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.
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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…
K-State women’s basketball head coach Jeff Mittie announced the complete non-conference schedule for the upcoming 2025-26 season on Thursday. The Wildcats’ non-conference slate features six home games, including a visit from SEC foe Texas A&M, participation in the 2025 Cancun Challenge in Cancun, Mexico, visits to 2025 NCAA Tournament participants Green Bay and Creighton and a neutral-site matchup against Ole Miss in the third annual Bill Snyder Basketball Classic presented by Southern Bank in St. Joseph, Missouri. “This is a great schedule for our team,” stated Mittie about the slate. “We have opportunities to play quality programs in many different…
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Former K-State All-American and Minnesota Twins’ No. 4 prospect Kaelen Culpepper has been selected to play on the American League team in the 2025 All-Star Futures Game. Culpepper, who was taken 21st overall by the Twins in the 2024 MLB Draft, was the organization’s only prospect selected for the event. The 2025 All-Star Futures Game will take place on Saturday, July 12 at 3 p.m. CT at Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia, showcasing some of baseball’s top prospects. The game will air live on MLB Network and will be simulcast on MLB.TV, MLB.com and via the MLB…
The Kansas State baseball team will hold a watch party for the NCAA Division I Selection Show on Monday, May 26 at the Shamrock Zone, as the Wildcats learn their postseason fate during the live broadcast on ESPN2 beginning at 11:00 a.m. CT. Fans and supporters are encouraged to come out and be part of the excitement with K-State Athletics and the team as they watch the unveiling of the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament field of 64. Doors to the Shamrock Zone will open at 10:30 a.m., with the Selection Show scheduled to air live at 11 a.m. CT…
MANHATTAN, Kan. – The eyes of the college football world will be on Kansas State as the Wildcats kick off the 2025 college football season with the Aer Lingus College Football Classic against Iowa State kicking off at 11 a.m. (CT), 5 p.m. (GMT) and be televised by ESPN, the network announced Tuesday during the Disney Ad Sales Upfront. This is the first time since 2010 against UCLA that K-State will open its season on ESPN. This is just the second time in the 129-year history of the program that the Wildcats will play abroad (1992 in Tokyo, Japan vs.…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHxd4rD4xfI Keegan O’Connor delivered a walk-off single to complete the Wildcats’ dramatic comeback victory Friday night, as K-State erased a five-run deficit in the ninth inning to edge 12th-ranked West Virginia, 8-7, at Tointon Family Stadium. The Mountaineers (39-9, 18-5 Big 12), ranked 12th by D1Baseball, jumped out to a 4-0 lead before stretching their lead to five after scoring three runs in the eighth and ninth innings. Trailing 7-2 heading into the bottom of the ninth, K-State (29-20, 15-10 Big 12) sent 10 batters to the plate and erupted for five runs before O’Connor’s game-winning hit sealed a walk-off…
Thursday: BYU 11 K-State 6 BYU raced out to a seven-run lead after the third inning on its way to taking the series opener from K-State, 10-6, Thursday night at Miller Park. The Cougars (22-21, 7-15 Big 12) brought nine hitters to the plate in the first and seven in the third, scoring three and four runs in those frames. Ryder Robinson hit a two-run homer in the first, his first of the night, and Parker Goff launched a three-run shot in the third. Senior left-hander Jacob Frost was tagged for the loss after allowing three earned runs in the…