K-State will bring four player representatives to Big 12 media days at the Omni Hotel in Dallas, set for July 22nd and 23rd. According to the official Big 12 website, safety Ty Zimmerman, wide reciever Tyler Lockett, offensive lineman BJ Finney and linebacker Tre Walker will represent the defending Big 12 champions. Zimmerman, Lockett and Finney were all named preseason All-Americans by Phil Steele earlier this month. Walker will return to the K-State defense in 2013 after missing the final five games of the 2012 season with an injury to his right knee. Stay connected to all things KSU on…
Author: John Kurtz
Phil Steele talks K-State and the Big 12 on “The Game”.
Shane Conlon is joining teammate Ross Kivett in returning to school after being taken in this month’s MLB draft. Conlon announced his decision on twitter late last night. @Condor__15 Real excited to be a cat next year, great things to come! #unfinishedbusiness Conlon, a redshirt Sophomore, was a first team All-Big 12 selection last year and helped lead K-State to it’s first ever Super Regional. Conlon hit .341 with 28 RBI’s and a team-high seven home runs in 2013. He was drafted in the 21st round by the Kansas City Royals. Junior Jared King is the only of the three…
Ross Kivett on “The Game” The Big 12 Player of the Year will be back to defend his title. Junior second baseman Ross Kivett announced today that he will return to K-State for his senior season. Kivett was drafted in the 10th round (291 overall) by his hometown Cleveland Indians and would have been looking at a signing bonus of around $100,000. He announced his decision on his twitter account. I have decided after long deliberation, outside advice, prayer and speaking with my family that it would be best if I RETURN to Kansas State for my senior year! Kivett…
Ross Kivett tells KMAN he will announce tomorrow whether or not he will sign with the Cleveland Indians and skip his final season at K-State. Kivett was drafted in the 10th round of last week’s MLB draft by his hometown team (Kivett is from Broadview Heights, Ohio), and will likely get a signing bonus of around $100,000 if he opts to go pro. Kivett let his twitter followers know when he will make his decision as well. @RossKSU7 Hey every1 i know I said 2day was the day, but sum unfortunate timin things developd. Have 2 push announcemnt back aday.…
Ross Kivett picked up his third All-American honor this season after the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) named him a second team All-American. Kivett was joined by Jared King and Austin Fisher on the ABCA All-Midwest Region team. Fisher and Kivett were first team all-region while King was second team all-region. The three Wildcats were the most to be honored by the ABCA in a single season in school history. Kivett has also been named an All-American by Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball. His three All-American designations are the most by a K-State player since A.J. Morris racked up six…
Jared King will skip his senior season at K-State and sign with the New York Mets on Tuesday after being taken in the fifth round of the MLB draft. “It’s a tough decision,” King told KMAN’s “The Game” on Monday. “We had a great year and I wouldn’t change it for the world. I’m happy everything fell into place.” King will fly to New York to sign his contract. He will start with the Brooklyn Cyclones, a short-season A affiliate of the Mets, where he will likely begin playing with the team later this week. “It’s a great organization and…
Jerry Moran joined KMAN’s “In Focus” on Friday.
Jared King was named a second team All-American by Perfect Game USA, the first All-American honors of his career, to become the second Wildcat named to an All-American team in 2013. He joins Ross Kivett who picked up the honors from Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball. King hit .335 this season with seven home runs and a team-leading 53 RBI’s and was one of seven K-State players named to the All-Big 12 first team. Last week King was drafted in the fifth round of the MLB draft by the New York Mets. King helped lead the Wildcats to the first…
According to reports in the Topeka Capital Journal, incoming freshman center Neville Fincher (6-10, 245) didn’t academically qualify and will have to go to a junior college. Fincher was part of a five-man freshman class for 2013, and was one of only two forwards in the class along with Wesley Iwundu (6-6, 190). He chose K-State over scholarship offers from Marshall and Seton Hall. This leaves K-State with one open scholarship for the 2013-14 basketball season. The 2013 recruiting class already includes Marcus Foster (6-2, 185 G), Nigel Johnson (6-1, 170 G), Jevon Thomas (5-11, 160 G) and Iwundu from…