# Which MEAC schools use TicketReturn? 3 of the 8 MEAC athletic departments covered by Whistle (38%) use TicketReturn, the ticketing, as of 4 Nov 2026: Coppin State University, North Carolina Central University, South Carolina State University. Across all 1,085 covered NCAA departments, 29 use TicketReturn (3%), so the MEAC is above the national adoption rate. Among ticketing vendors detected in the MEAC, TicketReturn ranks No. 2 of 5. _Data as of 4 Nov 2026._ Source: automated detection on each MEAC department's public athletics website, vendor partner pages, job postings and staff titles, medium or higher confidence only; 8 covered MEAC schools, 1,085 covered NCAA schools in total. _Canonical URL: https://gowhistle.io/technology/ticketreturn/meac_ ## TicketReturn in the MEAC at a glance - **Vendor:** [TicketReturn](https://gowhistle.io/technology/ticketreturn) — Ticketing - **Category:** Ticketing - **Conference:** [MEAC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/meac) - **MEAC schools using it:** 3 of 8 covered (38%) - **All NCAA schools using it:** 29 of 1,085 covered (3%) - **Rank among ticketing vendors in the MEAC:** No. 2 of 5 ## Which MEAC schools use TicketReturn? | School | Division | Location | Tracked staff positions | Directory last read | | --- | --- | --- | ---: | --- | | [Coppin State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/coppin) | Division I | Baltimore, Maryland | 52 | 2026-11-02 | | [North Carolina Central University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/nccu) | Division I | Durham, North Carolina | 85 | 2026-11-03 | | [South Carolina State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/scstate) | Division I | Orangeburg, South Carolina | 67 | 2026-11-01 | ## Which other ticketing vendors do MEAC schools use? Vendors in the same category detected at covered MEAC 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 | MEAC schools | Share of covered schools | | --- | ---: | ---: | | [AudienceView](https://gowhistle.io/technology/audienceview/meac) | 3 | 38% | | **TicketReturn** | 3 | 38% | | [Paciolan](https://gowhistle.io/technology/paciolan/meac) | 2 | 25% | | [Ticketmaster](https://gowhistle.io/technology/ticketmaster/meac) | 2 | 25% | | Hudl Tickets | 1 | 13% | ## Where else is TicketReturn used? - [TicketReturn in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association](https://gowhistle.io/technology/ticketreturn/central-intercollegiate-athletic-association) — 3 schools - [TicketReturn in the SWAC](https://gowhistle.io/technology/ticketreturn/swac) — 3 schools - [TicketReturn in the Big South](https://gowhistle.io/technology/ticketreturn/big-south) — 2 schools - [TicketReturn in the Northeast Conference](https://gowhistle.io/technology/ticketreturn/northeast-conference) — 2 schools - [TicketReturn in the Southern Conference](https://gowhistle.io/technology/ticketreturn/southern-conference) — 2 schools - [TicketReturn in the Southland](https://gowhistle.io/technology/ticketreturn/southland) — 2 schools ## Method A school is listed when its public athletics website, a vendor partner page, a job posting or a staff title references TicketReturn 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 MEAC schools use the vendor; smaller combinations are kept out of search indexes. The conference's own page is [MEAC Athletics Staff Directory](https://gowhistle.io/directory/meac); every TicketReturn school nationally is on [Which colleges use TicketReturn?](https://gowhistle.io/technology/ticketreturn). ## Frequently asked questions **How many MEAC schools use TicketReturn?** 3 of the 8 covered MEAC athletic departments (38%) as of 4 Nov 2026: Coppin State University, North Carolina Central University, South Carolina State University. **Is TicketReturn more common in the MEAC than elsewhere?** 38% of covered MEAC schools use TicketReturn against 3% of all 1,085 covered NCAA athletic departments. **Who at these schools buys or runs ticketing?** The ticketing and revenue 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 TicketReturn in the MEAC, or integrating with it? [Whistle](https://gowhistle.io/pricing) gives you the current ticketing and revenue 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. Public pages show counts and roles only, never personal contact details. Site summary: https://gowhistle.io/llms.txt