Ashland University's 2025 Homecoming weekend will begin in earnest with a dedication of the pillars of former Eagle national champion head track and field coach
Jud Logan and Olympic gold medalist pole vaulter
Katie Moon at 4 p.m. on Oct. 10.
The pillars are located at the Dwight Schar Athletic Complex.
A celebration of both Logan and Moon, speakers at the dedication will include Ashland President
Jon Parrish Peede, Ashland Director of Athletics
Al King, the Logan Family and Moon.
Drew Windle, 2025 AU Hall of Famer, also will be in attendance prior to his induction at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday (Oct. 11).
Following the dedication will be a reception. The public is invited to attend both the dedication and reception.
The online RSVP link for the dedication is
HERE.
JUD LOGAN
Logan served as the Eagles' head track and field coach from 2005-22, and was Ashland's throws coach for 13 years prior to that. As Ashland's head coach, he guided the men's program to three consecutive NCAA Division II championships – 2019 indoors and outdoors and 2021 indoors. His teams earned 42 Top 10 national placements, and his student-athletes won 59 individual national championships and collected 457 All-America honors.
He also earned 23 Coach of the Year awards, including:
- Three-time U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Division II men's national indoor Coach of the Year.
- 2019 USTFCCCA men's national outdoor Coach of the Year.
- 2008 USTFCCCA women's national indoor Coach of the Year.
- Five-time USTFCCCA Division II men's Great Lakes Region/Midwest Region indoor Coach of the Year.
- Four-time USTFCCCA Division II men's Great Lakes Region/Midwest Region outdoor Coach of the Year.
- Six-time Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) men's outdoor Coach of the Year.
- Three-time GLIAC men's indoor Coach of the Year.
Logan passed away at age 62 on Jan. 3, 2022. He posthumously was inducted into the USTFCCCA Coaches Hall of Fame in December of 2024.
KATIE MOON
Moon is ranked second in the world in women's pole vault, and will compete at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in September in Tokyo, Japan.
She is the 2020 Summer Olympics gold medalist and 2024 Summer Olympics silver medalist for Team USA in the women's pole vault, and also has won two World Athletics outdoor championships, five USATF indoor titles and two USATF outdoor championships.
A 2024 inductee into the Ashland University Hall of Fame, Moon was a two-time NCAA Division II national champion and three-time D-II All-American in the pole vault, and continues to boast school women's pole vault records both indoors (4.27 meters/14-feet-0) and outdoors (4.44 meters/14-feet-6¾).
Moon's PR of 4.95 meters/16-feet-2¾ is fifth-best in world history.
