KENT: For her first three years at Kent State, Shannon Laughlin was a walk-on who made it, sort of. If you call being a redshirt freshman bullpen catcher who couldn’t go on road trips making it

May 18, 2012
Koaches' Korner episode 11
Scott Stricklin talks about the 2012 season and the upcoming MAC Tournament in the final episode of Koaches' Korner for this season.

May 20, 2012
Kent State Baseball’s Starn Earns Final MAC East Division Pitcher of the Week Award of 2012 Season
Senior southpaw ace garners weekly conference honors for the second time this season.

May 19, 2012
Kent State Baseball Matches School's Single-Season Conference Wins Record By Closing Regular Season With Sweep Of Akron
Top-seeded Golden Flashes will face off with No. 8-seeded Buffalo next Wednesday (May 23) in the opening game of the 2012 MAC Tournament.

May 19, 2012
Hello California!
The No. 18 Golden Flashes have advanced to their third straight NCAA finals next week in Pacific Palisades, Calif. after taking third place at the NCAA Central Regional on Saturday afternoon to finish with a -8, 844 (286-276-282) 54-hole total.

May 18, 2012
Kent State Baseball Runs Win Streak To 12 Straight With Dominating Win Over Akron
Golden Flashes clinch fifth straight MAC series win and eighth of the 2012 season.
Meet New Kent State Women's Basketball Head Coach Danielle O'Banion
Kent State Wins Fourth Straight Reese Trophy For All-Sports Excellence In The MAC
Kent State Baseball Completes Furious Comeback With Walk-Off Victory Over Eastern Michigan
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Kent State Baseball Joins Forces With Akron To Support Akron Children’s Hospital Patients
Kent State Baseball Looks To Finish 2012 Regular Season Strong With Four Games In Five Days
Kent State Baseball Captures 11th MAC Regular Season Title By Edging Miami In Instant Classic
Women’s Golf Wraps Up Season with 16th Place Finish at NCAA East Regional
Kent State Baseball Twirls A Series-Opening Shutout Win Over Miami To Clinch Share Of Conference Title
Women Slip to Second, Men Tied for Third After Day Two at MAC Track and Field Championships
Kent State Baseball Aims At Clinching MAC Regular Season Title As East Division Rival Miami Comes To Town
Conners Named MAC Golfer of the Year As Five Pick Up All-MAC Honors For Kent State
Beasts Of The East: Kent State Baseball Claims Division Title By Completing MAC Weekend Series Sweep At Ohio
Kent State Baseball Team Takes Weekend Series At Ohio With Pair Of Saturday Victories
Showdown In Athens: First-Place Kent State Baseball Visits Second-Place Ohio In MAC East Clash
No. 18 Kent State Has Sights Set On Fourth Straight MAC Championship May 4-6
Kent State Baseball's May 8th Non-Conference Game Against Lake Erie College Canceled
Rider Becomes School’s All-Time Hits King As Kent State Baseball Shuts Down Western Michigan
Starn Reaches 300 Career Strikeouts As Kent State Baseball Rumbles To Victory Over Western Michigan
Flashes Host Pivotal MAC Series with Ball State and Miami in Final Home Weekend
Kent State Baseball Welcomes Western Michigan In Weekend Showdown of MAC Contenders
Women’s Golf Preview: Flashes Aim to Continue Streak at MAC Championship
Kent State Baseball’s Lyon Named Finalist For 2012 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award
Kent State Baseball Can’t Take Advantage Of Scoring Opportunities In Loss At Penn State
Kent State Alum Ben Curtis Wins Valero Texas Open For His Fourth Career PGA Victory
Kent State Baseball Trumps Central Michigan In Series Finale To Win Weekend Set
Kent State Baseball Bounces Back At Central Michigan To Even MAC Weekend Series
No. 18 Men's Golf Looks To Continue Spring Success At Boilermaker Invitational
Kent State Baseball Heads North For MAC Interdivision Showdown At Central Michigan
Kent State Baseball Can’t Protect Late Lead For Second Game In A Row, Loses MAC Series At Bowling Green
Porrini, Guyton and Manns to Play in Jump25.com/Ohio College All-Star Classic
No. 18/20 Kent State Heads To Columbus For Robert Kepler Intercollegiate This Weekend
Kent State Baseball’s Offense Fires On All Cylinders In Midweek Win Over Youngstown State
Kent State Baseball Comes Up With More Late-Inning Magic To Win Series Over Buffalo
Starn Breaks Career Strikeouts Record, Sutton Saves The Day As Kent State Baseball Bests Buffalo In Walk-Off Thriller
Outfielders Gun Down Two at the Plate in the Seventh to Give Flashes Game Two Win
Kent State Baseball Looks To Continue Winning Ways As MAC Play Resumes Against Buffalo
Kent State Baseball Welcomes Penn State, Travels To Toledo In Non-Conference Play
Kent State Runs Away With Irish Creek Title With Record Setting Performance
No. 21 Kent State Grabs 12-shot Lead After Day One of Irish Creek Collegiate
Women’s Golf Preview – Kent State Heads to Georgia for Liz Murphey Collegiate
No. 21 Men's Golf Heads To Charlotte For Irish Creek Collegiate This Weekend
Kent State Tabbed to Raleigh Regional for 2012 NCAA Gymnastics Championship
Kent State Baseball Hosts Toledo, Visits Pitt In Non-Conference Midweek Play
Kent State Baseball Digs Deep To Complete Weekend Series Sweep Of Northern Illinois
Bores Shines In Home Debut, Sparks Kent State Baseball To Series Win Over Northern Illinois
Gymnastics Preview: Kent State Aims for Conference Title at MAC Championship Saturday
Kent State Places Fifth At Barona Cup Behind Runner-Up Finish From Pendrith
Kent State Baseball Can’t Take Advantage Of Early Lead, Falls To Fresno State In Second Game Of Midweek Series
Women’s Golf Preview – After Hiatus, Flashes Set to Compete at SunTrust Gator Invitational
Kent State Baseball Visits Malibu For Three-Game Weekend Series At Pepperdine
Greene Named NABC First Team All-District For A Second Straight Year
Kent State Baseball's Skulina Named MAC East Player of the Week For Feb. 28-March 6
Kent State Baseball Settles For Weekend Split At New Mexico State After Doubleheader Losses
MAC Semifinal Match-up vs Akron On Tap For Kent State Friday At 7:00 pm
Kent State Advances to Semifinals with 76-72 Win Over Western Michigan
First Team Selection Greene Highlights Four All-MAC Picks For Kent State
Kent State Women’s Basketball’s Beckford Named Honorable Mention All-MAC
Kent State Baseball Drops Weekend Series To Western Kentucky With Finale Loss
Small, Miller & Witt Win Titles, but Flashes Finish Second at MAC Championships
Kent State Women’s Basketball’s Season Ends With Tournament Loss At Ohio
Flashes Look to End Chippewas' 10-Year Winning Streak Sunday at MAC Championships
Tournament Time: Kent State Women's Basketball Meets Ohio In MAC Tournament First-Round Clash
Kent State Secures Bye Into MAC Quarterfinals With 68-61 Win Over Ohio
Kent State Women’s Basketball Closes Regular Season With Loss To Bowling Green
Kent State Women's Basketball Wraps Up Regular Season With Showdown Against Bowling Green
Kent State Women’s Basketball Team Survives Frantic Finish To Down Rival Akron
No. 18/19 Kent State Spring Campaign Starts at Desert Intercollegiate In California
Kent State Hosts Akron In Round Two Of The Women's Basketball Portion Of The PNC Wagon Wheel Challenge
Kent State Baseball's Lyon Named Candidate For 2012 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award
Kent State Women's Basketball Visits Buffalo For Final Regular Season Road Game of 2011-12
Kent State Baseball Splits Pair Of Games On Final Day Of Rock Hill Coca-Cola Classic
Kent State Women’s Basketball Splits Season Series With Loss At Ohio
Kent State Comeback Comes Up Short In 80-73 Loss To Coll. of Charleston
Solid Start: Kent State Baseball Rides Starn’s Arm To Shutout Win Over No. 9 Georgia Tech
Women’s Golf Preview – Challenging Stretch Continues at Central District Invite
ESPN2 Picks Up Kent State - Akron Regular Season Finale On Friday, March 2
Kent State Hosts Charleston At 6:00 pm On Saturday For Sears BracketBuster
Kent State Women's Basketball Looks To Sweep Season Series Over Ohio
Kent State Women's Basketball Suffers Heartbreaking Overtime Loss To Miami
Kent State Rolls To Sixth Straight Win With 76-55 Victory Over Ball State
Gymnastics Preview: Flashes Resume MAC Action Saturday at Central Michigan
Kent State Women's Basketball Closes Interdivision Play With Matchup At Eastern Michigan
Women’s Golf Preview – Kent State Faces Strong Field at Lady Puerto Rico Classic
SportsTime Ohio To Air Feb. 18 BracketBuster Game Between Kent State & Charleston
Second-Half Push Not Enough As Kent State Women’s Basketball Falls To Toledo
Flashes Look to Complete Perfect MAC Run Hosting Buffalo and Eastern Michigan This Weekend
Kent State Women’s Basketball’s Krewson Named To 2012 Capital One Academic All-District 5 First Team
Kent State Women's Basketball Hosts Toledo In Televised Matchup On SportsTime Ohio
Halftime Deficit Too Much For Kent State Women’s Basketball To Overcome In Loss To Ball State
No one from West Liberty will be surprised to see these numbers from Abbey Ledford: .357 batting average, .643 slugging percentage, three home runs and 14 RBIs.
Two years ago, Casey Newburg wrote “NCAA qualifier” on a piece of duct tape and slapped it on the mirror in the makeshift weight room in his parents’ garage.
Dustin Kilgore stood on a Havana beach recently, catching fish and eel and making friends with locals, using just enough Spanish he learned at Berea High and Kent State.
The Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers, Indianapolis Colts, New England Patriots, and the Miami Dolphins were all on hand to evaluate Kent State's talent.
Reese, a 23-year-old from Olmsted Falls, wants to push his body and mind past its limits as he tries to re-create the 120 hours of continuous physical labor the SEALs call Hell Week.
Recently I got some tape of Kent State from this past season. The player I was asked to look at was a huge defensive tackle by the name of Ishmaa’ily Kitchen, who is flying under the radar. I watched six tapes, and came away feeling that this is an interesting player.
New York Times: Julian Edelman said he never saw it coming...
Check out various articles on Kent State's incoming football players in their respective hometown news outlets
It was still dark when coach Darrell Hazell and his staff began arriving at the Kent State football office at 5:50 a.m. Wednesday on national signing day.
Former Kent State QB Julian Edelman has become a jack-of-all-trades who helped the Patriots win the AFC Championship Game by playing offense, defense and special teams.
It was 12 days until National Signing Day and Darrell Hazell had an hour to go over a packed agenda during his weekly coaches meeting.
Julian Edelman has become a do-it-all player for the Patriots. Receiver. Defensive back. Returner.
The Kent State wrestling team isn’t easy to find most days, tucked away in a warm underground room in the M.A.C. Center annex,
David Fisher’s fate came in the form of a Facebook message from a former teammate.
It started nearly seven months ago with about 220 strips of yellow paper with the names, stats and photos of potential recruits from across the United States.
Former track, football letter winner tabbed for Kent State Athletics staff
Golden Flashes’ Director of Student-Athlete Development awarded with district’s “Friend of Kent City Schools” award
One question in college football is not subject to debate: If you had an Aeronautics question in Final Jeopardy and could select any one in Division I to answer it, who would it be?
On Feb. 11, 2010, Freeman arrived in Indianapolis for his routine physical. After undergoing a series of tests, the training staff told the linebacker they could not pass him.
Hoover High School’s Erika Warren can beat you on the softball diamond with her bat. Her glove. Her arm. And definitely with her winning attitude.
Kim Granata has worked hard to become the softball player she is today. Now the Perrysburg High School senior is seeing the results of that hard work.
It would be no surprise if the 6-0, 245-pound disruptive force earns the MAC's top defensive honor again.
In 1972, the Golden Flashes won five of their last six, including a season-ending triumph over Toledo that clinched the title and earned a Tangerine Bowl berth.
Kent State junior linebacker C.J. Malauulu has burst onto the scene for the Golden Flashes in 2011, using his passion and love for his family -- both blood and teammates -- as the ultimate motivation
“I saw no Stark County guys,” Hazell told the Pro Football Hall of Fame Luncheon Club on Monday. “I was appalled. Absolutely shocked."
After growing up roughly 35 miles outside Pittsburgh, a city known for its work ethic, it seems only fitting that those same characteristics have come to embody the play of senior Lee Stalker.
Brian Winters came to the U.S. Under-19 National Team with the hope it would help launch his college football career. Little did he know how smoothly that would go.
When Luke Wollet was asked about the challenge of playing college football, he mentioned the increased speed, the complex schemes and the daily competition.
As Matt Rinehart entered seventh grade, his football team was looking for a punter and he figured he’d try it once. To his surprise, punting came naturally, and the Dover, Ohio, native has been flipping the field on the opposition ever since.
This season, under first-year coach Darrell Hazell and offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Brian Rock, Keith’s role in the Golden Flashes’ playcalling has increased dramatically.
Brian Lainhart’s long wait for the chance to play professional football ended with a dream opportunity on Tuesday when he signed a rookie free-agent contract with his hometown Cincinnati Bengals.
Kent State’s football team is reaching out to help the people who will probably cheer against the Golden Flashes in their 2011 season opener.
Golden Flashes claim conference’s top spot for 11th time in 12 years
“Right now what I’m working on is our daily practice schedules, our meetings and our walk-throughs. All the little things that go into a typical day that’s probably a 16-hour day for the coaches and the players.
George Bergman has seen some of the best wrestlers this area has known come and go through his Oak Harbor program over the years.
According to the NCAA, there are 17 schools with major athletic departments (whose football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision) that have never been found guilty of any major violation in any sport since 1953, when the NCAA began tracking rule violations.
“He’s for real, he’s intense, and he’s committed.” Those are just some words from Captains manager Ted Kubiak about Captains outfielder Anthony Gallas. As of Friday afternoon Gallas is showing whatever he’s doing, he’s doing it well. He’s hitting .350, with 23 doubles, six home runs and 20 RBIs. His .350 average is the highest in the Midwest League as are his 23 doubles and 63 hits.
The first time West Liberty-Salem High School graduate Abbey Ledford stepped on the field for Kent State University this spring, she was taken aback.
Wheeling Park High School wrestler Kyle Bauer has been selected as a Wrestling USA Magazine High School Academic Team All-American.
Aside from a go-cart he patched together as a kid, Darrell Hazell hadn't built anything in his life. But the summer before last, his son wanted a tree house, so Hazell dug in and got to work.
It wasn't the storybook ending senior Jessi Carmichael had hoped for in her fastpitch career when Kent State was knocked out of the Mid-American Conference Tournament at Akron's Firestone Stadium Friday. However, Carmichael will still go down in the Golden Flashes' annals as one of their all-time top players.
Akron Beacon Journal sports writer Tom Gaffney profiles Kent State All-American golfer John Hahn.
ESPN.com's Dana O'Neil profiles Rob Senderoff's path to becoming the 24th Head Coach at Kent State
When Marcus Freeman preaches to his Kent State linebackers about becoming solid young men as well as solid football players this season, he's not just tossing out newly learned coach-speak.
Former Browns defensive back Raymond Jackson thought he'd found a clone of old teammate Courtney Brown on Wednesday at Kent State University's pro day.
Kent State’s athletic history dates back to 1913 when the first-ever sporting event took place. In the last 99 years, the university has been the home of incredible athletes and amazing teams. None have ever been quite like Dustin Kilgore, though
Free safety Lainhart (6 feet, 211 pounds) and inside linebacker Mixon (6-1, 240) both are considered late-round or free-agent NFL possibilities. The players have been working out at D1 Sports Training facility in Nashville, and they recently described what it is like to train for the football job of their dreams.
Flashes using chance at competing near home as motivation
If there was any doubt that Darrell Hazell was the right man for the job as Kent State's 20th football coach, consider this endorsement from Ted Ginn Jr.
By Craig, Sesker, USA Wrestling Dustin Kilgore spent two of the best months of his life this past summer on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula. He fished. He relaxed. And he enjoyed the beautiful scenery in the southeastern part of the state.
Good thing happen to good people. And with the way that the Lewistown High School media room was packed with well- wishers one can consider Lewistown wrestler Jake Schultz as one of those.
Monday’s Hall of Fame Luncheon Club meeting — with Kent Jim Thomas, Canton Repository- Kent State University Athletics Director Joel Nielsen as the featured speaker — was not a typical affair.
Tim Erjavec remembers a talk he had with his grandfather last year. Gene Erjavec told his grandson to be more assertive. If there's something in life you want, go get it, he said.
By Mike Perry- About a year ago Kent freshman defensive lineman Roosevelt Nix was playing out the string on his two-win Reynoldsburg High School season. Though his team was foundering, Nix was getting plenty of attention as one of the top defensive linemen in Ohio, scoring invites to the two main high school senior showcase all-star games…the North-South game and the Ohio-Pennsylvania Big 33 game in Hershey, Pa.
Marla Ridenour- Beacon Journal Sports: It was supposed to be Joshua Cribbs Day, but as usual, he reversed field.
Rodriquez Sherman is the only senior on an otherwise young and energetic squad.
New Orleans Saints Defensive Back Usama Young is focused on football. With one Super Bowl ring under his belt, Young is convinced the Saints are marching toward another championship season. Now in his fourth year in the NFL, the Kent State graduate is also focused on perfecting his game and helping others achieve their dreams.
Steve Megargee, Rivals.com The nation's leading active FBS career rusher stands only 5 feet 5 and has lived his entire life with just one kidney.
Men's Basketball junior forward Justin Greene sits down for an interview with Justin Greene
Keene Swamp Bats center-fielder Ben Klafczynski is probably the only person in New Hampshire who can say they've won a home run derby at Progressive Field, home of the Cleveland Indians.
Carla Brookbank-Schaal was a featured pitcher and hitter for the Akron Racers from 1999-2000. The Green, Ohio native currently resides with her husband, Bob and her four boys Jack (6 ½), Nick (5), Mike (3 ½) and Luke (20 mos.) while serving as a full-time MOM, part-time nurse practitioner and part-time softball instructor through her company Brookbank Fastpitch.
Multiple Kent State student-athletes and athletic trainers helped various local community groups April 17 as part of the National Day of Service.
The U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Detroit held a memorial service June 9 for Lt. Jack C. Rittichier, who died June 9, 1968 during the Vietnam War while attempting to rescue a downed Marine pilot.
Brandon Parks may be on the verge of following the footsteps of Antonio Gates and becoming the next Kent State mens basketball player to make the unconventional leap to the National Football League.
Chelsea and Julie Sickel: How well do you know your sister?
The 2010 Kent State Men's Track and Field team looks to capture their second straight indoor MAC title in less than four weeks. As the team prepares to take on the challenge after winning their first ever men's indoor championship in 2009, the help of returning athletes including, high jumper Dean Wood of New South Wales, Australia, know what it will take to earn the victory.
Making the transition from high school to college is never an easy task. Moving out of state and meeting a group of people that you see and work with everyday is an even bigger challenge -- unless you are Kent State womens basketball player Taisja Jones who has had to conquer that feat twice.
Akron Beacon Journal Article on the Kent State Men's Cross Country Team
Senior soccer standout Catharine Marosszeky's relationship with hometown friend Elaine Hurst has grown over the years, and both have learned more about life and themselves for it.
The varsity athletic teams at Kent State will be performing lip sync and dance routines at the 10th annual Jock Jams fundraiser at 7:00 p.m. Tues., April 17th in the Cartwright Hall Auditorium. All proceeds from Jock Jams will be donated to the American Cancer Society and Walls Elementary School.
Help support Judy Devine by watching the video and sharing it with your friends. The video submission with the most views between April 9, and April 23 wins the prize.
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| Kent State | 8 |
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| NCAA Central Regional | 287 (2nd of 13) |
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| Akron | 1 |
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| NCAA Central Regional | 287-276-282=844 (3rd of 13) |
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