Young blood runs deep in Kent State’s wrestling program this upcoming season.The Flashes will have 14 freshmen, 15 sophomores, four juniors and one lone senior on its roster as the team braces itself...
Students walking through Risman Plaza on Monday afternoon might have noticed a rare sight.For the first time in school history, the Kent State wrestling team scheduled an outdoor practice on the path connecting...
Kent State Director of Athletics Joel Nielsen is now the highest paid athletic director in the Mid-American Conference after a two-year contract extension and 18 percent pay raise.“I enjoy it here,”...
FOOTBALLFormer head coach Darrell Hazell led Kent State’s football team to an 11-3 overall record, including a perfect 8-0 record in the Mid-American Conference in 2012. The Flashes also participated...
During the NFL Combine in February, former Kent State offensive lineman and NFL hopeful Brian Winters experienced an instance of bad luck when he injured his pectoral muscle during the bench press. The...
Kent State senior Tommy Sasfy and sophomore Andy Candiello were honored for their academic excellence this season and named to the 2013 Academic All-Mid-American Conference Wrestling Team Wednesday.Sasfy,...
Kent State athletics made a name for itself at the turn of the 21st century.In 2002 the Kent State men's basketball team made it to the elite eight in the NCAA tournament, and have since won seven division...
Former Kent State wrestler turned professional wrestler Nick Nemeth, also known as “Dolph Ziggler,” won the World Wrestling Entertainment’s World Heavyweight Championship on “Monday Night Raw.”Nemeth...
The eight Mid-American Conference head coaches voted fifth-year senior Dustin Kilgore MAC Wrestler of the Year for the second time in his career Tuesday.Representing Kent State as the only MAC wrestler...
Kent State wrestling’s fifth-year senior Dustin Kilgore is now one win away from claiming his second NCAA Championship and capping a perfect 44-0 season.No. 1 seed Kilgore will return to the NCAA finals...
Day one of the NCAA Championships is in the books, and fifth-year senior and 2011 national champion Dustin Kilgore is headed to the NCAA Quarterfinals following a pair of major decision victories Thursday...
Fifth-year senior Dustin Kilgore has landed in Des Moines, Iowa and is ready to cap his perfect 39-0 season with a second NCAA Championship title this weekend.Kilgore became Kent State’s first wrestling...
