Baseball

Jayhawks’ Beck signs with Rays

Kansas University senior first baseman Blair Beck has signed a free-agent contract with Tampa Bay and is playing for the Rays’ rookie club in the Gulf Coast League.“I am absolutely thrilled Blair got the opportunity to play professional baseball,” KU coach Ritch Price said. “He had an ...

McKay signs minor-league deal

Kansas University outfielder Connor McKay has signed a free-agent minor-league contract with the Texas Rangers’ short-season A team, the Spokane Indians.McKay led the Big 12 in doubles with 22 and hit .346 last season.“When I got the news about McKay, I was absolutely thrilled,” KU coach ...

Big 12 honors 50 KU freshmen

Fifty Kansas University freshmen were named to the All-Big 12 Rookie Team, the league announced Thursday.Oklahoma, with 60, was the only school with more student-athletes on the team, which recognizes new, first-time incoming freshmen who have completed 24 semester hours of non-remedial ...

Kansas athletes compile 3.0 GPA

More than half of Kansas University’s student-athletes on active rosters recorded a grade-point average of 3.0 or higher, and 31 had a perfect 4.0 as the department recorded a combined GPA of 3.0 for the spring semester.Soccer led the KU teams with a 3.40 GPA, followed by swimming and diving ...

KU LHP Krauth lauded by league

Kansas University junior left-handed baseball pitcher Ben Krauth was named Big 12 Conference Newcomer of the Year and was named to the All-Big 12 second team, the league announced Tuesday.Teammate Connor McKay, a senior left fielder, was named to the All-Big 12 first team; sophomore catcher ...

Disappointing KU baseball season ends on high note

The 2015 Kansas University baseball season ended in disappointing fashion, with the Jayhawks (23-23 overall, 8-15 in Big 12 play) losing the final series of the season to Kansas State and being the lone team left out of this week's Big 12 Conference tournament in Tulsa, Oklahoma.All of this, ...

KU baseball digs deep, drops KSU

With nothing but pride to play for in the final game of the season Sunday at Hoglund Ballpark, Kansas University’s baseball team spotted Sunflower State rival Kansas State a five-run lead and then woke up.Senior first baseman Blair Beck’s two-run home run in the bottom of the fourth inning ...

K-State ends Kansas baseball’s posteason hopes

When senior right-hander Drew Morovick stepped onto the mound to start the eighth inning Saturday at Hoglund Ballpark, Kansas University’s baseball team owned a three-run lead and was in complete control of its biggest game of the year.Two innings later, the Jayhawks’ season was effectively ...