Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

Eastern Kentucky

What it actually takes to run at Eastern Kentucky

NCAA Division I · ASUN · KY

No published standards, no estimates — this is what Eastern Kentucky actually signed: 11 athletes in the 2025-26 class — including 6 international signees. What it takes, straight from the results.

Eastern Kentucky is a 12,726-student public campus in Richmond, KY and competes in the ASUN. Cory Erdmann leads a staff of 5 covering 1 event group.

Median: the middle signee’s personal best. Range: the full spread of the class, fastest to slowest. 1500m/Mile and 3000m marks read as their 1600m/3200m equivalents. Sourced from verified meets, not self-reported times.

The Eastern Kentucky program at a glance

Division
NCAA Division I
Conference
ASUN
Campus
Richmond, KY
Enrollment
12,726 students

Public institution

T&F operating budget
$962K men · $972K women

Program expense, not scholarship aid

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Women's standards

American signees only — marks verified from US high-school meet results.

1600mDistance
5:14.212 signees
3200mDistance
11:03.572 signees
DiscusThrows
32.91m2 signees
Shot PutThrows
11.65m2 signees

Who recruits for Eastern Kentucky

Sourced from the program’s own athletics department directory. Event groups coached here: throws.

  • Cory ErdmannHead Coach
  • Forster, MiaAssociate Head Coach
  • Rick ErdmannHead Coach Emeritus
  • Fryman, AndyAssistant Track Coach (Throws)Throws
  • Nikodem DworczakGraduate Assistant

Direct, verified contact info for the full Eastern Kentucky staff lives in the member database.

Every verified mark in Eastern Kentucky's 2025-26 class

6 of the 11 athletes signed have a verified high-school mark, shown here with the mark each was signed on. The other 5 have no verified mark on record, so they are left out rather than guessed. Not a published standard, not an estimate. Names, hometowns and the coach who recruited each athlete are the member view.

Men's class · 2 signed · international

Signed out of: Kenya · New Zealand

1600m2 signed
4:06.684:27.65
Women's class · 4 signed

Signed out of: KY · VA

3200m2 signed
10:45.6511:21.48
Shot Put2 signed
11.76m11.53m

Members see who each of these 6 athletes is, where they came from, and the coach who recruited their event — see the named class

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These numbers move every recruiting cycle — they’re last class’s signing marks, not a fixed bar. Programs also weigh progression, event needs, academics and open roster spots, so a mark in range starts a conversation; it doesn’t guarantee one.

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D1 standards for the events Eastern Kentucky signs

What the whole division signed in each event, not just this program.

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