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KANSAS CITY, Mo.—The Kansas City Royals announced today that they have signed outfielder Gavin Cross, their first-round pick (9th overall) in the 2022 First-Year Player Draft. Cross, 21, hit .328 (80-for-244) with 17 home runs and 50 RBI in 57 games in his junior season at Virginia Tech, and was named to the Golden Spikes Award watch list. The ...

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WICHITA, Kan. — The home court advantage was clear, as the Aftershocks Wichita State alumni team rolled to a 83-52 win over We Are D3 in the first round of The Basketball Tournament Friday at Koch Arena. "It was nice to get out to an early lead and keep it throughout the game," said Conner Frankamp. After ...

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FEATURED IMAGE: Jacob Pullen (0) lifts Purple & Black to a TBT victory. Photo by Jeremy Davis. WICHITA, Kan. — Kansas State legend Jacob Pullen and a host of other former Wildcats reunited Friday for what has become an annual summer tradition in the basketball world, The Basketball Tournament. The winner-take-all, single elimination hoops tournament features teams ...

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WICHITA, Kan.  – The Kansas State men's basketball alumni team - dubbed the Purple & Black – begins action in The Basketball Tournament (TBT) on Friday night (July 22) against the Lone Star Legends at 6 p.m., CT in the Wichita Regional at Koch Arena. The game will be broadcast on ESPN3. The No. 3 seed Purple ...

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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 ...