Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Alumni Field is a stadium in Frankfort, Kentucky.It is primarily used for American football, and is the home field of Kentucky State University. [1] Also there are baseball, football and softball coaching offices, as well as locker rooms, an athletic training room, media room and weight room.
The William Exum Center, the university's athletic and recreational complex, was named after William Exum, the first African-American varsity football player at the University of Wisconsin. [4] Exum was hired as head of KSU's Physical Education department in 1949, and later made head of the Athletics department.
The university mascot is named "Sammy Sea Gull." [3] The Sea Gull name evolved from the Salisbury State College Golden Gulls, which was chosen in a 1948 contest. [3]In 1963, the mascot was changed to a sea gull because the school's athletic teams were often referred to as the SSC Gulls (C-Gulls), and the nickname "Sammy Sea Gull" followed in the 1970s.
Kentucky State University (KSU, and KYSU) is a public historically black land-grant university in Frankfort, Kentucky. Founded in 1886 as the State Normal School for Colored Persons , and becoming a land-grant college in 1890, KSU is the second-oldest state-supported institution of higher learning in Kentucky.
1916 – The River States Conference was founded as the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (KIAC). Charter members included Berea College, Centre College, Georgetown College, Kentucky Wesleyan College, the University of Louisville, Ogden College, Transylvania University, and Western Kentucky State Teachers College (now Western Kentucky University) beginning with the 1916–17 ...
Where to watch and how to follow Thursday’s men’s basketball exhibition game between the Kentucky Wildcats and the Kentucky State Thorobreds:. Game time is 7 p.m. at Rupp Arena (capacity ...
The Kentucky State Thorobreds football program represents Kentucky State University in the sport of American football. The Thorobreds compete in the Division II (D2) of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and the Western Division of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC).
The New Kentucky Home campaign comes as the state has enjoyed both record tourism and unprecedented economic growth. Tourists and other visitors spent $9.7 billion across the commonwealth in 2023.