Intercollegiate Athletics

Members of the 2023 MAC Champion Golden Flashes Women's Golf Team

IN A FLASH: 24 Years In A Row!

Kent State's Women's Golf team has won the Mid-American Conference Championship every year since it was first sponsored in 1999.

Tags: Nationally Distinctive , Intercollegiate Athletics , Mid American Conference , Sports

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President Diacon at the Freeze Out Game 2023

IN A FLASH: Flashes at the Freeze Out

Kent State University President Todd Diacon joined the Marching Golden Flashes and fans at Dix Stadium to cheer on our team at the annual Freeze Out Game. 

Tags: Intercollegiate Athletics , President , Student Life , Community Impact , Community & Society , Sports , Football , Marching Golden Flashes , Dix Stadium

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Kent State men's basketball team

A Family Affair on the Court

As Kent State's men's basketball team prepares to tip off its 2023-2024 season on Monday, Nov. 6, against Malone University at home in the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center, the Golden Flashes look to some family connections to help propel this year’s team. 

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A Marching Golden Flash, Flash the Mascot and "Super Fan" at Dix Stadium during the Homecoming game

IN A FLASH: Homecoming Heroes

Everyone was at Dix Stadium to cheer for our Golden Flashes at Kent State's Homecoming celebration last weekend.

Tags: University News , Homecoming , Intercollegiate Athletics , Nationally Distinctive , Marching Golden Flashes

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Students in 1985 creating the egg that Flash, the university's new mascot, would hatch of out at Homecoming.

IN A FLASH: Which Came First - Flash or the Egg?

On Flash the Mascot's 38th birthday, we ask the question: Which came first, Flash or the egg?

Tags: Student Life , Nationally Distinctive , Intercollegiate Athletics , University News , Community & Society

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Football players ringing the Victory Bell on September 16, 2023.

IN A FLASH: Ringing in a WIN!

The Golden Flashes football team celebrated a win over the Central Connecticut Blue Devils this weekend at Dix Stadium.

Tags: Football , Intercollegiate Athletics , Sports , Community Impact , Dix Stadium

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Sunrise over Dix Stadium

IN A FLASH: Sunrise Over the Home Field

Dix Stadium is ready to host the first home game of the season for Golden Flashes football.

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Kent State Football Prepares for 2023 Season

Update: Golden Flashes Football Game Remains A 'Go' as Idalia Approaches Northern Florida

Kent State University is coordinating closely with the University of Central Florida (UCF) ahead of Thursday's season-opening football game between the two schools in Orlando, Florida. As of Tuesday morning, Idalia was a Category 1 hurricane expected to make landfall early Wednesday morning and travel west-to-east across the northern part of the state.

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