She was the 2011 MAC Freshman of the Year and the 2014 Senior of the Year. Germino was a four-time All-American Scholar-Athlete.Ĭase was a three-time MAC Gymnast of the Year, and twice won the conference's all-around title. Germino was a three-time All-MAC First-Teamer who was named 2009 MAC Freshman of the Year, when she took first at the MAC Championship, and 2012 MAC Player of the Year. Kilgore closed his collegiate career with a 178-11 record, and set program records for wins (178), falls (50), single-season wins (43) and single-season falls (18). He was the MAC Freshman of the Year in 2009, and the MAC Wrestler of the Year in 20. Kilgore captured the 2011 NCAA title at 197 pounds, was a three-time All-American and a four-time MAC champion. Pendrith and Conners are the only two players in KSU history to qualify for the NCAA Championship four times.

Pendrith, also from Canada, was the MAC Championship medalist and MAC Golfer of the Year in 2013 - an honor he shared with Conners in 2014. Kent State will also honor former men's basketball coach Jim Christian, and the 2011 Golden Flashes gymnastics team.Ĭhafin was a 2011 All-American who compiled a 1.80 career ERA in 124 innings for the Flashes. He was a first-round selection of the Arizona Diamondbacks, and currently works out of the bullpen for the Oakland A's. The 2021 class consists of current Major League Baseball players Andrew Chafin and Travis Shaw, former NFL football players Roosevelt Nix and Dri Archer along with current free agent guard Brian Winters, current PGA Tour players Corey Conners, Mackenzie Hughes and Taylor Pendrith, former NCAA champion wrestler Dustin Kilgore, former Mid-America Conference champions Mercedes Germino (women's golf), Marie Case (gymnastics), Diana Dumitrescu (track and field) and John Ovsek (swimming), and softball standout Maureen Notaro. After skipping last year due to COVID-19 issues and concerns, Kent State made up for lost time with a loaded 14-member 2021 Varsity 'K' Hall of Fame induction class that includes several professionals and a former national champion.

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