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The next step in what has been a rapid rebuild for the Findlay women’s basketball team under head coach Michele Durand would likely be to earn a home game in the G-MAC tournament. To do so, the Oilers would need to post a top-4 finish in the league standings…and they just happen to be picked 4th in the preseason coaches poll. Coach Durand sat down with our Andrea Hoffman to preview the 2025-26 season, which tips off this Friday & Saturday north of the state line.

Welcome to our newest program here at UFTV. In conjunction with the University of Findlay athletic department, we’re pleased to bring you the first episode of Oilers Insider. Every couple of weeks, our host Tim Montgomery & UF Director of Athletics Jim Givens will update you on the latest happenings around all the Findlay sports team. We hope you enjoy this new feature!

October 29, 2025
10am-3pm
Winebrenner Auditorium

The UF men’s basketball team is the preseason pick to repeat as regular season champions in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference. The season tips off in mid-November, and head coach Charlie Ernst sat down with our Andrea Hoffman to talk about his team.

The Findlay football team will play a 3rd-straight home game on Saturday, hosting Ohio Dominican. The road to a 7-0 record hasn’t necessarily been easy for the Oilers, and nobody expects things to get any easier. Hear what head coach Kory Allen has to say about his team – and the Panthers – here!

A successful season starts with the groundwork laid during the preseason. So this week, we’re looking back on what the captains of the football team had to say in their preseason interviews with our Andrea Hoffman. Today we feature the defensive captains in what we’re calling, “Oiler Outlook Revisited”.

As the Findlay football team continues their undefeated season into a grueling stretch run, we look back on Andrea Hoffman’s preseason interview with the team’s offensive captains. Now 7 games into the season, all the Oilers goals are still intact. You can check out what Tristan Cross, Jayden Farmer, and Ethan Lane had to say, right here!

Alumni Memorial Union, Multipurpose Room
Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 1pm

The Oilers volleyball squad is in Hammond, IN this weekend for 3 games at the Midwest Crossover. Then next weekend, they return home for the first time in a month for 3 games in 3 days, including the start of the stretch run in conference play. Our Andrea Hoffman sat down with head coach Wick Colchagoff to catch up on all things Oiler volleyball!

The University of Findlay football team is 6-0 on the season, as they prepare to host Kentucky Wesleyan on Saturday. The Panthers are 0-6 coming into this weekend, and have never beaten the Oilers on the gridiron. Head coach Kory Allen met with our Andrea Hoffman to preview this weekend’s match-up at Donnell.

The UF men’s swimming & diving team is the 8-time defending conference champion. The women have won the last 3 conference crowns. So, the bar is definitely set high for this year’s squad. Head coach Diego Santos sat down with UFTV reporter & UF swimmer Andrea Hoffman to talk about the season that is about to begin at Sink Natatorium.

University of Findlay has announced its 2025 Athletic Hall of Fame class. This year’s inductees will be former men’s track and field icon Justin Welch (’15), men’s basketball standout Frank Phillips, and women’s basketball star Kayla (Brown) Golding (’13).

The Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be Friday, Oct. 10 at Winebrenner Theological Seminary. Doors for the event will open at 5:30 p.m. and the induction ceremony begins at 6:15 p.m.

The inductees also will be recognized during the Oilers home football game against Hillsdale College on Saturday, Oct. 11 as well. The contest begins at 2:00 p.m. inside Donnell Stadium.

Justin Welch | 2015

Justin Welch had a storied career with the University of Findlay men’s track and field team, winning four NCAA Division II National Championships, two during the indoor season in the weight throw (2014, 2015) and two during the outdoor season in the hammer throw (2014, 2015). He was also tabbed the 2015 NCAA Division II Athlete of the Year for his efforts in 2015.

A seven-time NCAA Division II All-American, Justin was voted the NCAA Division II Midwest Region Field Athlete of the Year four times during his career. He captured the honor during the indoor seasons in 2014 and 2015 and during the outdoor seasons in 2014 and 2015 as well.

Justin also had great success in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC), winning four league titles during his career. He won the hammer throw in 2014 and 2015, the discus in 2015, and the weight throw in 2015. Justin was also voted the GLIAC Field Athlete of the Year in 2015 in both the indoor and outdoor seasons.

When his career at Findlay was over, Justin held three school records. He set the marks in the weight throw, hammer throw, and discus. His records in the hammer throw (72.92m) and discus (57.02m) still stand today. His mark in the hammer throw is also the third-best in NCAA Division II history.

Frank Phillips

Frank Phillips had an incredible career as a star on the University of Findlay men’s basketball team, leading the program to four NCAA Division II National Tournament appearances (2002-03, 2003-04, 2005-06, 2006-07), four Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) South Division titles (2002-03, 2003-04, 2005-06, 2006-07), and two GLIAC Tournament wins (2003-04, 2006-07). When his career was over, Frank led the Oilers to a 102-22 record (.823).

A first team NCAA Division II All-American selection in 2006-07 by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), Frank wrapped up his career with averages of 12.7 points, 4.4 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and 1.6 steals per game. He racked up 1,521 points and shot 59.5 percent (552-of-927) from the floor during his time with Findlay.

A two-time, first team all-conference selection (2005-06, 2006-07), Frank earned first team all-Midwest Region accolades from the NABC and Daktronics during his senior season. He was also voted a NABC NCAA Division II East/West All-Star during the 2006-07 campaign and was voted the GLIAC Tournament Most Valuable Player in 2003-04 and 2006-07. Frank was also tabbed a DII Bulletin All-American in 2006-07 and captured second team all-conference honors in 2003-04.

Kayla (Brown) Golding | 2013

Kayla (Brown) Golding had an outstanding career for the University of Findlay women’s basketball team and is the only player in program history to be voted an NCAA Division II All-American by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), a feat she accomplished during the 2012-13 campaign.

During her career, Kayla averaged 12.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 1.9 steals, and 1.4 assists per game. She finished her tenure with the Oilers by totaling 1,277 points, 420 rebounds, 199 steals, and 147 assists. She also helped lead the Oilers to their best four-year stretch in the NCAA Division II era, as the team made two NCAA Division II Midwest Regionals (2009-10, 2012-13) and had an overall record of 78-37 (.678). The team also captured two Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) South Division titles (2009-10, 2010-11).

A first team all-conference pick during the 2012-13 season and a second team all-league selection during the 2011-12 campaign, Kayla was named first team all-Midwest Region as a senior in 2012-13 and earned a spot on the GLIAC all-tournament team in 2012-13 as well.

By Richard Mast
mastr@findlay.edu

Tucked behind the Egner Center for the Performing Arts on the corner of Frazer Street and the Corey Street Mall, is a small garden taking shape, surrounded by brick walls covered in ivy.

The area once housed huge satellite dishes. Over the last year, students have worked to turn it into a sustainability garden.

Justin Richardson, instructor of teaching in environmental, safety and occupational health management, says the space will highlight environmental responsibility and bring classroom learning to campus life.

“Right now, we’re looking at ways that we can make this usable for students for reflection, so they can sit at a picnic table, charge their phones and listen to a waterfall,” Richardson said. “We could actually use it for environmental work and looking at soil quality and seeing how plants survive.”

Richardson’s class, ESOH140 Sustainability: An Introduction, is working on the project this semester but started the project in the same course last fall. The planning has been a little tricky.

“We identify native, non-native, and invasive species on campus, and we come to the realization that our diversity on, for example, bringing in raised beds to grow plants is great, but the specifics to that region, that small spot on campus, it’s very dry,” Richardson said. “So what we found over the last two years is that some of the species that we’ve tried to plant, thinking of a traditional Ohio weather, is not fitting so well.”

“The biggest struggle I feel like has been trying to figure out how to get water in this area because this is a big drought area, there’s not a lot of areas we can get water in here,” junior environmental, health, safety, and sustainability major Carson Kuhlman said. “Getting plants to grow and stuff has been a big issue.”

Richardson says the project is all about building something long lasting. Students are incorporating features like native plants, study areas, and even some interactive elements.

This space is being transformed into something current and future Oilers can use and enjoy while giving the students a tangible way to put plan to action. Junior business administration-finance major Gavyn Smith is another student in the course working on the project.

“We’ve been coming here since the very start of the semester,” Smith said. “We came out here and looked at everything and then we been planning, making blueprints, and just deciding what we want to do to make it a better place for the students.”

Richardson is also in collaboration with the Mazza Museum to put some sort of artwork in the space.

“We’re all kind of siloed off from time to time and we don’t recognize how things connect,” Richardson said. “And being able to connect the arts and environmental classes, I think, is a great way to bring more people in and see how everybody can benefit.”

Kuhlman believes that the garden has the potential to draw more attention to the area and help students feel more connected to campus.

“We have a couple things planned for this area that will definitely help maybe bring people to campus, make them more interested in this area and maybe more around campus,” Kuhlman said.

In this week’s Oiler Outlook, our Andrea Hoffman again sits down with head football coach Kory Allen, who’s team carries an undefeated record into this week’s date with Hillsdale. It’s the first of 3 straight home games for the Oilers. See what Coach Allen had to say here!

November 11, 2025
5pm
College of Business & Student Life

The UF women’s and men’s golf teams will once again play host to some elite competition in the fall season. The ladies hold their annual William Beall Fall Classic at Findlay Country Club next week (October 6 & 7). The men take to the links at FCC on October 13 & 14, hosting their Doc Spragg Fall Invite. Our Andrea Hoffman visited with head coach Dom Guarnieri to find out how his teams are playing heading into October.

The undefeated Oilers return home to Donnell Stadium on Saturday, hosting a night game against Thomas More. Head coach Kory Allen previews this G-MAC match-up and warns against taking the winless Saints lightly. See his interview with our Andrea Hoffman here!

The University of Findlay football team won a thriller over a ranked Indianapolis team in the season opener last Saturday at Donnell. This weekend, the Oilers are home once again, ready to host Wayne State. Our Andrea Hoffman sits down with head coach Kory Allen to get his pregame thoughts in our latest Oiler Outlook.

Game week is here & the UF football team is ready to open the 2025 season hosting Indianapolis. Our Andrea Hoffman sat down with head coach Kory Allen to discuss the first of 7 home games on the schedule this fall.

The Oilers are ready for their first game of the season!
Head Coach Kory Allen breaks down the defense, preseason poll, and shares his thoughts on the upcoming matchup.

We sat down with Head Coach Kory Allen to talk about the running back depth, the impact of a new quarterback, and what fans can expect from the 2025 Oilers football team heading into their first game.

The Oilers take the field for the first time on Saturday, September 6th! We sat down with Head Coach Kory Allen ahead of the season opener to learn more about the 2025 Oilers football team and what fans can expect this year.

August 15, 2025 at 6pm
Marathon Center for the Performing Arts

TLB Foundation Convocation Center
August 2, 2025 at 1:00 pm

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Sunday, May 4, 2025
3pm
Marathon Center for the Performing Arts

Wednesday, April 30, 2025
3:30pm
Winebrenner 254

Wednesday, April 30, 2025
c. 3:45pm
Winebrenner 254

Our final Art & Culture Show of the 2024-25 academic year is also our series finale. In our final episode, Sharinda visits with UF student Eli Schroeder, who attended our interview session at Comedy Jam as a reporter for The Pulse, but ended up in front of our cameras as an aspiring stand-up comedian!

Organizational communication is a great step to help you succeed in any industry. Businesses are looking for employees with effective interpersonal, organizational, and public communication skills. In fact, these skills are critical for most employees.
Organizational communication can be completed online! It’s the perfect major for the working professional looking to get a step ahead of competitors, or a great second major for traditional students interested in business fields such as human resources and business management.
You can learn professional presentations skills, master multimodal communication, and inform and persuade a variety of audiences using strategic communication skills.
Find out more at www.findlay.edu/communication.
It’s here where you can develop meaningful lives and productive careers.

April 16, 2025
11am
Koehler Fitness and Recreation Complex

The University of Findlay is excited to host the second annual Oiler Choice Awards, celebrating the achievements of student-athletes throughout the year. Presented by the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, the 2025 Oiler Choice Awards will take place on Tuesday, April 15, at 7:30 p.m. in Winebrenner TLB Auditorium. The event will honor seniors and recognize outstanding individual and team accomplishments across all 22 varsity sports, highlighting the dedication and excellence of Oiler athletes both on and off the field.

The awards to be presented at the 2025 Oiler Choice Awards include:
Community Service
Top Academic Team (GPA)
Faculty / Staff of the Year
Most Supportive Team
Oiliest Moment of the Year
Female Newcomer of the Year
Male Newcomer of the Year
Female Oiler of the Year
Male Oiler of the Year
Best Blooper of the Year
Women’s Team of the Year
Men’s Team of the Year
Female Athlete of the Year
Male Athlete of the Year
Athletic Director’s Distinction

On Thursday, April 10, UF will host the annual International Night event! It’s a celebration of the different cultures represented on campus, in Findlay, and all the wonderful talents our students, faculty and staff have.