MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The Mountaineer Athletic Club has a lot going on right now.
 
Monday, June 1 is the priority deadline for football season tickets and those wishing to purchase their tickets for West Virginia's seven-game home football schedule featuring games against Eastern Kentucky, Maryland, Kansas State, TCU, Kansas, Oklahoma and Baylor can do so by logging on to WVUGAME.com.
 
Count WVU director of athletics Shane Lyons among those excited about what coach Neal Brown has returning this fall.
 
"I'm excited for our football program and the culture that's being built by Neal and his staff," he said. "Our recruiting class coming in and the way we ended the season with some wins with a very, very young team, there is a lot of excitement building around the program right now, and unfortunately, we haven't been able to really showcase that and talk about it a lot to our fans.
 
"The news has just been about COVID-19 and how do we return to play and if we're going to play as opposed to 'let's watch this team' and 'let's focus on the student-athletes and recognize them for their hard work and talent' as we move into the season," Lyons added. "That's kind of been lost along the way, but I'm hoping with the return to campus of our student-athletes and there is a little more clarity on playing, it's my hope that the focus will get back to that a little bit."
 
The next important date on the MAC calendar is Friday, June 5 when the opportunity to purchase padded Coliseum seats closes. According to Jamie Hall, assistant athletics director for donor relations and administration, more than 350 seats have been sold so far.
 
She said the cutoff date to purchase regular Coliseum seats is Friday, June 19. 
 
Fans can purchase their piece of WVU Coliseum history by clicking here: https://wvugame.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetEventInfo?ticketCode=GS%3AWVU%3AB19%3AB25%3A&linkID=wvu&shopperContext=&pc=&caller=&appCode=&groupCode=&cgc=&_ga=2.162287996.1176671026.1590327927-1196796961.1587479809
 
The Virtual 5K, which sold out a couple of weeks ago, will take place on Saturday, June 6. Fans can do the race inside their home on the treadmill or they can go outside and practice safe social distancing by walking, jogging or running their own route. 
 
Each participant will receive a finisher's medal, race bib and t-shirt in the mail.
 
"We will be giving out prizes via social media," Hall said. "If you post the hashtag #WVU5K you have a chance to win prizes.
 
"Everybody should start receiving their race packets in the mail between now and next Friday," Hall added.
 
In conjunction with the Virtual 5K, Hall said on online auction taking place through the Live Source app will close next Sunday. She indicated about a dozen items are currently up for bid.
 
"The auction is open to everybody, but it's running in conjunction with the race," she noted. "There is some good stuff on there."
 
And finally, Friday, June 5, is also the cutoff date for the extremely popular Ladies Huddle Event that will once again take place inside Milan Puskar Stadium on Thursday, July 9 and will be conducted virtually.

Tony Caridi will serve as host for the event.
 
Hall said approximately half of the 250 slots available have been filled with a week to go until registration ends.
 
Those interested in attending the Ladies Huddle can register here: https://wvuf.wufoo.com/forms/s1oj1w8w1sqs2tx/