Hall of Fame
Mark Sandy served as athletics director from 2005 to 2015, and then again from 2019 to 2020. During his tenure, EKU captured 34 Ohio Valley Conference team championships and won the Commissioner’s Cup in 2012, 2014 and 2015. Prior to the formation of the Commissioner’s Cup, the Colonels won the Men’s All-Sports Trophy from 2005 to 2008. At the national level, EKU qualified for 19 NCAA championship events during Sandy’s tenure, including the football program reaching the NCAA playoffs four times and the men’s basketball team going to the NCAA Tournament in 2007 and 2014. EKU student-athletes excelled in the classroom as evidenced in the 2014 Academic Progress Report calculation that showed 10 programs receiving perfect single-year scores. Several EKU athletics facilities were updated during his tenure. Sandy oversaw the addition of the women’s soccer program in 2005 and the creation of the EKU Athletics Hall of Fame that same year. He also served EKU as Interim Vice President for Development for seven months in 2013 and as Interim Vice President for Marketing and Communications for six months in 2014. Sandy continued his athletics administration career, serving as athletics director at Ball State from 2015 to 2018.
