Ashland University

RIO DE JANEIRO — The U.S. Rugby Sevens mens team fell short of making the medal round, but that didn’t stop Ashland University grad Carlin Isles from making a splash with a hat trick in the team’s fourth match Wednesday. After falling to top-seeded Fiji earlier in the day, Isles scored three tries as the […]

Prior to the start of the 2015 season, Ashland University’s football team had just nine catches coming back from its wide receiver corps and just two catches returning from its tight ends from 2014. Coming into the 2016 campaign, the Eagles have 185 of their 247 receptions from 12 months ago heading into the start […]

ASHLAND — Ashland University’s football team is picked to repeat as the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference South Division champion in the 2016 GLIAC Football Preseason Coaches’ Poll, released on Wednesday (Aug. 3) morning. The Eagles received five of six first-place votes in the South, and boast 25 voting points overall. Ohio Dominican had the […]

ASHLAND — Coming off a record-breaking 2015 campaign, Ashland University junior tight end Adam Shaheen continues to garner honors – the latest being 2016 first-team preseason Division II All-American status from Football Gameplan. As a sophomore last fall, Shaheen caught 70 passes – an Eagle program record for a tight end, second-most ever in a […]

ASHLAND – For 11 days in July, thousands of miles from the Buckeye State, Ashland University volleyball player Alli Cudworth had the opportunity to play the game she loves surrounded by dozens of top American and international players. Cudworth, 20, took part in the 12th Annual Global Challenge Tournament in Pula, Croatia. The tournament ran […]

ASHLAND — Ashland University grad Kibwe Johnson will have some Eagle company on the 2016 U.S. Olympic team: former AU football and track athlete Carlin Isles. Isles heard his name called when U.S. Rugby Sevens Head Coach Mike Friday announced the team’s 12-man roster Monday morning. The 26-year-old Massilon native shared his happiness in making […]

ASHLAND — Ashland University senior linebacker Zach Bernhard is one of 165 nominees nationwide for the 2016 Allstate American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Good Works Team®. In 11 games as a junior in 2015, Bernhard recorded 15 total tackles, a sack and a tackle for loss. It was his second consecutive season as a top […]

The Ashland University Hall of Fame Class of 2016 consists of six former Eagle student-athletes who continue to rank as some of the best in their respective program’s history. AU’s latest Hall of Fame class includes Nick Cordes (cross country/track and field), Bayard Elfvin (men’s soccer), JoJo McRae (men’s basketball), Craig Pickering (swimming), Shami Vanhook […]

BRADENTON, Florida — He had to wait a little longer than most of his Olympic teammates to celebrate, but Kibwe Johnson got the good news Wednesday – he’s headed to Rio. “It feels great,” Johnson, a 2007 Ashland University graduate, said Thursday morning after learning that he will be part of the U.S Olympic team […]

ASHLAND — The preseason plaudits for Ashland University’s football team continue to stream in. In the Lindy’s Sports College Football National 2016 Preview, the Eagles are ranked No. 3 in the preseason Division II Top 25 poll, and three returning AU players have been named to the Lindy’s preseason All-American team. Junior tight end Adam […]