Baseball

26 Jayhawk athletes to know in ’26

A new year and the start of the spring semester bring a variety of fresh opportunities for athletes across Kansas’ 16 varsity sports teams. Below are some of the athletes who will have chances to seize the spotlight over the course of 2026. As usual, the only criteria for these selections ...

Year in review, Part 2: The most memorable quotes of 2025

From dog food to pocketknives and everything in between, University of Kansas players and coaches held forth on a variety of subjects over the course of 2025. The Journal-World’s KU sports coverage captured what the Jayhawks had to say at their highest and lowest moments. Here are some of ...

Year in review, Part 1: The most significant storylines of 2025

It’s difficult to distill an entire year of college sports action into a single cohesive story, but the year 2025 in Kansas Athletics certainly saw many of KU’s recent coaching hires begin to bear fruit. Dan Fitzgerald (baseball), Lindsay Kuhle (women’s golf), Nate Lie (soccer) and Matt ...

A look at KU baseball roster movement since the MLB Draft

The Kansas baseball roster was not, as head coach Dan Fitzgerald would put it, decimated by the 2025 MLB Draft in the same way it had been the previous summer. KU did have a pair of key players forgo their senior seasons to sign professional contracts. Alex Breckheimer, the Jayhawks’ closer ...