Tyler Lockett is on his second watch list for an award given to the best player in college football, this time it’s the Walter Camp Award. Lockett has already been named a candidate for the Maxwell (college player of the year), Biletnikoff (best wide receiver) and Paul Hornung (most versatile player) awards. He’s also a preseason All-Big 12 selection at both wide receiver and kick returner according to the league’s media. K-State has had five players named to the Walter Camp Award watch list in the past three seasons. Arthur Brown, Collin Klein and Nigel Malone all made the list…
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K-State has replaced outgoing hitting coach Mike Clement with Andy Sawyers, who will have the title of Associate Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator. Sawyers spent two seasons as an assistant on Hill’s staff in 2009 and 2010 when K-State made their first two NCAA Regional appearances in school history. The Wildcats led the Big 12 in batting average and stolen bases in each of those seasons. He has spent the past four seasons as associate head coach at Texas A&M. “Kansas State is a place that has very special memories for me, including being a part of the school’s first ever trip…
K-State was picked to finish third in the Big 12, behind Oklahoma and Baylor, by the media on Thursday. The Wildcats beat out Texas by a single point, with 377 points overall, in the poll. It’s the highest K-State has been picked since the Big 12 started round robin play in 2011. Last season the Wildcats finished fifth in the league after being picked to finish sixth by the conference media. Oklahoma racked up 47 of the 56 first place votes to finish first in the poll. They were followed by the defending Big 12 champion Baylor Bears who had…
KMAN has confirmed that KSU hitting coach Mike Clement has accepted the job as hitting coach at Ole Miss. Perfect Game USA’s Kendall Rogers was the first to report this story. .@OleMissBSB hired #KState asst Mike Clement to replace Cliff Godwin. Clement has a very good reputation as a coach/person. #RebsBSB #SEC — Kendall Rogers (@KendallRogersPG) July 10, 2014 Clement was hired as K-State’s hitting coach in July of 2012 after spending three years on staff at Texas A&M. Before that, Clement coached at UTSA and has a reputation for great recruiting ties in the state of Texas. He helped…
K-State picked up it’s seventh commitment for the 2015 football recruiting class yesterday in the form of Carl Junction, Missouri linebacker Chase Johnston. Johnston tweeted his pledge yesterday night: Johnston doesn’t have a star rating yet on rivals.com, but is listed at 6-4 and 220 pounds with a 4.57 40-yard dash time. He is the first known commitment for K-State since Bishop Carrol’s Denzel Goolsby tweeted his commitment two weeks ago.
B.J. Finney, Cody Whitehair and Ryan Mueller are the latest Wildcats to be added to award watch lists in a week that’s been full of honors for K-State. Finney and Whitehair are each on the Outland Trophy watch list, given to the nation’s best interior defensive lineman. Mueller is a candidate for the most outstanding defensive player of the year in college football after being named to the Bronko Nagurski Award watch list. K-State is one of only four schools nationally to have multiple players on the Outland Trophy watch list. Finney is on the list for a second straight…
K-State athletics director John Currie announced Wednesday that K-State’s athletic budget will increase by $5.65 million to a total of $65.7 million for the 2015 fiscal year. This is up 49 percent from the 2010 budget of $44.1 million. Currie also noted in his latest letter to K-State fans that the 2014 fiscal year was the fifth straight year with a balanced budget and a surplus. K-State will get a projected $26 million in Big 12/NCAA revenue shares, but the biggest revenue source for the 2015 budget is still $31.16 million in ticket purchases and fan contributions. 58 percent of…
K-State’s Jack Karapetyan has received a medical hardship waiver for the 2013-14 season, his first in Manhattan, after playing just twenty minutes in six games. The school and the Big 12 announced the news in a press release Monday. Karapetyan signed with K-State in July 2013 after a year at prep school and battled a foot injury during his freshman season. He will still have four years of eligibility after the medical hardship. To qualify for a medical hardship, an athlete must suffer a season ending injury that occurs in the first half of the season. The athlete also must…
There’s some basketball star power in Manhattan today. Knicks president and legendary NBA head coach Phil Jackson was here today, along with new Knicks coach and former NBA player Derek Fisher. Pictures of Fisher and Jackson were tweeted by K-State athletics. They were in town to speak with former K-State head coach Tex Winter. K-State Athletics @kstatesports Big Apple meets Little Apple, as #KStateMBB gets a visit from @nyknicks’ Phil Jackson & Derek Fisher and Tex Winter. pic.twitter.com/cMUVOvLbnT Winter coached under Jackson with the Chicago Bulls from 1989 to 1998 and then followed Jackson to the Los Angeles Lakers. Fisher…
K-State’s Thursday night match up with Auburn on September 18th is officially a sellout. The Tigers are coming off of a 12-2 season that included an appearance in the BCS national championship game against Florida State. Only scattered singles and restricted view seating are available for the UTEP (Sept. 27) and Oklahoma State (Nov. 1) games. Less than 500 tickets remain for K-State’s home games against Stephen F. Austin, Texas Tech and Texas. Fewer than 1,300 tickets are available for the Kansas game to close the home schedule on November 29th. “K-State fans have stepped up again and are on…