O'Connor to miss entire 2015 season
Eastern Michigan defensive lineman and team captain Pat O’Connor will miss the entire 2015 season as announced on “Shep in the Morning” this morning.
Eastern Michigan defensive lineman and team captain Pat O’Connor will miss the entire 2015 season as announced on “Shep in the Morning” this morning.
This afternoon the non-conference and conference schedule was released by Eastern Michigan Athletics for Eastern Michigan men's basketball. Notable games for the non-conference include trips to Louisville, Penn State and Michigan State. For the conference schedule, they open the season in Mt.
Los Angeles Angels pitcher Matt Shoemaker, currently the only former Eastern Michigan baseball player playing in Major League Baseball, pitched 7.1 innings of shutout baseball Thursday afternoon in his home state against his favorite team growing up, the Detroit Tigers.
Former Eastern Michigan football running back Bronson Hill is attempting to do something that only three other active NFL players can say; they played college football at Eastern Michigan University.
The Eastern Michigan's women's volleyball team prepares for another competitive season ahead of them with a fresh coaching staff and a successful season behind them
The Eastern Michigan University women's soccer team hosted Oakland University Sunday afternoon in a pre-season exhibition match that saw the Eagles secure a 5-1 victory at Scicluna Field.
One week into fall camp and Eastern Michigan football coach Chris Creighton and the Eagles have hit the ground running and it's all about learning something new and getting better everyday.
When a hard-fought season comes to an abrupt end in extra time of a tournament playoff game against a rival school, you can assume that the players on the losing team would feel defeated and deflated. This was the case for the girls on the Eastern Michigan University soccer team last year when it fell by a score of 3-2 to Western Michigan University in the first round of the Mid-American Conference tournament.
Eastern Michigan football has scheduled new deals with Kentucky and San Diego State set to begin in the 2017 and 2018 seasons. The deals will have both teams coming to The Factory in 2019.
Former EMU running back Bronson Hill has found his way into the NFL, signing with the Buffalo Bills as the NFL preseason begins.
After finishing the 2014-2015 season with a record of 11-7-4, EMU Soccer head coach Scott Hall was faced with the task of filling spots on his roster left by the departing of six players.
The first year of the Chris Creighton era is in the books and a new chapter is set to begin as fall camp approaches. Looking back on the last year, a lot of learning, and quite a bit of turbulence went into the first year of Creighton’s coaching tenure, but it’s been an all around joy for Coach Creighton.
Every year, every team around college football begins with a strong sense of confidence that “this is the year.” The good teams believe that they will remain good while the teams who struggled the year before believe that they will be better and surprise many critics.
It’s a spot Eastern Michigan’s football team knows all too much about as for the third straight year EMU ranks last among six teams in the Mid-American Conference West Division.
Inaugural women’s soccer head coach Paul Scicluna is one of seven individuals to be inducted into the Eastern Michigan University athletics hall of fame as announced on Wednesday afternoon by the E-Club Alumni Chapter. Scicluna coached the EMU women’s soccer team from its first year in 1994 until 1999 when he passed away tragically while recruiting for the team.
Year after year college football experts, reporters, and committees compile a list of the best college football players across the country at their respective positions.
Eastern Michigan Eagles Head Coach: Chris Creighton 2nd Season Record at EMU: 2-10 Record Last Season: 2-10, 1-7 MAC Record Last Five Seasons: 14-46 Top Returning Starters With 2014 Statistics: Offense: QB Reggie Bell- 1,297 yards passing, 9 TDs Defense: DL Pat O’Connor- 64 tackles, 7.5 sacks Western Michigan Broncos Head Coach: PJ Fleck 3rd Season Record at WMU: 9-16 Record Last Season: 8-5, 6-2 MAC Record Last Five Seasons: 26-36 Top Returning Starters With 2014 Statistics: Offense: RB Jarvion Franklin- 1,551 yards, 24 TDs Defense: LB Grant DePalma- 102 tackles, 8 TFL Central Michigan Chippewas Head Coach: John Bonamego 1st Season Record at CMU: 0-0 Record Last Season: 7-6, 5-3 MAC Record Last Five Seasons: 26-36 Top Returning Starters With 2014 Statistics: Offense: QB Cooper Rush- 2,664 yards, 20 TDs Defense: DB Tony Annese- 74 tackles, 3 INT Ball State Cardinals Head Coach: Pete Lembo 5th Season Record at BSU: 30-20 Record Last Season: 5-7, 4-4 MAC Record Last Five Seasons: 34-28 Top Returning Starters With 2014 Statistics: Offense: QB Jack Milos- 1,302 yards, 9 TDs Defense: LB Ben Ingle- 87 tackles Northern Illinois Huskies Head Coach: Rod Carey 3rd Season Record at NIU: 23-6 Record Last Season: 11-3, 7-1 MAC Record Last Five Seasons: 57-13 (2011, 2012, 2014 MAC Champions) Top Returning Starters With 2014 Statistics: Offense: QB Drew Hare- 2,322 yards, 18 TDs Defense: DE Perez Ford- 54 tackles, 9 TFL, 5 sacks Toledo Rockets Head Coach: Matt Campbell 4th Season Record at UT: 26-13 Record Last Season: 9-4, 7-1 MAC Record Last Five Seasons: 42-22 Top Returning Starters With 2014 Statistics: Offense: RB Kareem Hunt- 1,631 yards, 16 TDs Defense: DE/LB Trent Voss- 77 tackles, 15 TFL Bowling Green Falcons Head Coach: Dino Babers 2nd Season Record at BGSU: 8-6 Record Last Season: 8-6, 5-3 MAC Record Last Five Seasons: 33-32 (2013 MAC Champions) Top Returning Starters With 2014 Statistics: Offense: RB Travis Greene- 949 yards, 12 TDs Defense: DB Nick Johnson- 72 tackles, 5 INTs Ohio Bobcats Head Coach: Frank Solich 10th Season Record at Ohio: 72-56 Record Last Season: 6-6, 4-4 MAC Record Last Five Seasons: 40-25 Top Returning Starters With 2014 Statistics: Offense: RB AJ Ouellette- 785 yards, 7 TDs Defense: LB Jovon Johnson- 67 tackles, 10 TFL Buffalo Bulls Head Coach: Alex Wood 1st Full Season Record at UB: 2-2 Record Last Season: 5-6, 3-4 MAC Record Last Five Seasons: 22-38 Top Returning Starters With 2014 Statistics: Offense: QB Joe Licata-2,647 yards, 29 TDs Defense: LB Jarrett Franklin- 48 tackles Akron Zips Head Coach: Terry Bowden 4th Season Record at Akron: 11-25 Record Last Season: 5-7, 3-5 MAC Record Last Five Seasons: 13-47 Top Returning Starters With 2014 Statistics: Offense: QB Kyle Pohl- 2,189 yards, 9 TDs Defense: LB Jatavis Brown- 99 tackles, 14 TFL Miami Redhawks Head Coach: Chuck Martin 2nd Season Record at Miami: 2-10 Record Last Season: 2-10, 2-6, 5-3 MAC Record Last Five Seasons: 20-42 Top Returning Starters With 2014 Statistics: Offense: QB Andrew Hendrix-3,280 yards, 23 TDs Defense: DB Heath Harding- 97 Tackles, 2 INTs Kent State Golden Flashes Head Coach: Paul Haynes 3rd Season Record at KSU: 6-17 Record Last Season: 2-9, 1-6 MAC Record Last Five Seasons: 27-34 Top Returning Starters With 2014 Statistics: Offense: QB Colin Reardon- 2,466 yards, 14 TDs Defense: DB Nate Holley- 137 tackles
Eastern Michigan women’s basketball coach Tory Verdi received a contract extension for three years added onto his current contract following his teams 24-13 season. The contract extension was approved at the Board of Regents meeting on June 16, 2015.
Former Eastern Michigan men's basketball forward Karrington Ward has started his journey towards the NBA draft as he tried out for the Detroit Pistons on Friday June 19.
Eastern Michigan Vice-President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Heather Lyke discussed the current state of EMU Athletics at the June 16 Board of Regents meetings during the Athletics Affairs Committee.