Centennial Memory Countdown

50. Men's Basketball Earns First Regular Season National Ranking

 

49. Golf Claims School's First Ohio Athletic Conference Title

 

48. The Wagon Wheel Trophy

 

47. Creation of the Varsity "K" Club

 

46. First Two-Time All-American

 

45. Field Hockey Rallies for MAC Championship

 

44. Volleyball Starts Season 9-0 in 2007

 

43. Women’s Basketball Star Named Academic All-American of the Year

 

42. George Donald Starn Named First Director of Varsity Athletics

 

41. First MAC Title For Baseball Team

 

40. Women’s Swimming Completes Two Undefeated Seasons in the 1960s

 

39. Kent State Athletics Suspended in 1943 When Military Came to Campus

 

38. Men’s Indoor Track & Field Wins First MAC Championship in 2009

 

37. First Intercollegiate Basketball Game

 

36. Kent State Knocks Ohio State Out of 2001 NCAA Regional

 

35. Women’s Soccer Becomes 17th Varsity Sport

 

34. Calo, Duplay-Bank Named First Women’s Track & Field All-Americans

 

33. Men’s Golf Finishes Ninth at NCAA Championship

 

32. Distance Runners Raced to Success Under Coach Douglas Raymond

 

31. Wrestlers Snap All-America Drought in 2009

 

30. Lou Holtz Becomes a Successful College Football Coach

 

29. Field Hockey Goes 49-18 in Three Years

 

28. Football Team Defeats Iowa State to Kick Off 2007 Season

 

27. Softball Team Sets Records in 2008

 

26. Men's Basketball Wins 2006 MAC Championships and Honors

 

25. Charles Kilbourne Etches Place as Most Decorated Athlete in KSU History

 

24. Women's Athletic Association Brings Female Competition to KSU

 

23. All-American Swimmer Leslie Moore Dominates the MAC

 

22. Men's Basketball Claims Its First MAC Championship in 1999

 

21. Kim Hamilton Earns MAC Titles and All-American Honors in Two Sports

 

20. Normal Nine Becomes Kent State's First Intercollegiate Athletic Team

 

19. Trevor Rees Retired as Kent State's All-Time Winningest Football Coach

 

18. Bonnie Beachy is the First Female to Have Her Number Retired

 

17. Kent State Joins Mid-American Conference in 1951

 

16. Bob Lindsay's Tenure at Kent State

 

15. "Iron Man" Joseph Begala's 39-Year Wrestling Tenure

 

14. Janet and Rudy Bachna Coach Gymnastics for 32 Years

 

13. Kent State Changes Its Nickname From Silver Foxes to Golden Flashes

 

12. Kent State Track & Field's Seven Olympians

 

11. Thurman Munson Selected in First Round of MLB Draft

 

10. 1990 Softball Team Finishes 7th in College World Series

 

9. Jack Lamber is Inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame

 

8. Football Winning the 1972 MAC Championship & Clinching Berth in Tangerine Bowl

 

7. Three Former Golden Flashes Named Starters for 2008 NFL Pro Bowl

 

6. Women's Golf Winning All 12 MAC Championships Since the Team's Inception

 

5. Basketball Teams Win MAC Championships on Same Day in 2002

 

4. Men's Golf Team Finishes Sixth at 2008 NCAA Championship

 

3. Laing Kennedy's Tenure

 

2. Ben Curtis Wins 2003 British Open, Helps U.S. Claim 2008 Ryder Cup


1. Men's Basketball Reaches the NCAA Tournament's Elite Eight in 2002