K-STATE FANS, The 2017-18 academic and athletic season is now behind us, one that was filled with many achievements for which to celebrate. I hope after reviewing this Annual Report document you will share in the excitement of all the accomplishments from the 2017-18 season. As you read through each of these highlights, I encourage you to reflect on and congratulate yourself for the investment of time, energy and resources you have personally made to our athletics program. You truly make the difference. As the 2018-19 season is underway, we look forward to sharing another year of accomplishments and stories that align with our goals as a department, all of which centers around providing the best experience possible for our student-athletes. Go Cats! Gene Taylor Director of Athletics
BACK TO BACK BIG 12 CHAMPIONS WOMEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD
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MISSION
Our mission is to foster a culture in which our student-athletes have every opportunity to reach their maximum potential academically, athletically, mentally and socially while operating an organization that is anchored by a genuine commitment to K-State, our supporters and each other.
VALUES
At K-State, we are “Family.” Our bond envelops our students, coaches, staff, alumni, donors and fans. The connection is constant, as we are linked from the time we are together on campus and always thereafter. We strive to recruit students, coaches and administrators who are of the highest moral CHARACTER. We embrace DIVERSITY, push INNOVATION, and seek EXCELLENCE while emphasizing the significance of acting with HONESTY and INTEGRITY. A K-Stater understands that COLLABORATION, community ENGAGEMENT and HARD WORK lead to perseverance and success throughout life.
STRATEGIC PRIORITIES • • • • • •
Support Student-Athlete Success and Well-Being Win Championships Provide the Best Fan Experience in the Big 12 Foster a Positive and Inclusive Department Culture Grow and Efficiently Manage Financial Resources Encourage Diversity and Inclusiveness with All Student-Athletes, Coaches and Staff • Cultivate and Promote an Atmosphere of Compliance
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INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS
TEJASWIN SHANKAR
Big 12 Champion • Indoor Weight Throw
JEREMY GANDON
JANEE’ KASSANAVOID
Big 12 Champion • Men’s Golf
RANAE MCKENZIE
Big 12 Champion • Outdoor 400m Hurdles
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MITCH DIXON
National Champion • Outdoor High Jump
Big 12 Champion • Outdoor Hammer Throw
NINA SCHULTZ
Big 12 Champion • Indoor High Jump
ALL-AMERICANS
AARON
BOOTH Outdoor Decathlon
SHADAE
WILL
GEARY Football
RANAE
HELENE
KASSANAVOID Outdoor Hammer Throw
D.J.
DALTON
LAWRENCE Outdoor Discus
MCKENZIE Outdoor 400m Hurdles
REED Football
NINA
TEJASWIN
TERRELL
SCHULTZ Pentathlon & Heptathlon
SHANKAR Outdoor High Jump
JANEE’
INGVALDSEN Outdoor Hammer Throw
SMITH Indoor and Outdoor 200m
RISNER Football
JESS
ST. JOHN Outdoor Shot Put
ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS
ADAM
HOLTORF Football
SHAELYN
MARTIN Women’s Basketball
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BIG 12
LEADING APR SCORES Highlighted by Big 12-leading marks from the football, tennis and women’s cross country programs, all of Kansas State’s athletic teams met and exceeded the NCAA’s Academic Progress Rate multi-year standard for the seventh straight year.
TOP 10
NATIONAL APR Two Wildcat teams, tennis and women’s cross country, were awarded APR Public Recognition distinction for posting multi-year APRs in the top 10% nationally in each sport.
with 4.0 GPA
Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Graduates Across 45 Majors
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243 STUDENT-ATHLETES NAMED TO BIG 12 HONOR ROLL
243 K-State student-athletes were named to the Fall 2017 Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll. This marks the 20th straight semester K-State has placed 200 or more student-athletes on the honor roll.
PERFECT 1000
BY SEVEN WILDCAT TEAMS Seven Wildcat teams – baseball, men’s and women’s cross country, football, tennis, women’s track & field and volleyball – recorded perfect, current-year APR marks of 1000.
SEVEN WILDCATS
NAMED ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT Seven student-athletes were named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District VII teams while two picked up Second Team All-America honors.
Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
Academic All-Big 12 Scholar Athlete of the Year Shaelyn Martin (WBB) Brett Neely (MTF)
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BASEBALL-SOCCER COMPLEX An upgrade for America’s pastime and new home for nation’s fastest growing sport.
The next critical athletics facility project was publicly introduced and fundraising goal surpassed nearly four months ahead of schedule for renovation of Tointon Family Stadium and construction of a new stadium for women’s soccer. A total of $13 million, which surpassed the original fundraising goal of $10 million, has been raised for the campaign with the remaining $2 million of the total $15 million project being paid through department revenues and resources. The renovation of Tointon Family Stadium began with a groundbreaking ceremony back in May, while the soccer project will break ground October 12, when the Wildcats host Texas Tech. The exterior portion of the soccer stadium and baseball clubhouse is expected to be completed in July 2019, with the interior of both projects wrapping up by December 31, 2019.
Tointon Family Stadium
• New clubhouse with updated locker room, player lounge, athletic training room, coaches offices and equipment room. • Additional space for team meetings in the new clubhouse. • New and improved exterior facade. • New team store and concessions, enhancing the gameday fan experience. • Future improvements include entry and parking upgrades, ticket office, suite upgrades, chairback seating and family fun zone.
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K-State Soccer Stadium
• Seating for approximately 1,400 in a brand new limestone stadium. • Enhance the student-athlete gameday experience with on-site locker rooms, player lounge and visiting team locker room. • Provide a permanent home for the soccer program with new strength and conditioning center, coaches offices, sports medicine and rehabilitation area, and equipment and laundry facilities. • Additional fan amenities include concessions and on-site restrooms.
FACILITY MASTER PLAN
This 10 to 15-year facilities vision proposes $210 million of new construction and enhancements that will benefit all 16 Wildcat athletic programs.
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RECORD
$18.9 MILLION
IN ANNUAL FUND DONATIONS
Total cash gifts in FY 2018
$30,928,428
$18,938,825
8500+
MEMBERS IN
48 STATES
Ahearn Fund Annual Fund Donations
NLC MEMBERS DONATED
$11,709,442 Ahearn Fund Capital Gifts
$280,161 10
Restricted/ Endowed
$21.9M OF $30.8M IN TOTAL AHEARN FUND GIFTS
476
NATIONAL LEADERSHIP CIRCLE MEMBERS ACROSS
21 STATES
$565K
RAISED AT THE 2018
POWERCAT AUCTION
$230
MILLION
IN CAPITAL FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS SINCE 2010
1200+ NLC MEMBERS DONATED
$134M
PERSONAL VISITS
BY AHEARN FUND STAFF
OF $230M IN CAPITAL FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS SINCE 2010
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K-State Athletics operates with no direct or indirect university & student funding or state support - the only school in Kansas to be self-sustaining
OF 8 SCHOOLS IN THE NATION
to be self-sustaining (no campus funding)
$82.1M
$30.9 MILLION
$73.4M
Overall cash gifts to the department in FY 2018, including a record $18.9 million designated for the Ahearn Fund annual giving program.
STRAIGHT YEARS with a balanced budget and surplus
2017
2018
$82.1 MILLION
Projected balanced budget of $82.1 million for FY 2019, a $8.6 million increase over FY 2018.
Additional Support to the University
$
200K
RETURNED BACK TO STUDENT GOVERNING ASSOCIATION AND KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY THROUGH STUDENT PRIVILEGE FEES
10.3M
$
PAYMENTS TO THE UNIVERSITY BUDGET FOR TUITION & FEES AND SUPPORT FEES
200K
$
K-STATE ATHLETICS DIRECTLY SUPPORTS THE MARCHING BAND’S ANNUAL BUDGET
ADDITIONAL $600K+ PROVIDED THROUGH INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT FEES FOR UNIVERSITY SERVICES 12
K-STATE ATHLETICS FY 2018-19 Revenues Football Tickets Men’s Basketball Tickets Women’s Basketball Tickets Other Sports Tickets Ahearn Fund Gifts K-State Sports Properties Big 12/NCAA Licensing Parking Concessions/Merchandise Student Privilege Fees Game Guarantees State/University Funding Other Revenue
Total % of Total 12,444,000 15.17% 2,925,000 3.57% 250,000 0.30% 160,000 0.20% 18,170,000 22.15% 5,150,000 6.28% 37,909,000 46.21% 1,000,000 1.22% 660,000 0.80% 1,100,000 1.34% 0 0.00% 50,000 0.06% 0 0.00% 2,217,780 2.70% $82,035,780 100.0%
Expenses Sports Operating/Recruiting
Total 31,866,525
Scholarships
10,313,300 12.57%
Student Athlete Support
6,160,555
Administration Fan Experience, Development, Broadcasting, Sports Information & Ticket Office Facilities, Maintenance and Utilities Game Management/Operations/Officials Band/Cheerleaders Debt Service Big 12 Membership Fee/Overhead Game Guarantees Parking Institutional Support Fee Depreciation Other Expenses
5,021,800 6.12%
(Includes salaries, travel & equipment)
(Includes cash paid by KSA to Kansas State University) (Sports Medicine, Strength, Academic Services)
% of Total 38.85%
7.51%
6,835,900 8.33% 5,853,500 7.14% 3,276,900 3.99% 313,000 0.38% 5,959,800 7.26% 1,515,000 1.85% 2,116,000 2.58% 339,100 0.41% 884,400 1.08% 1,500,000 1.83% 80,000 0.10% $82,035,780 100.0% 13
#CatsWhoCare 2017-18 COMMUNITY SERVICE HURRICANE HARVEY
With the help of 90 student-athletes and 20 staff, 46,000 pounds of items were collected for relief efforts in rural areas surrounding Houston.
CATS FOR CANS
3,126 pounds of food and $11,802 raised by over 110 student-athletes. These donations to the Flint Hills Breadbasket served 2,300 individuals.
CATS IN THE CLASSROOM
129 student-athletes visited 8 local schools to read, interact, and play with elementary children. This partnership fosters the importance of education and community.
CATS ACROSS CONTINENTS
15 student-athletes and 5 staff partnered with Courts for Kids on a 10 day service trip to the Dominican Republic to build a multi-purpose sports court for the community.
WEEK OF GRATITUDE
1,581 thank you cards written to donors, local Ft. Riley soldiers, and staff on campus.
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ADOPT A FAMILY
Student-athletes and coaches from each team donated over $1,700 of their own money to buy Christmas presents for two local families.
NATIONAL GIRLS & WOMEN IN SPORTS DAY
72 female student-athletes and staff hosted a sports clinic for over 300 local children to celebrate girls and women in sports.
TIP OFF FOR T.P.
$1,565.70 raised in addition to cleaning supply donations for the Manhattan Emergency Shelter.
SOLES FOR SOULS
Student-athletes donated 428 pairs of their own shoes to Soles for Souls who distributes used shoes to 127 countries and all 50 states.
SPECIAL OLYMPICS
Over 100 student-athletes volunteered to help 100 Special Olympians rotate from station to station trying out each sport.
HYGIENE HIJACK
An ongoing collection of toiletries to donate to local shelters.
1258.5 TOTAL HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE BY STUDENT-ATHLETES
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BASEBALL • Drew Mount was selected by the Cincinnati Reds in the 16th round (469th overall). • Will Brennan was named to the All-Big 12 First Team while Drew Mount earned All-Big 12 Honorable Mention. • Head coach Brad Hill, the program’s all-time winningest coach and two-time Big 12 Coach of the Year, stepped down after 15 seasons. • Nine placed on the 2018 Academic All-Big 12 teams. • Jake Biller was selected to the 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-District Baseball First Team and earned the Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award from the Big 12, the conference’s highest academic award. • Pete Hughes was named the 21st head baseball coach in program history.
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ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 Jake Biller Will Brennan Tyler Eckberg Brogan Heinen Jared Marolf TK McWhertor Connor Rule Hudson Treu Kyle Barfield
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ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 ROOKIE TEAM Alex Belch Jordan Maxson Quinton Potter John Sorensen Terrence Spurlin
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MEN’S BASKETBALL • Defeated Kentucky, 61-58, to advance to the Elite Eight for the 12th time and first time since 2010. • The Wildcats finished the season 25-12 for the program’s sixth 25win season in school history and 29th time with at least 20 wins. • Dean Wade became just the fourth Wildcat to be named to the All-Big 12 First Team, while Barry Brown, Jr., was selected to the Second Team and All-Defensive Team. • Barry Brown and sophomore Xavier Sneed were named to NCAA South Regional All-Tournament Team. • Four Wildcats were named to the Academic All-Big 12 Team. • K-State has defeated at least one Top 25 opponent in a schoolrecord 12 consecutive seasons, including a school-best eight straight seasons with a victory over a Top 10 opponent.
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ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 Kade Kinnamon Pierson McAtee Mason Schoen Xavier Sneed ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 ROOKIE TEAM Mike McGuirl
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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL • Round of 16 appearance in the Postseason WNIT. • Shaelyn Martin was named the 2018 Big 12 Women’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year in addition to being named a CoSIDA Academic All-American. Rounding out her academic accolades was a selection to the CoSIDA All-District VII First Team and a 2018 Big 12 Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award, the Big 12’s highest academic honor. • Kayla Goth was named to the All-Big 12 Second Team, Peyton Williams was an All-Big 12 Honorable Mention selection and Rachel Ranke was chosen for the Big 12 All-Freshman Team.
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ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 Kayla Goth Shaelyn Martin Karyla Middlebrook Kaylee Page Peyton Williams
BIG 12 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SCHOLAR ATHLETE OF THE YEAR Shaelyn Martin
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ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 ROOKIE TEAM Alisa Wiggins
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CROSS COUNTRY • Men’s team finished 10th overall while the women placed 19th at the NCAA Midwest Regional. • History was made at the Big 12 Championships, as the men’s team earned a program-best fourth place finish. • Every Wildcat on the women’s team earned personal bests, finishing ninth as a team at the Big 12 Championships. • Placed 14 individuals on Big 12 All-Academic Teams. • The men’s cross country team earned a 12th place ranking in the USTFCCCA Midwest Regional Rankings during the season, the highest the team has been ranked in the region in program history.
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ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 Men’s Brett Bachman Jeff Bachman Colton Donahue Joe Gorthy Travis Hodge Kurt Loevenstein Sam Oxandale Bryan Zack Women’s Sydney Collins Kayla Doll Cayli Hume Anna Keeley Erin Lee Emma Wren
ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 ROOKIE TEAM Men’s Ethan Powell Women’s Alex Ferguson Kassidy Johnson Cara Melgares Victoria Robinson
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FOOTBALL • Advanced to eighth-straight bowl game, winning the 2017 Cactus Bowl. The victory over UCLA marked the program’s second consecutive bowl win. • D.J. Reed was selected in the fifth round of the 2018 NFL Draft by the San Francisco 49ers, extending K-State’s Big 12-leading draft streak to 25 years. • Ended the season with an 8-5 record, marking the sixth time in the last seven years that the Wildcats have tallied at least eight wins. • Dalton Risner was chosen as the 2017-18 Big 12 Male Sportsperson of the Year. • Led by Academic All-American Adam Holtorf, K-State had 28 Academic All-Big 12 selections leading the Big 12 for the fourthconsecutive year.
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ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 Kyle Ball Brogan Barry Dylan Couch Evan Curl Alex Delton Winston Dimel Trey Dishon Bryce Fitzner Scott Frantz Blaise Gammon Denzel Goolsby Adam Holtorf Nick Kaltmayer Jayd Kirby Mitch Lochbihler Brock Monty Colby Moore Reid Najvar Zach Reuter Dalton Risner
Dalton Schoen Drew Scott Carlos Strickland II Trent Tanking Dayton Valentine Nick Walsh Dalvin Warmack Tanner Wood
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ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 ROOKIE TEAM Drew Wiley BIG 12 MALE SPORTSPERSON OF THE YEAR Dalton Risner
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MEN’S GOLF • Jeremy Gandon claimed the Big 12 Individual Co-Championship and was the Wildcats’ first individual medalist honor in 67 years. • An All-Big 12 selection, Gandon, earned an individual bid to the 2018 NCAA Men’s Golf Regionals where he finished even-par for the tournament and tied for 30th. • For a second-consecutive year, the Kansas State men’s golf team had a program-record six Wildcats named to the 2018 Academic All-Big 12 team.
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ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 Mathieu Caron Jacob Eklund Trent Evans Ben Fernandez Jeremy Gandon Roland Massimino
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WOMEN’S GOLF • All-Big 12 selection Connie Jaffrey was one of 24 players nationally to earn an individual bid into the 2018 NCAA Women’s Golf Regionals. • Connie Jaffrey picked up 2017-18 Academic All-Big 12 honors. • Darby Deans was honored for her work in the classroom as she was named an All-American Scholar, by the Women’s Golf Coaches Association. • Reid Isaac qualified for the 2018 U.S. Amateur Championship at the Golf Club of Tennessee in Kingston Springs, Tennessee.
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ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 Connie Jaffrey
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ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 ROOKIE TEAM Ella Adams Darby Deans Reid Isaac
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ROWING • Earned victories in four events to defeat Kansas 13-9 at the Dillons Sunflower Showdown. • 28 rowers were selected to the Big 12 All-Academic Team. • Kennedy Felice and Mattie Warner were named to the Big 12 First Team and earned Division I All-Conference honors from the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association. • K-State crews proved what a homegrown team can do, bringing home a bronze medal and several top performances at the Big 12 Championship.
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ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 Samantha Bendrick Mikaela Bennett Marissa Butrum Nikole Cain Laura Clement Lauren Costello Tessa Davids Abigail Dressler Kaylin Edwards Kennedy Felice Taylor Flowers Logan Frost Leah Gaines Caroline Geither Aubrey Gilchrist Elaina Grantham Taylor Hartman
Rachel Haskell Abbey Hebbert Natasha Johnson Catherine Leavitt Jordan Lund Madison Rebel Grace Reilly Molly Ross Samantha Samskey Samantha Scott Mattie Warner
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ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 ROOKIE TEAM Maria Rodriguez Paige Rohner Emma Witter
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SOCCER • Placed a program-high 10 student-athletes on the Academic AllBig 12 Teams. • Hannah Davis became the first player in program history to earn a postseason accolade from the Big 12 Conference, as she was named to the league’s All-Freshman Team. • For the first time in the history of the state of Kansas, the state’s Big 12 members of Kansas State and Kansas met in the Sunflower Showdown in women’s soccer. The first result went in favor of K-State, 1-0, as Hannah Davis provided the tally and senior goalkeeper Miranda Larkin pocketed the shutout.
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ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 Katie Cramer Morgan Egan Kelcy Fiser Krista Haddock Laramie Hall Megan Kalkofen Miranda Larkin Jaclyn Means Abby Sieperda Ashley Zane
ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 ROOKIE TEAM Brookelynn Entz Avery Green Leah Kellogg Shelby Lierz Brooke Ramos Maddie Souder
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TENNIS • Maria Linares was named Big 12 Freshman of the Year and ITA Central Region Rookie of the Year, while Margot Decker and Carolina Costamagna, were selected to the All-Big 12 teams. • Coach Danielle Steinberg was named ITA Central Region Coach of the Year. • For the first time since 2003, and just fourth time in program history, the Wildcats earned a bid to the NCAA Women’s Tennis Championship. • K-State came back from 3-1 to beat Kentucky, 4-3, to advance to the Second Round of the NCAA Women’s Tennis Championship. • Jordan Smith was named the seventh head tennis coach in program history. He replaces Danielle Steinberg, who was introduced as the head coach of Colorado.
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ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 Ines Mesquita
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ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 ROOKIE TEAM Maria Linares Rosanna Maffei Anna Turco BIG 12 FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR Maria Linares ITA CENTRAL REGION ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Maria Linares ITA CENTRAL REGION COACH OF THE YEAR Danielle Steinburg
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TRACK & FIELD • Women’s track and field team won their second consecutive Big 12 Championship, scoring a program-best 135 points, while the men’s team finished tied for third earning their best team finish at the Big 12 Championship since 1997 and most points scored at the Big 12 Championship in program history. • Freshman Tejaswin Shankar won the NCAA Outdoor High Jump title. Shankar’s high jump championship marks the fifth time in the past 10 years a Wildcat has won the title in the event. • Brett Neelly was named Co-Big 12 Men’s Track and Field Scholar Athlete of the Year. • Cliff Rovelto was named the Big 12 Women’s Coach of the Year. • Big 12 Individual titles: Janee’ Kassanavoid (outdoor hammer throw), Ranae McKenzie (outdoor 400-meter hurdles), Mitch Dixon (indoor weight throw) and Nina Schultz (indoor high jump) • The Wildcats placed 35 Individuals on Academic All-Big 12 Teams.
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MEN’S ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 Brett Bachman Jeff Bachman Colton Donahue Mitch Dixon Simone Fassina Joe Gorthy Travis Hodge Kurt Loevenstein Brett Neelly Sam Oxandale Rene Perla Tom Pyle Terrell Smith Logan Wolfley Bryan Zack ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 ROOKIE TEAM Ethan Powell Dawson Miller Isaac Smallwood Paige Kimble Alex Ferguson Kassidy Johnson Cara Melgares Victoria Robinson
WOMEN’S ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 Morgan Coffman Sydney Collins Kayla Doll Cayli Hume Helene Ingvaldsen Janee’ Kassanavoid Anna Keeley Gabrielle Lavington Erin Lee Ranae McKenzie Shanae McKenzie Wurrie Njadoe Ariel Okorie Keiteyana Parks Konstantina Romaiou Jess St. John Lauren Taubert Megan Vanderpool Shaelyn Ward Emma Wren
BIG 12 WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD TOP POINT SCORER Nina Schultz USTFCCCA MW REGION WOMEN’S FIELD ATHLETE OF THE YEAR Nina Schultz
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BIG 12 MEN’S TRACK & FIELD CO-SCHOLAR ATHLETE OF THE YEAR Brett Neelly BIG 12 WOMEN’S COACH OF THE YEAR Cliff Rovelto
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VOLLEYBALL • Bryna Vogel and redshirt freshman middle blocker Peyton Williams were each named All-Big 12 selections. • Nine members of the K-State volleyball team, including seven firstteam selections, were named to the Academic All-Big 12 Teams. • Kylee Zumach recorded her 1,000th-career kill. Just the fifth player in K-State history to play her entire career in the rally-scoring era (since 2001) and reach 1,000 kills. • For the eighth straight year, Kansas State volleyball was recognized with the Team Academic Award from the American Volleyball Coaches Association.
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ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 Sarah Dixon Devan Fairfield Macy Flowers Zsofia Gyimes Elle Sandbothe Alyssa Schultejans Bryna Vogel Peyton Williams Kylee Zumach
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ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 ROOKIE TEAM Brynn Carlson
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