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Emporia State University is excited to host three State championship games and more than 20,000 visitors at Welch Stadium on Nov. 29 and 30. The 4A, 5A and 6A title games held over Thanksgiving weekend are anticipated to generate more than $1.5 million in economic impact for our community.

Emporia State University’s baseball field will soon proudly bear the name Turnbull Field in honor of long-time Hornet baseball fan and ESU supporter Mike Turnbull. The name is in recognition of a $650,000 lead gift from the Turnbull Foundation in support of $1.3 million in improvements to the Hornet baseball facility. This project will support renovations for baseball at Emporia State’s Trusler Sports Complex, most notably funding new turf for the baseball infield and outfield.

Emporia State Athletics is on the move, and this season there will be more opportunities than ever before for fans to follow the Hornets. Emporia State has partnered with Emporia’s Radio Stations, Inc., to create the Hornet Sports Network (HSN) to bring live play-by-play coverage to Hornet fans across northeast Kansas, the Kansas City Metro area and the world.

Emporia State University and the Kansas Department of Transportation are teaming up to help every fan get home safe after athletic and other events on campus that include alcohol.

Enjoy a patriotic concert followed by a fireworks show to celebrate the Fourth of July in Emporia.

Hosting the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships on the Zola Witten Track in Welch Stadium is not only a coup for Emporia State’s athletic department. The Emporia and area community also benefits from athletes and fans staying and spending money.

Emporia State University is proud to introduce Live at the Hive, presented by Busch Light, an all-new game day experience for Hornet fans with live music, food trucks, tailgate games and more!

Emporia State Athletics mourns the passing of redshirt sophomore football player Brexten Green who passed away on July 2 in a cliff diving accident at Grand Lake in Oklahoma.

A career that has covered five different decades, the last 23 years at Emporia State, will be coming to an end on July 1, 2022 when Kent Weiser retires as the Director of Athletics at Emporia State University.

A ribbon cutting on Saturday, Oct. 2, for the Kossover Family Tennis Complex celebrates the vision of two former ESU student-athletes to build the first indoor tennis complex in the MIAA.