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Kansas was announced as the favorite in the 2024 Big 12 volleyball preseason poll, while TCU's Melanie Parra was selected as the league's Preseason Player of the Year and KU's Zoey Burgess was honored as the Conference's Preseason Freshman of the Year. The poll and awards were determined by Big 12 head coaches who could not ...

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LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas Volleyball will enter the upcoming season as the conference favorite, having secured the top spot in the 2024 Big 12 Preseason Coaches’ Poll, the league announced Wednesday. Along with the team's top rank, Kansas led the way in individual awards, with three players on the coaches’ Preseason All-Big 12 Team: Ayah Elnady, Camryn ...

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LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas quarterback Jalon Daniels is one of 90 college student-athletes named to the Watch List for the 2024 Comeback Player of the Year Award on Wednesday.   The watch list was announced by the college Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA) in association with The Associated Press (AP) and the Fiesta Bowl Organization. Since 2018, the award ...

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WICHITA, Kan. (Aug. 5) – The Wichita Thunder, ECHL affiliate of the NHL's San Jose Sharks, AHL's San Jose Barracuda and powered by Toyota, announced today the signing of forward T.J. Walsh and defenseman T.J. Lloyd for the 2024-25 season. Walsh, 24, was acquired from the Orlando Solar Bears. This trade completed the deal that sent forward Kelly Bent ...

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Salina – Calling all pickleball enthusiasts! Prepare to serve up some goodwill at the highly anticipated, Be Assure Pickleball Tournament. You can serve, volley, and dink with your teammate on Sunday, Sept. 8 with pool play starting at 11AM in Oakdale Park. This first-ever event promises a day filled with competitive pickleball action, family-friendly activities, ...

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Tim Farina has been named strength coach at Kansas Wesleyan. He will be the first full-time strength coach in school history. "We are very pleased to welcome Tim to KWU and look forward to his leadership in this critical area of player development," Director of Athletics Miguel Paredes said. "I am confident he will make an ...

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LAWRENCE, Kan. – For the second consecutive season, Kansas running backs Devin Neal and Daniel Hishaw Jr. have been selected as preseason candidates for the Doak Walker Award, which is presented annually to the nation’s top running back. The 2024 watch list was announced Tuesday by the PwC SMU Athletic Forum. The award is named for SMU’s ...

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Kanas Wesleyan has earned the NAIA Champions of Character Five-Star Institution Award that honors institutional commitment to character-driven athletics. KWU earned Gold Level status for the award. Institutions are measured on a demonstrated commitment to Champions of Character and earn points in character training, conduct in competition, academic focus, character recognition and character promotion. Institutions earned points based ...

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LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas quarterback Jalon Daniels is one of 50 players named to the watch list for the 2024 Walter Camp Football Foundation’s Player of the Year Award, which is given annually to the college football player of the year. The Walter Camp Player of the Year Award is the nation’s fourth-oldest individual college football accolade ...

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Watch Coach Klieman’s Press Conference  |  Listen to Coach Klieman’s Press Conference  |  Buy Tickets MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State head coach Chris Klieman met with members of the media for the first time during fall camp on Monday at the Vanier Family Football Complex. Links to video and audio of the press conference – which was streamed live on Big ...

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LAWRENCE, Kan. – The Kansas Jayhawks are ranked No. 24 in the preseason US LBM Coaches Poll, the organization announced on Monday, Kansas’ first appearance in the preseason Coaches Poll since 2008. The Coaches Poll appearances comes after a 9-4 season in 2023, which culminated in a 49-36 victory over UNLV in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl on ...