered (11%) - **All NCAA schools using it:** 83 of 1,085 covered (8%) - **Rank among nil vendors in the Lone Star:** No. 2 of 2 ## Which Lone Star schools use Opendorse? | School | Division | Location | Tracked staff positions | Directory last read | | --- | --- | --- | ---: | --- | | [Eastern New Mexico University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/eastern-nm) | Division II | Portales, New Mexico | 47 | 2026-10-14 | | [St. Mary's University (Texas)](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/st-marys-tx) | Division II | San Antonio, Texas | 63 | 2026-10-15 | ## Which other nil vendors do Lone Star schools use? Vendors in the same category detected at covered Lone Star departments. A school can appear under more than one vendor when it runs, say, one system for season tickets and another for single-game sales. | Vendor | Lone Star schools | Share of covered schools | | --- | ---: | ---: | | [INFLCR](https://gowhistle.io/technology/inflcr/lone-star) | 2 | 11% | | **Opendorse** | 2 | 11% | ## Where else is Opendorse used? - [Opendorse in the Big East](https://gowhistle.io/technology/opendorse/big-east) — 5 schools - [Opendorse in the Big Ten](https://gowhistle.io/technology/opendorse/big-ten) — 4 schools - [Opendorse in the America East](https://gowhistle.io/technology/opendorse/america-east) — 3 schools - [Opendorse in the Ivy League](https://gowhistle.io/technology/opendorse/ivy-league) — 3 schools - [Opendorse in the MAAC](https://gowhistle.io/technology/opendorse/maac) — 3 schools - [Opendorse in the Ohio Athletic](https://gowhistle.io/technology/opendorse/ohio-athletic) — 3 schools - [Opendorse in the Pac-12](https://gowhistle.io/technology/opendorse/pac-12) — 3 schools - [Opendorse in the Presidents' Athletic](https://gowhistle.io/technology/opendorse/presidents-athletic) — 3 schools - [Opendorse in the SEC](https://gowhistle.io/technology/opendorse/sec) — 3 schools - [Opendorse in the Big 12](https://gowhistle.io/technology/opendorse/big-12) — 2 schools - [Opendorse in the Big Sky](https://gowhistle.io/technology/opendorse/big-sky) — 2 schools - [Opendorse in the California Collegiate Athletic Association](https://gowhistle.io/technology/opendorse/california-collegiate-athletic-association) — 2 schools ## Method A school is listed when its public athletics website, a vendor partner page, a job posting or a staff title references Opendorse with at least medium confidence. Detection is automated and re-run as directories refresh: absence means not detected, not not used, and contracts change, so confirm with the department before relying on a single listing. This page is published when at least 2 covered Lone Star schools use the vendor; smaller combinations are kept out of search indexes. The conference's own page is [Lone Star Athletics Staff Directory](https://gowhistle.io/directory/lone-star); every Opendorse school nationally is on [Which colleges use Opendorse?](https://gowhistle.io/technology/opendorse). ## Frequently asked questions **How many Lone Star schools use Opendorse?** 2 of the 18 covered Lone Star athletic departments (11%) as of 4 Nov 2026: Eastern New Mexico University, St. Mary's University (Texas). **Is Opendorse more common in the Lone Star than elsewhere?** 11% of covered Lone Star schools use Opendorse against 8% of all 1,085 covered NCAA athletic departments. **Who at these schools buys or runs nil?** The nil staff listed in each department's directory. Whistle shows their names, titles, emails and phones (where published) on [paid plans](https://gowhistle.io/pricing), with alerts when the role changes hands. **Where does this technology data come from?** From the staff directories athletic departments publish on their official websites, read automatically on a rolling schedule (NCAA Division I roughly weekly, Division II and III every three to four weeks). Whistle never publishes names, emails or phone numbers on public pages; staff can remove their details at any time at [gowhistle.io/remove-my-info](https://gowhistle.io/remove-my-info). Selling against Opendorse in the Lone Star, or integrating with it? [Whistle](https://gowhistle.io/pricing) gives you the current nil contacts at each of these schools and tells you when someone new takes over. --- Whistle (Whistle Athletics) is a collegiate athletics sales-intelligence platform: staff directories, hiring signals and contact data for vendors selling into NCAA athletic departments. 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