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2023–24 Kent State Golden Flashes Women's Basketball Team
The 2023–24 Kent State Golden Flashes women's basketball team represented Kent State University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Flashes, led by eighth-year head coach Todd Starkey, played their home games at the MAC Center in Kent, Ohio, as members of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The team finished the regular season at 18–10 and finished third in the Mid-American Conference with a 13–5 record in conference play. In the 2024 MAC women's basketball tournament, the Golden Flashes defeated Northern Illinois, Ball State and Buffalo to win their fourth MAC tournament title and first since 2002, and advance to the 2024 NCAA tournament. In the NCAA tournament, the Golden Flashes were seeded 15th in the Albany 1 region and fell to second-seeded Notre Dame in the first round to finish the season at 21–11. Previous season The Golden Flashes finished the 2022–23 season 21–11, 12–6 in MAC play, to finish in fourth place. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todd Starkey
Todd Starkey (born June 5, 1971) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head women's basketball coach at Kent State University. Career He was previously an assistant coach at Indiana University Bloomington and was also the head women's basketball coach at Lenoir–Rhyne University from 2005 to 2014, where he won a national coach of the year award in 2009. Head coaching record Notes Personal life Starkey's son Drew Starkey is an actor. References External links * Kent State Golden Flashes profile 1971 births Living people People from Canfield, Ohio Basketball players from Ohio Basketball coaches from Ohio Mars Hill Lions men's basketball players Montreat Cavaliers men's basketball players Montreat Cavaliers men's basketball coaches Lenoir–Rhyne Bears men's basketball coaches Lenoir–Rhyne Bears women's basketball coaches Indiana Hoosiers women's basketball coaches Kent State Golden Flashes women's basketball coache ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akron Beacon Journal
The ''Akron Beacon Journal'' is a morning newspaper in Akron, Ohio, United States. Owned by Gannett, it is the sole daily newspaper in Akron and is distributed throughout Northeast Ohio. The paper's coverage focuses on local news. The Beacon Journal has won four Pulitzer Prizes: in 1968, 1971, 1987 and 1994. History The paper was founded with the 1897 merger of the ''Summit Beacon,'' first published in 1839, and the ''Akron Evening Journal,'' founded in 1896. In 1903, the ''Beacon Journal'' was purchased by Charles Landon Knight. His son John S. Knight inherited the paper, in 1933, on Charles' death. The ''Beacon Journal'' under Knight was the original and flagship newspaper of Knight Newspaper Company, later called Knight Ridder. The McClatchy Company bought Knight Ridder in June 2006 with intentions of selling 12 Knight Ridder newspapers. On August 2, 2006, McClatchy sold the ''Beacon Journal'' to Black Press. In 2018, GateHouse Media bought the newspaper. On November 11 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waunakee Community High School
Waunakee Community High School is a public high school located in Waunakee, Wisconsin. It is part of the Waunakee Community School District and part of the Badger Conference in athletics. The attendance area includes the village of Waunakee, most of the town of Westport, portions of the cities of Middleton and Madison, and portions of the towns of Dane, Springfield, and Vienna. Campus For the first thirty years or so of Waunakee's existence, Waunakee students traveled by train to attend high school in Lodi. To meet the needs of the growing community, the first high school building was opened in 1904 on the present site of Heritage Elementary School near St. John's Catholic Church. A replacement four-classroom structure was completed in 1923, followed by a larger structure just to the north in 1936. That building was expanded on a number of occasions through the early 1960s, until a new school was constructed approximately a half mile to the south (which remains the high sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waunakee, WI
Waunakee () is a village in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 14,879 at the 2020 census. A suburb of Madison, it is part of the Madison metropolitan area. Waunakee bills itself as "The Only Waunakee in the World". History When the Chicago and Northwestern Railway wanted to expand its line from Madison to Saint Paul, a door was opened for the development of a town. Its original location was intended to be at Packham's Mill, about where Mill Road crosses the railroad track today two miles southeast downtown. But two local settlers, Louis Baker and George Fish, platted a village on their land two miles further northwest along the railroad. Railroad officials agreed to move a train depot to the new community in exchange for $1,500 and two miles of right of way. The village was founded in 1871 and formally incorporated in 1893. Baker and Fish did not want credit for naming the community, so they asked Simeon Mills and Mr. Hill of Madison to come up with a lis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Mexico Junior College
New Mexico Junior College (NMJC) is a public junior college in unincorporated Lea County, New Mexico, near Hobbs. History and campus New Mexico Junior College first opened in the fall of 1966, with a current enrollment of 3,375. The campus is contained on with over 331,400 gross square feet of building space, worth an estimated $37.3 million. Organization and administration The college district within Lea County supports NMJC by a tax levy. Academics New Mexico Junior College has an open admission policy. About 3,000 students attend NMJC, approximately 70% of whom are part-time students; overall, 47% of students are aged 25 or over. Approximately half of full-time students and about 34% of part-time students graduate. NMJC offers Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, and Associate of Applied Science degrees along with certificates. There are over 640 courses of study offered annually through NMJC's two instructional sectors: (a) Arts and Sciences and (b) Business and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ribeirão Preto
Ribeirão Preto (Portuguese pronunciation: Help:IPA/Portuguese, [ʁibejˈɾɐ̃w ˈpɾetu]) is a city and a metropolitan area located in the northeastern region of São Paulo (state), São Paulo state, Brazil. Ribeirão Preto is the eighth-largest municipality in the State with . It has an estimated population of 720,216 in 2021 and a metropolitan area of 1,178,910. It is located from the São Paulo, city of São Paulo and from Brasília, the federal capital. Its mean altitude is high. The city's average temperature throughout the year is , and the original predominant vegetation is the Atlantic Forest. The city originated around 1856 as an agricultural region. Coffee was a primary income source until 1929 when it lost value when compared with the industrial sector. In the second half of the 20th century, investment in health, biotechnology, bioenergy, and information technology led to the city being declared a Technological Center in 2010. These activities have caused the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rochester Area High School (Pennsylvania)
Rochester High School is a public high school in Rochester, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the only high school in the Rochester Area School District. Athletic teams compete as the Rochester Rams in the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League. Campus Rochester High School is housed in a K-12, all-grade academic complex. The elementary school is separated from the middle and high schools by a common area that includes the district library, a little theater and several cafeterias. This design enables faculty, administration and students to interact with one another on a daily basis. Extracurriculars Rochester High School offers a wide variety of clubs, activities and an interscholastic sports program. Clubs and activities Rochester Area High School offers many extracurricular activities to students. The most popular activity is the Cultural Diversity Club, which sponsors an annual Cultural Diversity fair. Other club offerings include "Hometown Hi-Q", Bowling Club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rochester, PA
Rochester is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located at the confluence of the Beaver and Ohio rivers northwest of Pittsburgh. The population was 3,472 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. Like many towns around Pittsburgh, Rochester was a former industrial hub, home to the H. C. Fry Glass Company, and was a major junction on the Pennsylvania Railroad. Rochester has been a background for films, including the 1986 movie ''Gung Ho'', the 1996 movie '' Kingpin'', and the 2000 movie ''Wonder Boys''. History What eventually became Rochester was originally a Lenape village called Sawcunk. The area was settled in 1799 in what was then the American frontier by white settlers and was known as East Bridgewater, Fairport, and Beaver Point. The borough adopted the name Rochester in 1834 when a local businessman who did regular business in Pittsburgh decided to christen his home with the name Rochester so he could have a uniqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
