MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State head coach Bill Snyder was named one of 10 finalists for the 2011 Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award, the award committee announced today at the National Football Foundation Awards press conference in New York. In his 20th season as the Wildcats’ head coach, Snyder is now up for this third National Coach of the Year honor as he was named the recipient of the 2011 Woody Hayes Award and one of five finalists for the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) Eddie Robinson Award on Tuesday. Joining Snyder as finalists for the Liberty Mutual Coach of…
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The first of several ‘friend’ raiser events was held this past weekend to benefit the Kansas Arts Foundation. President Linda Weis says not to call it a fund raiser, as it was not a ticketed event. The Kansas Arts Foundation is the body created to help replace funding that had been provided by the governmentally funded Kansas Arts Commission, with Weis explaining it not beholden to any political officer, office, or organization. She describes it as a fund-raising effort and fund-raising organization. Among the attendees at this weekend’s Friend Raiser were Governor Sam Brownback and Major General William Mayville, the commanding officer…
We’ve been hearing in the national news about soldiers coming back from Iraq–and right here at Fort Riley the last unit from one division is coming home. About 350 soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery are returning Tuesday. This is the last division unit from that battalion to leave Iraq. The group is commanded by Lt. Colonel Keith Casey and command Sgt. Major Gabriel Espinosa and spent the last seven months in Iraq. The battalion has quite a history behind it, known as “Hamilton’s Own.” The group was formed by Alexander Hamilton during the Revolutionary war.
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State head coach Bill Snyder was named the recipient of the 2011 Woody Hayes Award, which is presented to the College Football Coach of the Year by the Touchdown Club of Columbus. Additionally, Snyder was named a finalist for the Eddie Robinson Award, given to the Coach of the Year by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA). Snyder joined Mike Gundy (Oklahoma State), Brady Hoke (Michigan), Les Miles (LSU) and Dabo Sweeney (Clemson) as finalists for the award. The Touchdown Club of Columbus unanimously selected Snyder for the Woody Hayes Awards based upon the Wildcats 10-2 season and…
Kansas State junior place kicker Anthony Cantele was named the Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week, the conference office announced Monday. It was Cantele’s third weekly honor this season and the fourth of his career. The honor by Cantele was also the ninth by the Wildcats this year, tying the school record originally set by the 1999 squad. Cantele nailed all three of his field goal attempts in No. 11 Kansas State’s 30-23 win over Iowa State, marking the third time this season he has made three field goals in a game. The junior connected on a 37-yarder…
(Courtesy K-State Sports Information) Senior Jamar Samuels was named the Phillips 66 Big 12 Player of the Week on Monday after averaging a double-double in wins over George Washington and Virginia Tech last week. Samuels, who earned the weekly honor for the first time in his career, helped the Wildcats move to 5-0 for the first time since 2008-09 with wins over the Colonials (69-56) on Dec. 1 and the Hokies (69-61) on Dec. 4. He averaged 13.5 points on 64.7 percent shooting (11-of-17), including 50 percent (1-of-2) from 3-point range, in the two wins with 12.0 rebounds in…
The Riley County/Manhattan Health Department was ransacked late last week with the damage estimate reaching up towards ten thousand dollars. According to the Riley County Police Department, an unknown suspect or suspects broke in the glass on an exterior door to the health department, located at Tecumseh Road, gaining entry to the offices, where they further damaged doors, windows, and cabinets. Also damaged during the spree were denture molds from the Konza Community Health Center and a small fridge. Total loss is valued at around seven-thousand dollars. RCPD Lieutenant Josh Kyle reports nothing has been listed as being stolen
(Courtesy K-State Sports Information) The K-State volleyball team is headed to Hawaii for the Regional Semifinals of the NCAA Tournament and fans are being asked to send the Wildcats off with a cheer. The team will leave today at 7 p.m. from the Bramlage Coliseum west parking lot, and fans are asked to come to a send off party for the team at 6:45. The bus will be in the northwest corner near Gate 3. K-State defeated #2 Nebraska on the Cornhuskers’ home floor in the second round on Friday night to advance to be one of the last 16…
DALLAS (AP) Kansas State and Arkansas will meet in the Cotton Bowl in a matchup of top-10 teams left out of the Bowl Championship Series. The Wildcats, ranked No. 8 in the BCS, enjoyed a resurgence this season under coach Bill Snyder, finishing 10-2. The win total is the school’s highest since 2003 and one shy of the school record. Kansas State finished second in the Big 12, with its only losses coming in back-to-back weeks to Oklahoma and Oklahoma State. The Razorbacks are sixth in the BCS. Their only losses this season came on the road against the…