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MANHATTAN, Kan. – With the start of fall camp right around the corner, K-State Athletics officials announced Tuesday tickets for the Dillons Sunflower Showdown against Kansas on October 26 are down to scattered singles and standing-room only. Tickets to the other five remaining home games are also selling quickly, highlighted by the season-opener on August 31 against UT ...

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KANSAS CITY, Mo.—The Kansas City Royals selected eight players on the second day of the 2024 First-Year Player Draft. With the 76th overall pick in the 3rd round, the Royals selected right-handed pitcher Drew Beam out of the University of Tennessee. Beam, 21, went 9-2 with a 4.22 ERA (48 ER in 102.1 IP) for the national champion ...

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LAWRENCE, Kan. – Right-handed pitcher Hunter Cranton and infielder/catcher Kodey Shojinaga were each selected on the second day of the 2024 MLB Draft. Cranton was drafted in the 3rd round, 91st overall by the Seattle Mariners, while Shojinaga was selected in the 6th round, 192nd overall by the Philadelphia Phillies. They were the first Kansas players drafted since 2019 and ...

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MANHATTAN, Kan. – K-State right-handed pitchers Tyson Neighbors (4th round) and Jackson Wentworth (5th round) along with second baseman Brady Day were each selected on the second day of the 2024 Major League Baseball Draft Monday. Neighbors was selected by the San Diego Padres with the 118th overall pick while Wentworth was drafted 158th overall by the Toronto Blue Jays and Day was chosen by the Philadelphia ...

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WICHITA, Kan. – Wichita State senior left-handed pitcher Caden Favors was selected in the 6th Round of the 2024 MLB Draft by the Cleveland Guardians on Monday afternoon. Favors was the 175th overall selection. The Shockers have now had a player picked in 44 consecutive MLB drafts with the exception of 2020, which was shortened to just five rounds due to the COVID-19 ...

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MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State formally introduced Travis Geopfert as its new Director of Track and Field/Cross Country on Monday (July 15) in the Steel and Pipe Team Theatre at the Vanier Football Complex. Geopfert, a four-time National Assistant Coach of the Year during two stints at national powerhouse Arkansas, was announced as the school’s seventh full-time Director of ...

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Abilene, Kan. (July 15, 2024) – A new addition has been built at the Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo arena in Abilene, Kansas. Elevated seating, called the Lumber House Loft, has been constructed above the roping chutes at the north end of the arena. Standing twelve feet high, the structure measures 20 feet wide by 75 feet ...

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WICHITA, Kan. (July 15) – The Wichita Thunder, ECHL affiliate of the NHL's San Jose Sharks, AHL's San Jose Barracuda and powered by Toyota, announced today the re-signing of forward Dillon Boucher and goaltender Trevor Gorsuch for the 2024-25 season. Boucher, 27, returns to Wichita for a second full season. A native of Head Chezzetcook, Nova Scotia, the 6-foot, ...

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FORT WORTH, Texas- Three Big 12 baseball players were selected in the First Round of the 2024 MLB Draft, marking the most first round picks for the league since 2019. This marks seven consecutive years at least one Big 12 player has been selected in the first round. West Virginia shortstop JJ Wetherholt was the first Big ...

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KANSAS CITY, Mo.—The Kansas City Royals selected two players on the first day of the 2024 First-Year Player Draft. With the 6th overall pick in the 1st round, the Royals selected two-way player Jac Caglianone out of the University of Florida. With the 41st pick in the 2nd round, Kansas City selected left-handed pitcher David Shields from Mt. Lebanon High ...

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KANSAS CITY, Mo.—The Kansas City Royals selected Jac Caglianone, a first baseman and left-handed pitcher out of the University of Florida, with the 6th overall pick in the 2024 First-Year Player Draft. He is the second player selected by Kansas City 6th overall in franchise history, following Zack Greinke in 2002. As a junior this season at Florida, Caglianone ...