ATLANTA � The ECHL announced on Wednesday that Jesse Martin of the Mississippi Sea Wolves and Brendan Desjardin of the Alaska Aces are the recipients of the 2003-04 ECHL Ticket Executive of the Year Award.
Martin and Desjardin received their awards at the ECHL Marketing and Communications Meetings held Monday through Wednesday. The meetings were attended by approximately 150 representatives from ECHL teams. The winner is chosen in a vote of league general managers and ticketing managers.
In his third season, Martin is the Vice President of Sales and Marketing and oversees the day-to-day operation of the Mississippi ticket department. Mississippi increased its attendance more than seven percent in 2003-04 and ranked 19th in the league with 3,329 per game.
In his third season, Desjardin is the Director of Ticket Sales overseeing the day-to-day operation of the Alaska ticket department. The Aces increased their number of season ticket holders by more than 106 percent from while raising their average attendance to 4,340, an increase of more than 42 percent. In their first season in the ECHL, the Aces had four regular season sellouts and sold out two of their three postseason games. Alaska ranked second in postseason attendance with 5,768 per game and 14th in regular season attendance.
ECHL Ticket Executive of the Year Award Winners
2003-04
Jesse Martin, Mississippi Sea Wolves
Eric Desjardin, Alaska Aces
2002-03
Tim McGee, Reading Royals
Jeff Bach, Trenton Titans
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