From K-State Athletics Kansas State associate head men’s basketball coach Chris Lowery was selected to the Southern Illinois Athletics Hall of Fame on Thursday (July 18), joining seven other individuals, in a release by athletics department officials. Lowery, who spent time at Southern Illinois as a player (1991-94), assistant coach (2001-03) and head coach (2004-12), will be formally inducted into the university’s Hall of Fame on Friday, October 18. In those three capacities, he was part of 283 wins with a combined seven NCAA Tournaments and eight Missouri Valley Conference Championships, including conference titles and NCAA Tournament appearances in each…
Author: Mitch Fortner
From K-State Athletics For a second-consecutive year, Kansas State center Adam Holtorf has been named to the Rimington Trophy watch list, which is presented to the nation’s premier center, the award’s committee announced Friday. Holtorf, a senior from Seward, Nebraska, was also on the watch list in 2018 and this year gave the Wildcats a candidate for the award for a 10th time in its 20-year history. Holtorf has started each of K-State’s last 25 games at center, helping the Wildcats rank in the top three of the Big 12 in rushing yards per game each year. Last season, Holtorf…
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From K-State Athletics K-State volleyball has signed defensive specialist/libero Dru Kuck to a National Letter of Intent (NLI) for the upcoming 2019 season, 19-year head coach Suzie Fritz announced Tuesday. Kuck (pronounced Cook), a native of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, finished as Sheboygan North’s all-time leader in digs with 2,097. Her 694 digs as a senior set a single-season school record and was fourth highest in the state in 2019. She is a four-year varsity letterwinner at Sheboygan North and was named Fox River Classic Conference Co-Player of the Year her senior year. At 5-foot-5, Kuck was listed as the No. 2…
From K-State Athletics Kansas State senior running back James Gilbert was one of 80 players in the nation – including 10 from the Big 12 – to be named to the watch list for the 2019 Maxwell Award as the college player of the year, the Maxwell Football Club announced Monday. Gilbert, a graduate transfer from Ball State, is a preseason candidate for the award for a third-straight season. He is the eighth Wildcat to be named a candidate for the award and the second-straight running back after Alex Barnes landed on the watch list prior to the 2018 campaign.…
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(AP) Jeimer Candelario hit a bases-clearing double and Gordon Beckham added a two-run homer during a seven-run third inning, and the Detroit Tigers took advantage of Kansas City’s late pitching switch to beat the Royals 12-8 on Sunday. Harold Castro had a pair of hits during the marathon fame, when the Tigers trotted 11 batters to the plate against fill-in starter Brian Flynn. The first six reached base safely, and Brandon Dixon and Niko Goodrum also drove in runs before reliever Jorge Lopez finally ended the inning. Flynn (2-1), who got the start when Homer Bailey was traded to Oakland…
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