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Kennesaw State University Presidential Search Committees Named
February 01, 2018
The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia has named the two committees responsible for conducting a national search for the next president of Kennesaw State University (KSU): The Presidential Search and Screen Committee and the Regents' Special Committee.
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Brian Bohannon Named 2017 AFCA FCS Coach of the Year
January 10, 2018
Brian Bohannon, who guided Kennesaw State to a Big South Conference championship, the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division I FCS Playoffs and a No. 8 final ranking in the STATS FCS Poll, has been named the 2017 AFCA FCS Coach of the Year by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA).
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Kennesaw State University President Sam Olens Announces Plans to Step Down
December 14, 2017
Today, Kennesaw State University (KSU) President Sam Olens has announced he will step down as president effective Feb. 15, 2018. Olens has served as president since Nov. 1, 2016.
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Milton Overton Named Director of Athletics at Kennesaw State
October 31, 2017
Kennesaw State University President Sam Olens announced Tuesday that Milton Overton has been named as the new director of athletics.
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Matt Griffin Named Interim Director of Athletics
July 14, 2017
Kennesaw State University President Sam Olens announced Friday that Matt Griffin will serve as the interim director of athletics. Griffin is no stranger to Kennesaw State, having spent two years as the Owls’ assistant athletics director for internal operations and the two years prior as director of athletics at Southern Polytechnic State University before the two institutions consolidated. Since 2015, Griffin has served as KSU’s director of trustee relations and development.
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Kennesaw State's Vaughn Williams Accepts Position at Boston College
July 11, 2017
Kennesaw State University Director of Athletics Vaughn Williams has accepted the position of senior associate athletic director for administration at Boston College. The announcement was made today by BC Director of Athletics Martin Jarmond.
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Kennesaw State student-athlete makes Italian National Team
July 07, 2017
Kennesaw State rising sophomore Carlotta Gianolla had one goal this summer – make the Under-20 Italian National Team. Following a three-week tryout that concluded on July 3, Gianolla's hopes became reality when she was one of 16 players selected to the team that will represent Italy in the European Women’s Basketball Championship that begins Saturday (July 8) in Matosinhos, Portugal.
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Tennis standout repeats as ASUN Student-Athlete of the Year
June 16, 2017
Kennesaw State men’s tennis player Simon Pritchard has been named the Atlantic Sun Conference Male Student-Athlete of the Year for the second consecutive season. The awards were announced at the conference’s annual meetings in Savannah.
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Two Owls selected in Major League Baseball draft
June 14, 2017
The New York Mets in the Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft selected Kennesaw State's Tony Dibrell in the fourth round (127th overall) Tuesday evening, marking the 10th consecutive year a player has been drafted out of KSU.
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Kennesaw State to host football game at SunTrust Park in 2018
June 09, 2017
Kennesaw State University and the Atlanta Braves have announced that the Owls will host a football game at SunTrust Park in 2018. The game on Saturday, November 17, 2018 between Kennesaw State and Jacksonville State University will be the first football game played at the new, 41,000-seat home of the Braves that opened in Cobb County in April.
