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KANSAS CITY, Mo.—The Kansas City Royals have announced in partnership with the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum and Kansas City’s own Negro Leagues Baseball Museum that Buck O’Neil’s Hall of Fame plaque will be brought from Cooperstown to Kansas City for public display on Friday, Aug. 12 at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and at ...

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Kansas Wesleyan Women's Volleyball was selected to finish third in the KCAC in 2022 as the conference coaches released their 2022 Preseason Poll as part of the conference media day.   Wesleyan finished fourth in the KCAC a season ago, posted a 21-9 overall record and a 9-3 mark in the KCAC.   The Coyotes return five starters from ...

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ATLANTA – Kansas Wesleyan Women's Basketball received special mention recognition from the Women's Basketball Coaches Association as the WBCA announced it 2021-22 WBCA Academic Top 25 teams.   The Coyotes were just outside of the NAIA Top 25, ranking 31st if the rankings were extended beyond the Top 25.   The WBCA Academic Top 25 recognizes NCAA Division I, II ...

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Kansas Wesleyan Men's Soccer was picked to finish 11th in the KCAC Men's Soccer race this season as the conference coaches conducted the annual preaseason poll as part of the group's conference virtual media day.   "The conference is very strong in men's soccer and I experienced that last season," Wesleyan head coach LeBaron Hollimon said during media day. ...

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The United States Marine Corps and the American Volleyball Coaches Association have announced that more than 1,200 collegiate and high school volleyball teams have earned the USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award this season. The award, initiated in the 1992–93 academic year, honors volleyball teams that maintain a year-long grade-point average of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale ...

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Kansas Wesleyan received the No. 12 ranking in the Preseason edition of the NAIA Football FirstDown Playbook Top 25 poll released by the National Office.   The Coyotes are coming off a 10-2 season in 2021, reaching the quarterfinals of the NAIA Football Championship Series, where they lost to eventual National Champion and Preseason ...

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* Editor's note: This feature was written shortly before the birth of the Huffstickler's daughter Parker.   Sam and Tyler Huffstickler were not unhappy in their jobs at Central Missouri – Sam a full-time assistant coach with the Jennies' softball team and Tyler and a volunteer assistant for the Mules' stellar baseball program.   The approaching birth of their first child ...

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Editor's Note: This is the second of five in a series announcing the 2022 inductees to the Kansas Wesleyan University Coyote Athletic Hall of Fame. Profiles on each of the inductees will be released each Wednesday through August 24. The Coyote Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony is set for the Saturday of Homecoming and Family ...

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Kansas Wesleyan basketball coach Anthony Monson didn't have to look far for a new full-time assistant. The best and most logical candidate sat next to him on the Coyotes' bench the last two years.   Jordan Murdock, who most recently served at KWU as a graduate assistant and was an All-America player at Friends, has been promoted and will ...

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Kate Madsen has no doubts she's ready and capable of handling the responsibilities she has been given. Neither does her boss.   Madsen, a part-time assistant coach with the Kansas Wesleyan volleyball program the past three seasons, has been promoted to full-time status. It was an easy decision for KWU head coach Jessica Biegert, who enters her fourth season ...

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KANSAS CITY, Mo.—The Kansas City Royals announced this morning that infielder Nicky Lopez and right-handed pitcher Brady Singer have been named Royals Player and Pitcher of the Month, respectively, for July. The awards are determined by a local media vote. Lopez was the only Royal to appear in all 28 games last month (24 starts), over which he batted .297 ...