YOUNGSTOWN — When the NCAA and state legislatures started passing name, image and likeness legislation in the summer of 2021, it was a watershed moment for college athletes. For the first time, student-athletes could sign endorsement deals, do commercials, sell merchandise, make money and ...
YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown State came into the Horizon League tournament this week flying high after earning the bracket’s No. 1 seed for winning the regular season title. But the Penguins were pushed to the brink of elimination on Friday, after rain washed out the second day of the ...
YOUNGSTOWN — In 2021, Youngstown State won the Horizon League regular season title and earned the league’s No. 1 seed heading into the conference tournament. The Penguins ultimately came up short of winning the tournament title and clinching an NCAA bid, but “the past is the past,” ...
BEAVER TOWNSHIP – When Ethan Faulkner officially took over the reins of the Youngstown State men’s basketball program on April 1, he already had a plan in place, and it was anything but an April Fool’s joke. In the five weeks since becoming the Penguins’ 14th head mentor, Faulkner has assembled a staff he is comfortable working with, tirelessly recruited players from both the high school ranks and transfer portal, made sure the players on his roster know he is committed to them while putting the finishing touches on a schedule the Penguin fan base would most appreciate. He ...
YOUNGSTOWN — Ever since the completion of her playing career at Mount Union, Riley Jarrett has wanted to be a college volleyball head coach. After first getting her start as a graduate assistant at Division II West Liberty (WV) in 2018, Jarrett’s coaching journey included a brief stop at ...
BEAVER TOWNSHIP – Youngstown State’s spring football practices are officially a fading memory with the White squad defeating the Red 21-7 this past Saturday. Head coach Doug Phillips and staff will now use the next three months to prepare for the upcoming football season, which officially gets underway Aug. 29 when they travel to Villanova to take on the Wildcats, the team that eliminated them from the FCS playoffs this past season. Speaking to the Curbstone Coaches during Monday’s weekly meeting at Avion Banquet Center, Phillips told the group that both staff and players got a ...
