KENT, Ohio — Kent State Vice President and Director of Athletics Randale L. Richmond announced that women's basketball head coach Todd Starkey will depart for another coaching opportunity and is naming associate head coach Fran Recchia as the program's seventh head coach.
CLEVELAND — Kent State lost to top-seeded Miami, 65-58, in a Mid-American Conference Women's Basketball Tournament quarterfinal contest at Rocket Arena on Wednesday.
Kent State enters the 2026 Mid-American Conference Tournament as the No. 8 seed and will battle No. 1 seed Miami on Wednesday at 11 a.m. inside of Rocket Arena in Cleveland.
CLEVELAND — Kent State junior Mya Babbitt has been named to the All-MAC Second Team and sophomore Emory Klatt has earned Sixth Player of the Year honors, as the Mid-American Conference announced the All-MAC Teams and specialty award selections for the 2025-26 women's basketball season on Tuesday.