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Members of the ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ women's basketball team celebrate clinching a share of the 2020 Mid-American Conference East Division championship with head coach Todd Starkey.

ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ Launches Search for New Director of Athletics

ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ today is launching a national search for the university’s next leader of the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. A 12-member search committee led by Lamar R. Hylton, Ph.D., vice president for student affairs, has been appointed to recruit and screen highly qualified candidates for the director of athletics position.

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Joel Nielsen to Seek New Opportunities Following Decade of Successful Leadership at ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ Athletics

After more than a decade of service, Joel Nielsen, ºìÐÓÊÓÆµâ€™s director of athletics, plans to seek new challenges when his contract with the university ends later this year.
 

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ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ Quarterback Dustin Crum runs for a first half touchdown in the Golden Flashes win over Akron at Dix Stadium.

Golden Flashes Stay Unbeaten, Keep Wagon Wheel in Win Over Akron

America was watching as ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ dominated Akron 69-35 to retain the coveted Wagon Wheel in the annual clash of football rivals at Dix Stadium.

ESPN carried the Nov. 17 game to a national prime time audience, which saw the Golden Flashes win their seventh straight game going back to last year while pushing their season record to 3-0.

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ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ Wide Receiver Ja'Shaun Poke looks to break free against Eastern Michigan

Golden Flashes Down Eastern Michigan in Football Opener

ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ defeated Eastern Michigan 27-23 Wednesday at Dix Stadium in the season opener for both teams. 

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Kalin Bennett's ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ Jersey on Display at Basketball Hall of Fame

Bennett's Jersey From Historic Moment Now on Display at Basketball Hall of Fame

The jersey ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ ºìÐÓÊÓÆµâ€™s Kalin Bennett wore in his first game is now on display at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts. 

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Maria Cegledy had a short but distinguished senior year.

ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ Softball Player Has Short, but Distinguished Senior Season

Not every day will be the best day and things might not always go exactly as planned, but it really is about the journey and the people standing next to you through it all, Maria Cegledy said.

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Photo collage of ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ women's teams

ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ Captures MAC FAR Award in Women’s Sports

ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ has won the Mid-American Conference’s Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR) for women’s sports award for the first time in school history.

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ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ women’s basketball players and graduating seniors Ali Poole, Sydney Brinlee and Megan Carter smile with their caps and gowns. (Photo credit: Scott Galvin)

ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ Student-Athletes Complete Record-Setting Spring Term in Classroom

ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ student-athletes conquered the unprecedented challenge of completing the final months of the spring term via remote classes by posting the highest term grade point average (3.563) in athletics department history. All 17 programs posted a term GPA of 3.1 or better with 14 setting a new term record.

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Flash Forward

Bowled Over! Fourth time is the charm for the ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ Golden Flashes football team, which made history with a 51-41 win over Utah ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ in the Tropical Smoothie Café Frisco Bowl on December 20, 2019 in Frisco, Texas. The Golden Flashes’ first three bowl appearances—the 1954 Refrigerator Bowl, t…

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Accessible for All ºìÐÓÊÓÆµ wants to create a welcoming environment for all—even at its athletic events. Cheering crowds, flashing scoreboards and loud buzzers can overwhelm people with sensory issues, so select men’s basketball games at the MAC Center this season recognized and catere…

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