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| School Name: | Morehead State University |
| Location: | Morehead, Kentucky |
| Arena: | Ellis T. Johnson Arena |
| Capacity: | 6,500 |
| Conference: | Ohio Valley |
| Head coach: | Preston Spradlin |
Morehead State University is a public, co-educational university located in Morehead, Kentucky in the foothills of the Daniel Boone National Forest in Rowan County, midway between Lexington, Kentucky and Huntington, West Virginia. The 2005 and 2006 editions of "America's Best Colleges" by U.S. News & World Report named MSU one of the top 25 public universities in the South. MSU has also become one of only four universities in the U.S. to offer a Bachelor of Science degree in space science.
MSU is a charter member of the Ohio Valley Conference in NCAA Division I and sponsors 18 intercollegiate sports for men and women. The football Eagles compete in the Pioneer Football League of Division I-AA. The coed cheerleading squad has won 17 national championships and the all-woman squad has six national titles.