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AUSTIN, Texas. —  Lyssi Snouffer of the Mount Vernon Nazarene University women’s volleyball team added one last accolade to her collection following the 2024 season on Tuesday, January 14. After being named as a Crossroads League First Team member and landing a spot on the CoSIDA Academic All-District Team, the NAIA All-American was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team after …

CLEVELAND, Ohio — For the second time during the 2024-25 swimming and diving season, the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) featured Kenyon College’s Jennah Fadely as the conference’s Athlete of the Week on the women’s side. The award marked the third time that Fadely has received the honor in her career, and it came after a record-setting showing during a …

GAMBIER, Ohio — The Kenyon College volleyball team welcomed a new member to the coaching staff as Head Coach Madison Schweitzer recently announced that Cal Pringle was picked as the program’s assistant coach. Pringle started their role shortly after the calendar flipped to 2025 as the team heads into its offseason. Before coming to Gambier, Pringle worked at Earlham College, …

JACKSON, Mich. — The Mount Vernon Nazarene University men’s and women’s indoor track and field teams had four athletes earn Athlete of the Week recognition from the Crossroads League on Monday, January 13. After kicking off the indoor season at the CapFam Alumni Classic, hosted by Capital University on Friday, January 10, here are the four Athletes of the Week. The …

HIRAM, Ohio — Kiana Mollabashy scored 17 and Alyssa Horsley tallied 16, but the first-year duo, and the rest of the Kenyon College women’s basketball team, couldn’t overcome the aftermath of a subpar third quarter during an 82-51 North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) loss at Hiram College on Saturday afternoon. Mollabashy was 7-for-17 from the floor and tied her season-best …

The Lady Freddies struggled shooting in their high school girls basketball game in a 44-32 loss to Cardington Wednesday but bounced back with a 51-41 win Saturday at East Knox. Reese Todd opened the scoring with a three for the Bulldogs but Kit Bellman got a bucket before an Ella Divan put back made it 5-2 Bulldogs less than a …

The Fredericktown Freddies boys basketball team picked up their 9th straight win when they beat Centerburg on the road Friday 65-57. The Freddies (9-2, 7-0) got up 11-0 to start the game on a score by Carson Rinehart and three straight threes one each by Brode Davis, Rinehart and Gavin Toombs. Jack Lawrence got the Trojans on the board at …

MOUNT VERNON, Ohio. —  The Mount Vernon Nazarene University Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track and Field teams are gearing up for the 2025 season. Their opening indoor meet will occur at the Capfam Alumni Classic, hosted by Capital University, on Friday, January 10 in Columbus, Ohio. Last indoor season, MVNU saw two All-American performances from senior Evan Hodkinson (National Runner Up …

The Centerburg Lady Trojans started the second half of KMAC play in girls basketball coming off their first loss of the year but Wednesday Night the Lady Trojans went on to beat Northmor 65-26. Ryann Brinkman started the scoring on the night for Northmor with a free throw 14 seconds into the game. After Kayla Larimore, the KMAC’s leading scorer, …

FORT WAYNE, Ind. — The Mount Vernon Nazarene University men’s basketball team (10-6, 2-4) traveled to the University of Saint Francis (11-5, 4-2) for a conference game on Wednesday, January 8, and came away with a 98-73 win after a dominating effort on the road.  MVNU came out strong, jumping out to an early 7-2 lead. MVNU extended the lead to 14-7, but …