CLC, the nation's leading collegiate trademark licensing company, has secured multi-year extensions of agency agreements with 22 partner institutions in the first six months of 2022, which includes a multi-year extension with Chicago State University.
Highlighted by 10-year extensions with Baylor University and University of Kansas, CLC also extended partnership agreements for five years or more with University of Akron, Brown University, University of Minnesota – Mankato, New York University, North Carolina Central University, North Carolina State University, Palm Beach Atlantic University, Sam Houston State University, Temple University and Villanova University.
"We are honored that these institutions have elected to extend their partnerships with CLC," said Cory Moss, CLC's CEO. "Coming off a challenging two years in the licensed product industry as a result of COVID, these extensions validate the strategies we worked to put in place with our partner institutions to ensure their brands were best positioned for continued growth while serving the needs of their fans and consumers."
Other partner institutions that completed multi-year extensions year-to-date in 2022 include University of Albany, California State Polytechnic University Pomona, Chicago State University, Hawai'i Pacific University, University of Indianapolis, Middle Georgia State University, University of Minnesota Duluth, New York Institute of Technology, Northeastern University and Wingate University.
CLC's nearly 120 licensing experts provide unmatched brand protection, brand management, and brand marketing services to connect passionate fans to college brands through licensed merchandise.
About CLC
CLC is the nation's leading collegiate trademark licensing company with a mission to elevate college brands through insight and innovation. The company is uniquely positioned to deliver consumer connections and brand visibility for institutions through data-based, customized solutions that include impactful licensed merchandise strategies and innovative marketing platforms to navigate the ever-evolving consumer and retail marketplace. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, CLC is guided by values to serve others, build trust, lead well, innovate often, and be passionate. Founded in 1981, CLC is a part of LEARFIELD, the leading media and technology services company in intercollegiate athletics.
About Chicago State
Chicago State University Athletics is comprised of 15 intercollegiate teams involving over 150 student-athletes that compete in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and volleyball. CSU held memberships in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and NCAA Division II before transitioning to NCAA Division I in 1994. Melvin Bland was the first CSU student-athlete to gain NAIA All-American status in 1974 as a wrestler. Fred Evans became the first black swimmer ever to win a national championship in 1975. In 1991, the Chicago State women's tennis team became the first all-black college team to amass an unbeaten season at the NCAA level. CSU's women's basketball team earned a spot in the 2011 Women's Basketball Invitational and CSU's men's basketball team won the 2013 Great West Conference Tournament title, also making an appearance in the CollegeInside.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). The Men's Outdoor Track & Field 4x100-Meter Relay team were 2019 Honorable Mention All-Americans and WAC Champions. Their feat marked the first time the Chicago State's men's track & field program was represented at the national meet. Chicago State volleyball recorded a historic season in 2021, with Yanlis Feliz becoming CSU's first volleyball All-American and head coach
Tony Trifonov earning selection as WAC Coach of the Year. During that same season, three different CSU teams earned victories over Big Ten opponents with men's soccer beating Northwestern, women's basketball upending Wisconsin and volleyball, which established a school record 17 wins and hosted a post-season volleyball tournament for the first time in program history, swept Indiana in Bloomington.
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