Kansas State women’s basketball head coach Jeff Mittie has announced the signing of Sage Henry for the 2026-27 roster during the November signing period on Wednesday. Henry, a guard from Gilbert, Arizona, plays for Hamilton High School in Chandler, Arizona. In 2025, Henry averaged 14.7 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game, while earning First Team 6A Premier All Region honors. She aided Hamilton to the Arizona 6A state title and was named the Arizona 6A state championship game MVP. To view the full article visit theMercury.com. Click here for more K-State sports.
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K-State junior forward Nastja Claessens will be away from the Wildcat women’s basketball team for a week, as she is taking part in the November training camp with the Belgian Senior Women’s National Team in Belgium. “We are excited for Nastja and her opportunity to grow as a player within the Belgian National Team,” stated K-State head coach Jeff Mittie. “We know she will use this chance to improve her game and we look forward to her return to Manhattan in a week.” Claessens has been involved with the Belgian National Team for the last two seasons. In 2024, she…
From K-State Sports In front of a sold-out crowd, Aniya Clinton knocked down 17 kills to power K-State to a straight-set victory over 20th-ranked Colorado Saturday afternoon at Morgan Family Arena, 25-20, 26-24, 25-18. K-State (14-7, 7-6 Big 12) rallied behind a .324 hitting percentage and 28 combined kills from Clinton and Shaylee Myers to capture the team’s third upset over a Top 25 opponent this season, improving to 3-4 on the year. The victory marked the fifth sweep over a ranked opponent under head coach Jason Mansfield, as the Wildcats improved to 9-17 overall in the Mansfield era. In…
K-State women’s basketball head coach Jeff Mittie has added an international talent to the 2025-26 roster, as Ivona Scekic from Slovenia has signed with the Wildcats. She will join the team in mid-December. A 6-foot-4 center from Ljubljana, Slovenia, Scekic has played in numerous European events in her national team’s program. Scekic has taken part in the 2025 FIBA U20 Women’s EuroBasket, the 2025 FIBA U18 Women’s EuroBasket, the 2024 FIBA U18 Women’s EuroBasket and the 2023 FIBA U16 Women’s European Championship. To view the full article visit theMercury.com. Click here for more K-State sports.
Junior guard P.J. Haggerty picked up another preseason honor on Tuesday when he was named to the CBS Sports preseason All-America Third Team. Haggerty was joined on the Third Team by St. John’s Zuby Ejiofor, Gonzaga’s Graham Ike, Houston’s Milos Uzan and N.C. State’s Darrion Williams. The First Team included Purdue’s Braden Smith and Trey Kaufman-Renn, Texas Tech’s JT Toppin, Kansas’ Darryn Peterson and UCLA’s Donovan Dent. The Second Team included Duke’s Cameron Boozer, BYU’s AJ Dybantsa, Kentucky’s Otega Oweh, Iowa’s Bennett Stirtz and Michigan’s Yaxel Lendeborg. To view the full article visit theMercury.com. Click here for more K-State sports.
Following its second consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance and a record-breaking 17 conference wins, K-State baseball and eighth-year head coach Pete Hughes have announced the Wildcats’ complete 2026 schedule. The season officially gets underway on February 13 and features 26 home games at Tointon Family Stadium. The Wildcats’ 55-game schedule includes nine opponents that advanced to the NCAA Regional round last season, highlighted by Super Regional participants Auburn and West Virginia, along with College World Series qualifier Arizona. In total, K-State will face nine teams — 22 games — that finished with an RPI of 50 or lower in 2025, while…
Former K-State All-American Kaelen Culpepper was named the 2025 Minnesota Twins Minor League Player of the Year, earning the organization’s Sherry Robertson Award. Culpepper, who was drafted 21st overall in the 2024 MLB Draft, quickly made the jump to Double-A in June and established himself as one of the top players in the Twins’ organization. This summer, the first-rounder earned a spot on the American League Team at the 2025 All-Star Futures Game, standing out as the organization’s lone selection, and also garnered Texas League All-Star honors. To view the full article visit theMercury.com. Click here for more K-State sports.
Weekend home dates with BYU, Kansas, Iowa State and TCU highlight Kansas State’s Big 12 Conference-only schedule, which was released by the league office on Tuesday afternoon (Sept. 23). The 2026 Big 12 schedule marks a return to an 18-game format after using a 20-game slate in 2025 with the additions of Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah. The league used an 18-game schedule from 2012-24. The conference-only schedule will run from the first week of January to the second week of March with each team playing nine games at home and on the road.
Kansas State women’s basketball has finalized its schedule for the upcoming 2025-26 season, as the Big 12 Conference slate has been announced by the league office. Teams will face three Big 12 opponents twice and 12 Conference foes once. Opponents were selected to best balance the schedule in terms of travel and competitiveness. Each school’s conference opponents were announced in June. Picture of the full schedule below
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State men’s basketball player Tyreek Smith has had his eligibility waiver denied by the NCAA, the school announced on Friday (August 22). “We’re disappointed for Tyreek with this ruling by the NCAA,” said head coach Jerome Tang. “We wish they could’ve provided us better communication and transparency during this process and been more consistent with how the rules are applied as this process left both Tyreek and our program in limbo. “We want to thank Tyreek for his contributions to our program the past eight months, and we wish him the best as he takes the…