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LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas redshirt senior center Mike Novitsky has been named to the 2022 Rimington Trophy Watch List for the third straight year, it was announced Friday morning. Novitsky, the starter at center in all 12 games last season for the Jayhawks, was one of 40 centers nationally chosen for the watch list and one of ...

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LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas football super-senior defensive lineman Sam Burt was one of 114 nominees for the 2022 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team®, announced by Allstate Insurance Company and the American Football Coaches Association on Tuesday. The Allstate AFCA Good Works Team recognizes student-athletes around the country for exemplary community service, academic dedication, and impact on and ...

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More on Jadyn Greisen | Kassidy Johnson | Maria Linares | Dylan Phillips   MANHATTAN, Kan. – Four Kansas State student-athletes – Jadyn Greisen, Kassidy Johnson, Maria Linares and Dylan Phillips – earned Spring Big 12 Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors in their respective sports, the league office announced on Thursday (July 21). Johnson (women’s track and field), Linares (women’s tennis) and Phillips (baseball) each claimed the honor outright in their ...

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KANSAS CITY, Mo.—The Kansas City Royals completed the final day of the 2022 First-Year Player Draft on Tuesday, selecting 10 players to cap a three-day period in which they added 20 players to the organization. The Royals first 17 picks were college players, surpassing 2018 (11) for the club record of consecutive college picks to begin ...

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LOS ANGELES- A total of 47 Big 12 baseball players were selected in the 2022 MLB Draft, the most in 20 rounds in Conference history. The Big 12 ranked third among autonomy conferences in number of players drafted. The 47 draftees are the Big 12’s most since the MLB shortened the draft from 40 rounds after the ...

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WICHITA, Kan. – Head coach Chris Lamb and the Wichita State volleyball program have announced the addition of assistant coach Brian Hosfeld and director of operations Ashleigh Houlton to the coaching staff. Hosfeld joins Katie Zimmerman as an assistant on Lamb's staff, while Houlton replaces Shannon Lamb, who announced she is stepping away from the program due ...

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LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas running back Devin Neal has been named a preseason candidate for the 2022 Doak Walker Award, the PwC SMU Athletic Forum announced Wednesday morning. Neal, a rising sophomore, burst onto the scene last year as a true freshman with 707 rushing yards and eight touchdowns on 158 carries, averaging 4.2 yards per carry ...

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MANHATTAN, Kan. – For a second-straight season, Kansas State junior running back Deuce Vaughn is in the running for the Doak Walker Award, presented annually to the nation’s top college running back, as the PwC SMU Athletic Forum announced its preseason watch list on Wednesday. Vaughn was a semifinalist for the award a year ago, just the third Wildcat to ...

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Kansas Wesleyan University's Abby Donovan (SO/Concordia, Kan.) will play a round of golf with World Golf Hall of Famer Annika Sorenstam on Thursday as part of the Senior LPGA Championship Pro-Am event at Salina Country Club.   Donovan was one of four local women's golf standouts selected to play with Sorenstam in a group sponsored by Bennington State Bank, ...

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(PURCHASE TICKETS NOW) Don't miss your chance to check out the Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes this fall!   The 2022 season is just around the corner and tickets for all fall Kansas Wesleyan University athletic events are on sale now at kwucoyotes.com. Fans of the Coyotes can purchase tickets to individual games for football, soccer and volleyball, as well as premium ...

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KANSAS CITY, Mo.—The Kansas City Royals selected eight players on the second day of the 2022 First-Year Player Draft, including six pitchers and two position players, all from the college ranks. Including their first two picks last night, this marks the second time in franchise history that the Royals have selected college players with their first 10 ...