DES MOINES, Iowa – The Drake University Athletics Department announced the increased roles of Logan Krause and Ryan Severson on Thursday, July 21. Krause has been promoted to Director of Ticket Operations while Severson adds the title of Director of Ticket Sales to his Director of Bulldog Club duties.
 
Krause arrived at Drake in September of 2021 as the Assistant Director of Ticket Operations. He cultivated ticket sales experience from 2019-2020 at Ball State University and served as a ticket office intern with the Minnesota Twins during the first nine months of 2019 before beginning at Ball State.
 
Krause graduated from Buena Vista University in December of 2018 with a business degree while concentrating in sports and finance.
 
Severson has been the Director of the Bulldog Club on the development side of Drake Athletics since August of 2021. The Waverly, Iowa native graduated from Wartburg College in 2015 with a business administration degree while his concentrations were marketing and sports management.
 
Immediately after college, Severson began in Texas Tech University ticket operations department. In 2016, he transitioned to Oklahoma State University as the Ticket Operations Coordinator before being promoted to Assistant Director of Annual Giving in 2017.