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TCU’s Max Duggan and Texas’ Julien Alfred were announced as the Big 12 Male and Female Athletes of the Year for the 2022-23 season. Duggan is the first Horned Frog to earn the award, while Alfred is the 15th Longhorn to procure the honor and the first since the 2018-19 season. Nominees were submitted by Big 12 ...

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LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas quarterback Jalon Daniels and running back Devin Neal are among the standout college football players who have been named to the preseason watch list for the 87th annual Maxwell Award. The Maxwell Award has been presented to the College Player of the Year since 1937 and is named in honor of Robert “Tiny” ...

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MANHATTAN, Kan. – After guiding the Wildcats to a Big 12 Championship in 2022, Kansas State quarterback Will Howard was one of 85 players selected to the initial watch list for the 87th Maxwell Award as the outstanding player in college football, the Maxwell Football Club announced Monday. Howard’s inclusion on the list marks the seventh-straight year a Wildcat has been ...

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Wichita State men's basketball is set to embark on a 10-day foreign tour in Greece, August 1-10. While in Greece, Wichita State will play three exhibition games against foreign competition. The Shockers open exhibition play on August 4 against the Thessaloniki All-Stars at 10 a.m. CDT. Two games against the University of Calgary on August 7 ...

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WICHITA, Kan. – First-year Wichita State head men's basketball coach Paul Mills unveiled the program's 2023-24 non-conference schedule Friday morning. The out of conference slate includes one true road game at Missouri and six neutral site contests, which include the Myrtle Beach Invitational and in-state showdowns with Kansas State and Kansas. Season tickets are available now by calling ...

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Reports have surfaced that former Big 12 Conference member Colorado will be making a return to its original conference home. Colorado leaving Pac-12 to return to Big 12 in 2024, sources told @ActionNetworkHQ. CU will receive full Big 12 share ($31.7M) from ESPN/Fox media deal. Buffs left because of Big 12 stability & Pac-12’s uncertainty, sources ...

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MANHATTAN, Kan. - Rinko Mitsunaga, a highly successful former collegiate and amateur player who has transitioned into coaching, has been hired as an assistant coach for the K-State women’s golf program, head coach Stew Burke announced today.   “I am delighted to have Coach Rinko join the K-State Family,” Burke said. “There was a lot of interest in ...

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MANHATTAN, Kan. – Rob Heil, a two-time K-State graduate and K-State Athletics employee since September 2017, has been promoted to Senior Associate Athletics Director for Development and will lead the Ahearn Fund staff, athletics director Gene Taylor announced today. Heil, most recently an Associate Athletics Director for Development, is taking over for Josh McCowan, who left K-State to become the ...

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After a successful season in the USFL's Michigan Panthers, former Northwest Missouri State Bearcat Kaden Davis has signed on with the Arizona Cardinals. Michigan Panther WR Kaden Davis has signed with the Arizona Cardinals 🙌🔥 pic.twitter.com/eMtd0NEuPl — USFL (@USFL) July 25, 2023 The Ellsworth, Kansas native caught 8 passes for 83 yards in 2023 with Michigan, but made ...

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The MIAA released its preseason football polls on Tuesday, following the 2023 Media Day festivities. The Pittsburg State Gorillas were picked first, edging out the Northwest Missouri State Bearcats. The full poll is below: 2023 MIAA Preseason Coaches Poll 1. Pittsburg State (8)    98 points 2. Northwest Missouri (3)    93 points 3. Emporia State    78 points 4. Washburn    73 points T5. Central Oklahoma    57 ...

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association hosted its 2023 Football Media Day presented by Seigfreid Bingham on Tuesday, July 25 at the Kauffman Foundation Conference Center in Kansas City. Football student-athletes and head coaches from eleven MIAA institutions traveled to Kansas City to attend the 2023 MIAA Football Media Day. “It was a great day for the ...