Athletic Points of Pride

Athletic Points of Pride

Kent State's Department of Intercollegiate Athletics has received institutional awards including the Jacoby Trophy, Institutional Academic Achievement Award and Men's FAR Academic Achievement Award.

67 Athletes Maintain a Perfect 4.0 GPA
Successful Alumni, a Hallmark of Kent State Athletics
11X Jacoby Trophy Winner (2022)

Teams & Athletes

Fun Facts

Famous Alumni Athletes

8 men's teams: baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, indoor track and field, outdoor track & field and wrestling
11 women's teams: basketball, cross country, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, lacrosse, soccer, softball, indoor track and field, outdoor track & field and volleyball
Kent State currently supports 19 Division I intercollegiate teams competing within the Mid-American Conference
There are 450+ student athletes
Many individual, team and academic awards have been earned throughout the years - and continue to be earned.

First athletics played in 1914: baseball
Dix Stadium opened in 1969 and seats 25,319
Kent State University鈥檚 school colors are blue and gold
The mission of Kent State Athletics is to graduate student-athletes, boldly prepared for life after sport and win championships
You can show your Kent State spirit year-round or seasonally, whether you live near or far with:

Kent State takes great pride in its Golden Flashes, who go on to successful careers in wide-ranging fields from business to healthcare to professional and collegiate athletics. Some of the KSU Athletics alumni who have excelled at the next levels of their sport: Thurman Munson (baseball); Antonio Gates (basketball); Nick Saban, Lou Holtz, Jack Lambert, James Harrison, Josh Cribbs, and Julian Edelman (football); Ben Curtis, Mackenzie Hughes and Corey Conners (golf); Jenna Hellstrom (soccer); Madison Thompson (field hockey); Jennifer Ha and Karoline Stormo (golf); Hall of Fame coaches such as Judy Devine (field hockey) and Herb Page (golf); and many Olympians such as Danniel Thomas-Dodd (shot put), Kim Kreiner (javelin), Betty-Jean Maycock (gymnastics), Gerald Tinker (Gold medalist, track), and Holly Speers (softball).

Sport	Name	Notability
Sport Baseball	Name	Notability Professional baseball player in as a
Sport Baseball	Name	Notability Professional baseball player in Major League Baseball
Sport Baseball	Name	Notability Professional baseball player in Major League Baseball
Sport Baseball	Name	Notability Professional baseball player in Major League Baseball as a pitcher
Sport Baseball	Name	Notability Professional baseball player in Major League Baseball, currently for the as a
Sport Baseball	Name	Notability Professional baseball player in Major League Baseball as a pitcher
Sport Baseball	Name	Notability Professional baseball player in Major League Baseball
Sport Baseball	Name	Notability Professional baseball player, manager, and scout in
Sport Baseball	Name	Notability Professional baseball player in Major League Baseball with the , , and winner
Sport Baseball	Name	Notability Former professional baseball third-baseman in 1961-1970. 1962 All-Star.
Sport Baseball	Name	Notability Professional baseball player in Major League Baseball as a pitcher
Sport Baseball	Name	Notability Professional baseball player in as a pitcher, winner of the , sportscaster
Sport Baseball	Name	Notability Professional baseball player, head coach for the from 2005鈥�2013, current head baseball coach at Georgia
Sport Baseball	Name	Notability Professional baseball player in as a pitcher, 1994-2001
Sport Baseball	Name	Notability Professional baseball player in as a pitcher
Sport Basketball	Name	Notability Professional player in the and
Sport Basketball	Name	Notability 2008 Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Sport Basketball	Name	Notability Professional football player in the NFL as a , played basketball for Kent State
Sport Basketball	Name	Notability Professional basketball player in the , 1996鈥�2012; member of the from 2005鈥�12; Canton Charge head coach
Sport Basketball	Name	Notability Professional basketball player in the , 1982-1983
Sport Field Hockey	Name Judy Devine	Notability Former Field Hockey Coach and Senior Associate Athletic Director
Sport Field Hockey	Name Madison Thompson	Notability Professional field hockey player on Canadian Indoor National team
Sport Football	Name	Notability Professional player with the of the 1966-1968
Sport Football	Name	Notability Professional player in the
Sport Football	Name	Notability Professional player in the 1976-1984
Sport Football	Name	Notability Professional football player in the as a , member of , former
Sport Football	Name	Notability Professional football player in the NFL
Sport Football	Name	Notability Professional football player in the NFL and the
Sport Football	Name	Notability Professional football player in the NFL; Super Bowl LIII MVP
Sport Football	Name	Notability Professional football player in the NFL
Sport Football	Name	Notability Former professional player in the NFL
Sport Football	Name	Notability Professional football player in the NFL as a
Sport Football	Name	Notability coach, television sportscaster
Sport Football	Name	Notability Professional football player in the NFL
Sport Football	Name	Notability Professional football player in the NFL
Sport Football	Name	Notability Professional football player in the NFL as a linebacker and a member of the
Sport Football	Name	Notability Assistant coach in the NFL, University of Michigan
Sport Football	Name	Notability Professional football player in the NFL, 1989-1997
Sport Football	Name	Notability Assistant coach in the National Football League
Sport Football	Name	Notability Professional football player in the NFL
Sport Football	Name	Notability Professional football player in the NFL
Sport Football	Name	Notability Professional football player in the
Sport Football	Name	Notability Professional football player in the NFL, 1957-1965
Sport Football	Name	Notability Former head football coach at University of Missouri and University of Toledo
Sport Football	Name	Notability and NFL head coach, six-time national championship winner
Sport Football	Name (Larry Faulk)	Notability Professional football player in the NFL, 1976-1983
Sport Football	Name	Notability Professional football player in the NFL
Sport Football	Name	Notability Professional football player in the NFL, 1997-2006
Sport Football	Name	Notability Professional football player in the CFL, 1975-1984
Sport Football	Name	Notability Professional football player in the NFL, 1990-1995
Sport Football	Name	Notability Professional football player in the NFL
Sport Football	Name	Notability Professional football player in the NFL for the
Sport Golf	Name	Notability Professional golfer, 2003 champion
Sport Golf	Name	Notability Canadian professional golfer
Sport Golf	Name	Notability Head women's golf coach at the University of Michigan, Canadian former professional golfer
Sport Golf	Name Jennifer Ha	Notability Professional golfer
Sport Golf	Name	Notability Professional golfer in the
Sport Golf	Name	Notability Canadian professional golfer
Sport Golf	Name Karoline Stormo	Notability Professional golfer
Sport Golf	Name	Notability Canadian professional golfer
Sport Gymnastics	Name	Notability U.S. Olympian in 1960
Sport Ice Hockey	Name	Notability Professional player in the 1995-2001
Sport Track and field	Name	Notability Member of gold-medal 4 x 100 meter relay team in ; professional football player in the NFL, 1974-1975
Sport Softball	Name	Notability pitcher
Sport Track and field	Name	Notability Bronze medalist at the (200m)
Sport Baseball	Name Travis Shaw	Notability Professional baseball player in MLB
Sport Baseball	Name Andrew Chafin	Notability Professional baseball player in MLB
Sport Basketball	Name Doug Sims	Notability Professional basketball player in NBA
Sport Football	Name Dri Archer	Notability Former professional football player in NFL
Sport Football	Name Roosevelt Nix	Notability Professional football player in NFL
Sport Golf	Name Corey Conners	Notability Professional golfer in the PGA Tour
Sport Golf	Name Herb Page	Notability Former KSU Head Golf Coach, Canadian Golf Hall of Fame, Mid-American Conference (MAC) Hall of Fame
Sport Soccer	Name Jenna Hellstrom	Notability Member of Canadian national team at 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
Sport Volleyball	Name Kelsey Bittinger	Notability Former professional volleyball player in Austria
Sport Basketball	Name Jordan Korinek	Notability Professional basketball player in Greece and Germany
Sport Wrestling	Name Dustin Kilgore	Notability Placed third at 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials
Sport Wrestling	Name Nick Nemeth "Dolph Ziggler"	Notability Wrestling, two-time World Heavyweight Championship
Sport Track & Field	Name Danniel Thomas-Dodd	Notability Member of Jamaican national team at 2016 Summer Olympics
Sport Track & Field	Name Kim Kreiner	Notability Two-time U.S. Olympian (2004, 2008) in javelin throw
Sport Track & Field	Name Jacques Accambray	Notability Member of French national team (hammer throw) at 1972 Summer Olympics
Sport Track & Field	Name Bruno Cherrier	Notability Member of French national team (200m, 4x100 relay) at 1972 Summer Olympics
Sport Track & Field	Name Jud Logan	Notability Four-time U.S. Olympian (1984, 1988, 1992, 2000) in hammer throw
Sport Track & Field	Name Al Schoterman	Notability U.S. Olympian (hammer throw) at 1972 Summer Olympics
Sport Softball	Name Maddy Grimm	Notability Former professional softball player in NPF
Sport Softball	Name Pauline Maurice	Notability Member of Canadian national team at 1996 Summer Olympics
Sport Softball	Name Holly Speers	Notability Professional softball player in NPF; member of Canadian national team

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