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MANHATTAN, Kan. – Led by 18 individuals nominated with a perfect 4.0 GPA, Kansas State fall student-athletes in the sports of men’s and women’s cross country, football, soccer and volleyball combined for 72 Academic All-Big 12 honors, as the conference office announced its fall accolades on Tuesday. The 72 student-athletes honored were tied for the third most in ...

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LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas’ Jalon Daniels, Earl Bostick Jr., and Sam Burt were named Second Team Academic All-America® as selected by College Sports Communicators (CSC) on Tuesday. The team recognizes the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom. The three Jayhawks on the Academic All-America teams mark the first time ...

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No. 21 ranked Kansas Wesleyan got 20 points and 16 rebounds from Alex Littlejohn (SO/Newton, Kan.) to help lead the Coyotes to a 72-60 win over Park University Gilbert Buccaneers on Monday at Bell Bank Park.   The victory sends the Coyotes into the holiday break with a 12-1 overall record, and a 5-game winning streak.   The Coyotes trailed early ...

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The Kansas Wesleyan women closed out their trip to Arizona and the 2022 portion of their schedule with a victory in the desert.   The Coyotes used three second-half scoring runs in pulling away for a 74-62 non-conference victory over Park Gilbert on Monday afternoon.   The victory sends them into the holiday break with an 8-6 record that ...

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Watch | Listen | Kansas Notes | Bowl Hub LAWRENCE, Kan. – For the first time since the 2008 season, the Kansas Jayhawks will play postseason football when they travel to Memphis, Tennessee to take on the Arkansas Razorbacks in the 64th AutoZone Liberty Bowl on December 28. Kickoff is slated for 4:30 p.m. CT and will be broadcast nationally on ESPN with Dave ...

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IRVING, Texas – After matching her career-high with 26 points and leading the Kansas Jayhawks to a 10th-straight win to open the season, KU senior guard Zakiyah Franklin has been named the Big 12 Player of the Week. Franklin scored in double figures for the seventh-consecutive game as she totaled 26 points on 9-of-14 shooting to lead ...

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MANHATTAN, Kan. – Fifth-year senior Keyontae Johnson was honored for the second time this season as the Big 12 Newcomer of the Week on Monday (December 19) after his impressive performance in Kansas State’s 71-56 win over Nebraska in the Wildcat Classic. Johnson, who earned Newcomer of the Week accolades after the first week of the season on Nov. 14, played ...

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Kansas’ Zakiyah Franklin (player) and Iowa State’s Denae Fritz (freshman) captured Big 12 women’s basketball weekly honors. It is both players’ first career weekly honor. Franklin scored 26 points, making nine of her 14 attempts from the field and three of her five 3-pointers in the Jayhawks’ 81-62 win over Tulsa. Her 26 points matched a ...

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A pair of seniors claimed Big 12 men’s basketball awards as Texas’ Marcus Carr was named Player of the Week while Kansas State’s Keyontae Johnson received Newcomer of the Week. Carr picked up his first career honor and Johnson was recognized for the second time this season. In an emotional week playing under acting head coach ...

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WICHITA, Kan. – Wichita State junior infielder Brock Rodden was named Third Team Preseason All-American by Collegiate Baseball. Rodden put together one of the best seasons by any second baseman in the country in 2022, taking home a plethora of individual awards, most notably ABCA Second Team All-Central Region, American Athletic Conference Newcomer Position Player of the Year and ...

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WICHITA, Kan. - Senior forward Jane Asinde was named to the American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll, it was announced Monday afternoon. The Uganda native recorded her fifth double-double of the season in Wichita State's win last Friday over Southern. Asinde finished with a game-high 15 points and 12 rebounds, while going 5-for-7 from the field and 5-of-8 from ...