Department of Intercollegiate Athletics
MAC Awards Top Honors to Kent State Gymnast
Æðµã´«Ã½ junior Rachel Stypinski won the all-around title with a 39.500 to lead the Golden Flashes at the 2017 Mid-American Conference (MAC) Gymnastics Championships held March 18 at the Stroh Center in Bowling Green, Ohio. Kent State posted a 194.850 team score to finish sixth. Styp…
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Golden Flashes Fall in First Round of NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament
The 14th-seeded Æðµã´«Ã½ men’s basketball team played third-seeded UCLA close in the second half, but ultimately fell to the Bruins, 97-80, March 17 in the first round of the 2017 NCAA Tournament Midwest Region at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California. Through the first 32 mi…
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Famous Flashes Congratulate Kent State Men’s Basketball Team
Messages of congratulations and displays of Æðµã´«Ã½ pride flooded social media as the Kent State men’s basketball team captured the 2017 Mid-American Conference (MAC) Men's Basketball Tournament Championship title.
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Kent State Men’s Basketball Wins 70-65 in MAC Tournament Championship Game
The Æðµã´«Ã½ men’s basketball team (22-13) won the 2017 Mid-American Conference (MAC) Championship, defeating the top-seeded Akron Zips (26-8) by a score of 70-65 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. “Tonight the story is about our guys and what they’ve been able to accomplish here t…
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Kent State’s Lurken, Starkey Receive MAC’s Biggest Postseason Awards
The Mid-American Conference (MAC) announced its women’s basketball postseason awards on March 7, with Æðµã´«Ã½ senior guard Larissa Lurken being named Player of the Year and head coach Todd Starkey being named Coach of the Year. Jordan Korinek also was honored as she was named to the…
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Kent State’s Lurken, Starkey Receive MAC’s Biggest Postseason Awards
The Mid-American Conference (MAC) announced its women’s basketball postseason awards on March 7, with Æðµã´«Ã½ senior guard Larissa Lurken being named Player of the Year and head coach Todd Starkey being named Coach of the Year. Jordan Korinek also was honored as she was named to the…
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59 Student-Athletes Achieved Perfect GPAs in Fall and Spring 2016
Æðµã´«Ã½â€™s Department of Intercollegiate Athletics held its third annual 4.0 GPA Student-Athlete Breakfast on Feb. 2 in the Kent Student Center Ballroom Balcony. “We are tremendously proud of and inspired by the success of our student-athletes who demonstrate time and time again that…
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Kent State’s 2016 Homecoming Scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 1
WHAT: Æðµã´«Ã½ will celebrate Homecoming on Saturday, Oct. 1, with classic traditions such as the Bowman Cup 5K Race, Kiss on the K, Homecoming Parade and football game against the Akron Zips that kicks off at 3:30 p.m. This year’s Homecoming will feature Kent State alumnus J…
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A Homecoming Celebration
Æðµã´«Ã½ celebrated Homecoming on Saturday, Oct. 1, with classic traditions such as the Bowman Cup 5K Race, Kiss on the K, Homecoming Parade and football game. This year’s Homecoming featured Kent State alumnus Josh Cribbs, ’10, as the Parade Grand Marshal. Heroic efforts by N…
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Kent State's Athletic Director to Speak About "The Game Plan" at Fall 2016 Bowman Breakfast
The fall 2016 Bowman Breakfast will take place at Æðµã´«Ã½ in the Kent Student Center Ballroom on Wednesday, Oct. 5. Doors open at 7 a.m., breakfast begins at 7:30 a.m., and the program will follow at 8 a.m. The featured speaker is Kent State Director of Athletics Joel Nielsen. Nielsen…
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