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CLEVELAND — One day after gaining one of the North Coast Athletic Conference’s (NCAC) nominations for the NCAA Woman of the Year award, recent Kenyon College graduate Sydney Geboy was announced Thursday as an NCAC nominee for the Division III Commissioners Association (D3CA) Women’s Sport Student-Athlete of the Year. Established in 2022, D3CA award recognizes graduating student-athletes who have distinguished …

Week one of High School Football is August 22nd in the Buckeye State and WMVO will be live streaming two games every Friday Night on Facebook (WMVO Facebook Page) and Youtube (game two delayed on Youtube but live on Facebook) with Game One also featured on the radio on 100.9FM, 93.7HD2 and WMVO.com. Game one listed below is the radio …

CLEVELAND — The North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) announced Wednesday that recent Kenyon College graduate Sydney Geboy, a member of the Owls swimming and diving program, was one of two student-athletes selected as a conference nominee for the prestigious NCAA Woman of the Year Award. The NCAA Woman of the Year program was established in 1991 and honors the academic …

NORMAN, Okla. – A week after honoring the academic achievements of individual golfers, the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) released Tuesday its list of 2024-25 team academic award winners. The Kenyon College Owls were not only included among the winners of the All-Academic Team Award, but also earned GCAA Presidents Special Recognition. To be eligible for the GCAA All-Academic …

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – United Soccer Coaches released today its list of Team Academic Award winners, recognizing exemplary performance in the classroom during the 2024-25 academic year. A total of 414 women’s collegiate teams, across all NCAA and NAIA divisions, earned the award, including the Kenyon College Owls. The 2024-25 Kenyon team, directed by head coach Sarah McClellan, had 24 …

MOUNT VERNON, Ohio. – Mount Vernon Nazarene University Athletics is excited to announce the hiring of Mark Pratt as the next head coach of the softball program on Thursday, July 24. “We are excited to have Coach Pratt leading our Lady Cougars softball program,” said Director of Athletics, Chip Wilson. “His experience working with Coach Howald for 11 years and knowing …

AUSTIN, Texas. – For the second consecutive year, Evan Hodkinson of the Mount Vernon Nazarene University Men’s Cross Country and Track & Field Teams has been named as a CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team recipient. The biology major from Dalton, Ohio, achieved great success on the track for MVNU, while also excelling academically with a 3.95 GPA. On the track, Hodkinson was …

For many high school football coaches coaching is just in the blood but the grind can be a lot. Will Hartley had a couple stints as Fredericktown High School’s Varsity Head Football coach from 2015-17 he went 19-14. He stepped away but came back to coaching the team from 2020-2024 where he finished 24-29. He is 43-43 in 8 seasons …

GAMBIER, Ohio — As part of Kenyon College’s 2025 Homecoming Weekend, a class of six will be inducted into the Kenyon Athletics Hall of Fame. The class, which includes Michael Baird ’03, Estevão de Ávila ’02, Maureen Hirt ’14, Matt Marcinczyk ’06, Jamie Samuel ’13, and Tasha Willis ’94, will be the 32nd group of inductees to enter the Hall since 1988.      …

MOUNT VERNON, Ohio. – The Mount Vernon Nazarene University men’s soccer team announced its 17-game regular season schedule on Tuesday, July 7. After a pair of scrimmages against Lourdes University and the University of Rio Grande, the regular season begins for first-year head coach Kaleb Blevins’ team. The Cougars open things up at home against Bluffton University on August 23, followed by …