Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle
What it actually takes to run at Murray State
NCAA Division I · MVC · KY
These aren’t published walk-on standards or estimates. They’re the real marks of the 12 athletes Murray State actually signed in its 2025-26 recruiting class — including 2 international signees. The honest answer to “would they recruit me?”
Murray State is a 7,878-student public campus in Murray, KY and competes in the MVC. Adam Kiesler leads a staff of 5 covering 1 event group.
“Median” is the middle signee’s PR; “range” runs from the fastest to the slowest mark in the class. 1500m/Mile and 3000m are converted to 1600m/3200m for comparison. Pulled from verified meet results.
Murray State, by the numbers
- Division
- NCAA Division I
- Conference
- MVC
- Campus
- Murray, KY
- Enrollment
- 7,878 students
- T&F operating budget
- $95K men · $958K women
Public institution
Program expense, not scholarship aid
Distance only. Murray State sponsors men's cross country without a full outdoor track program. Sprint, jump, throw and multi-event athletes are not recruited here.
Women's standards
US high-school signees — verified marks from American HS meets.
+8 more events with real signee standards — 1600m, 100m Hurdles, 3200m, 800m, 300m Hurdles, Long Jump, Triple Jump, Javelin
Members see every event Murray State signed, the full recruiting class with names and marks, program budgets, and coach contacts.
Unlock the full standards →Who recruits for Murray State
The staff listed on the program’s own athletics site. Event groups coached here: distance and cross country.
- Adam KieslerHead Coach of Track & Field/Cross CountryDistance
- Jordan JohnstonAssistant Track & Field/Cross Country CoachDistance
- Kelsey RigginsAssistant Track & Field/Cross Country CoachDistance
- Kylie GormannStudent Services - Track & Field Graduate Assistant
- Marty RogierAssistant Track & Field/Cross Country CoachDistance
Every Murray State coach’s verified email and phone are in the member database.
Every mark Murray State signed — the whole 2025-26 class
12 athletes, and the high-school mark each one was signed on. Not a published standard, not an estimate, not a sample — every signing, every event. Names, hometowns and the coach who recruited each athlete are the member view.
Signed out of: AZ · MO · GA · KY · IL
+ 2 international signees in this class — their marks are in the International view of the tables above, kept separate so the American numbers above stay readable as US high-school marks.
Members see who each of these 12 athletes is, where they came from, and the coach who recruited their event — see the named class
Where do YOUR marks fit?
BeastMatch scores your PRs against the actual signing history of every college program — Murray State and 980+ more — in seconds. Free, no account needed.
Standards reflect the program’s most recent signing class and shift every cycle. Recruiting decisions also weigh progression, event needs, academics and roster spots — a mark inside the range is a conversation, not a guarantee.
Kentucky permits high school NIL for high school athletes. See the Kentucky NIL rules →
More MVC recruiting standards
Real signee marks for the programs Murray State recruits against.
D1 standards for the events Murray State signs
What the whole division signed in each event, not just this program.
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