Start your board
Programs›Baseball›Kent State University›Baseball
Division I · Mid-American Conference

Kent State University Baseball

Kent, OH · the Golden Flashes · Kent State University overview

Kent State University fields a baseball team in the Mid-American Conference (NCAA Division I).

Among Division I baseball programs

Where this program sits against its 306 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

Team budgets across the division

$210k$11M

Roster sizes (cap 34)

2560

The program

  • Division I roster cap34 from 2025-26

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Jeffrey Duncan head coachHead Coachnot on file
Jeff DuncanHead Coachnot on file
Mike BirkbeckAssociate Head CoachOn file · sign in
Dan BertoliniAssistant CoachOn file · sign in
Justin MiknisAssistant Coachnot on file
Michael McNamaraDirector of Player DevelopmentOn file · sign in
Bobby Del TortoDirector of Baseball OperationsOn file · sign in
Put Kent State University on a target list, address the whole staff at once, and send each email yourself from Gmail — nothing goes out without you pressing Send.Start your board

Recruiting timing

  • Coaches may first contact youAugust 1 before junior year
  • Your own emailsAny time the rule limits what coaches send back
  • High-school baseball players472,598 2024-25
  • Division I roster spots12,211 306 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 39 2.6% of high-school players hold a Division I roster spot

General NCAA rule for Division I; the baseball recruiting guide has the date for each grad year, the eligibility checklist and what to put in a first email.

About the school

What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.
1,762undergraduates · 1,762 students in all
Women 63% Men 37%
Setting
Town
Type
Public · Baccalaureate/associate's college
Affiliation
None
Graduate in 6 yrs
0%

No team figures on file for this program yet.

$10,502net price · after grants, aided first-years
Net price by family income
$0–30k$8,922
$30–48k$8,863
$48–75k$13,336
$75–110k$14,223
$110k and up$14,459
Tuition & fees
$7,428 in-state · $16,541 out

Campus safety

Full picture →
0violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent0.00
Property0.00
In residence halls
0 burglaries · 0 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
0 over 2022–2024
54%of bachelor's degrees in computer & information sciences · 10 fields · Associate's, Bachelor's
Computer & information sciences7 · 54%
Health professions & nursing4 · 31%
Liberal arts & general studies2 · 15%
English0 · 0%
Psychology0 · 0%

Research Kent State University

School pages built around what an athlete needs to know — the program's money and roster room, admissions fit, what a family really pays, majors, campus life and safety.

Baseball programs within 150 miles

Kent State UniversityLake Erie College · 25 miAllegheny College · 39 miThiel College · 40 miGannon University · 42 miMercyhurst University · 43 miHiram College · 43 miJohn Carroll University · 45 miPennsylvania State Univ. Erie, the Behrend College · 46 miCase Western Reserve University · 48 miYoungstown State University · 55 miWestminster College (Pennsylvania) · 59 miBaldwin Wallace University · 64 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
Lake Erie College Division II · Great Midwest Athletic Conference2553$624k—64%
Allegheny College Division III · Presidents' Athletic Conference3945$293k—59%
Thiel College Division III · Presidents' Athletic Conference4044$210k—71%
Gannon University Division II · Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference4246$539k—77%
Mercyhurst University Division I · Northeast Conference4353$761k—83%
Hiram College Division III · Presidents' Athletic Conference4355$182k—93%
John Carroll University Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference4562$215k—81%
Pennsylvania State Univ. Erie, the Behrend College Division III · Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference4637$206k—96%
Case Western Reserve University Division III · University Athletic Association4831$376k—29%
Youngstown State University Division I · Horizon League5540$867k97780%
Westminster College (Pennsylvania) Division III · Presidents' Athletic Conference5943$135k—86%
Baldwin Wallace University Division III · Ohio Athletic Conference6463$377k—77%

Other baseball programs in the Mid-American Conference

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
Ball State University 4 over cap38$1.5M$38,896978vs
Central Michigan University 7 over cap41$1.3M$30,940986vs
Eastern Michigan University 14 over cap48$1.3M$26,206964vs
University of Toledo 6 over cap40$1.2M$30,331983vs
Bowling Green State University 2 over cap36$995k$27,645988vs
Western Michigan University room for 133$923k$27,972986vs
University of Massachusetts, Amherst 1 over cap35$710k$20,293984vs
University of Akron 1 over cap35$526k$15,034—vs
Kent State University————vs
Miami University (Ohio)————vs
Ohio University————vs

Every Mid-American Conference baseball program · Baseball budgets ranked