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.…
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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…
Kansas State guard Serena Sundell was selected with the 26th overall selection and the first pick of the third round of the 2025 WNBA Draft by the Seattle Storm on Monday night at the WNBA’s annual draft event. The moment 🤩@serena_sundell's name is called for the @seattlestorm in the third round of the #WNBADraft 💚 pic.twitter.com/CaHGooaegi— K-State Women's Basketball (@KStateWBB) April 15, 2025 Sundell becomes the ninth player in school history to be selected during the WNBA Draft. Sundell is the 12th player overall to become a part of the league and first since Breanna Lewis in the 2018 season.…
K-State women’s basketball guard Serena Sundell has been invited to attend the WNBA Draft 2025 presented by State Farm on Monday night at The Shed in New York City. Sundell is one of 15 players invited to be in attendance for the draft, which will begin at 6:30 p.m. (CT) with live coverage on ESPN and the ESPN App. Sundell is in line to become the ninth player in school history to be selected in the WNBA Draft. Sundell would be the 12th player overall to become a part of the league and first since Breanna Lewis in the 2018…
With her third-straight round of 4-under par 68 on Saturday, Kansas State senior women’s golfer Carla Bernat held off the best amateurs in the world to take home the title at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur with a 54-hole score of 12-under par 204 at the historic Augusta National Golf Club. Capturing the championship of one of the world’s most prestigious amateur events, Bernat held a one-shot lead heading to the 18th tee box. After a drive that found the fairway, the Castellon, Spain, product hit an approach shot that landed on the back of the green, needing two putts…
Chris Klieman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rFUybh_P40 Avery Johnson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlnizXcbzYI&t=15s Taylor Poitier https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSCjb0DbvpM&t=1s VJ Payne https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViFcthw98uY&t=3s
Following a career-best performance from beyond the 3-point line this season, K-State’s Temira Poindexter has been selected to compete in the Celsius Women’s 3-Point Championship. The 36th annual State Farm College Slam Dunk and 3-Point Championships will be held on Thursday at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas, and will air live on ESPN beginning at 6 p.m. Poindexter is the second Wildcat since 2014 to be chosen for the College 3-Point Championship, as Kindred Wesemann competed and won the 2017 edition of the event in Phoenix, Arizona. In her collegiate career, Poindexter made 273 three-pointers. She registered at…
Senior David N’Guessan was among 20 players chosen to participate in the 2025 NABC/Reese’s Division I College All-Star Game, which will be played on Friday (April 4) at the Alamodome in San Antonio as part of Final Four festivities. Friday’s game will air nationally on CBS Sports Network at 3:30 p.m., CT. Admission to the game as well as all of Reese’s Final Four Friday is free to the public. N’Guessan will play on the West team, along with former Wildcat teammate Cam Carter who played at LSU in 2024-25. They will be joined by Creighton’s Steven Ashworth and Jamiya…
Friday: K-State 10 Texas Tech 5 Thirteen hits, including homers by Seth Dardar, Maximus Martin, and Keegan O’Connor, powered K-State to a 10-5 victory over Texas Tech in the series opener at Tointon Family Stadium on Friday night. K-State (17-8, 6-1 Big 12) produced six extra-base hits in the series-opening win with four players turning in multi-hit performances, leading the Wildcats to their eighth consecutive win at home. Smith struck out three of the six batters he faced, ending his fifth outing with 1 2/3 scoreless innings. Seven Wildcats produced a hit in the victory, led by three-hit performances from…