athletics
service
• 2013-14 OVC Commissioner’s Cup champions – second time in the last three years
• More than 1,450 hours of community service performed by EKU student-athletes
• Ohio Valley Conference champions in men’s cross country, women’s cross country, men’s basketball and women’s tennis
• Seven football players and members of the coaching staff ventured on a mission trip to Haiti in May (below)
• Men’s cross country won the NCAA Southeast Region for the first time in program history and finished 15th at the NCAA championships • Men’s track & field athlete Ole Hesselbjerg (below) became EKU’s first NCAA track medalist since 2008 – finished third in the men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase • Men’s basketball player Marcus Lewis won the Denny’s Slam Dunk Championship, televised live by ESPN • Softball head coach Jane Worthington earned her 600th career win at EKU
academics
• 81 student-athletes earned their diploma • 289 Colonel Scholars – student-athletes who earned a 3.0 GPA or better in either or both of the previous two semesters • Women’s cross country/track & field athlete Ann Eason named CoSIDA Academic All-American • Twelve of EKU’s 17 varsity sport programs met or exceeded the national average in the multi-year NCAA APR Report
facilities
• Installation of new Daktronics video boards at Roy Kidd Stadium (football) (below) and McBrayer Arena (basketball/volleyball) • First ever night games for baseball and softball thanks to installation of lights in the spring
• Women’s golfers Anna Gleixner, Nicki Henry, Emilie Simmons and Rachel Welker chosen as WGCA All-American Scholars • Thijs Nijhuis named to USTFCCCA All-Academic Cross Country Team Facebook “f ” Logo
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