Eleven Kansas University baseball players earned All-Big 12 Conference honors, the league announced Tuesday.Senior pitcher Frank Duncan was Kansas’ only first-team selection. “I was particularly thrilled for Frank Duncan,” KU coach Ritch Price said. “He was second-team All-Big 12 as a ...
Ann Arbor, Mich. ? Kansas University baseball finally cooled off.After stringing together a nine-game conference winning streak and taking the nonconference opener with Michigan, the 22nd-ranked Jayhawks managed just four hits in a 4-0 loss to the Wolverines on Sunday at Ray Fisher ...
Ann Arbor, Mich. ? Kansas University junior outfielders Michael Suiter and Dakota Smith combined for five RBIs in a six-run ninth inning that lifted the Jayhawks over Michigan, 8-2, on Saturday.With the game tied at 2-2, Kansas began the ninth inning by loading the bases. Connor McKay crossed ...
Kansas University sophomore second baseman Colby Wright was named to the Academic All-Big 12 second team, the league announced Thursday.“He has emerged here in his sophomore year as one of the best offensive players at his position in the Big 12 Conference,” KU coach Ritch Price said. “He ...
Kansas University freshman closer Stephen Villines was named the Big 12 Baseball Newcomer of the Week, the league announced Monday. Villines finished all three victories, picking up two saves, against West Virginia over the weekend.
Shortly after Kansas University baseball swept its third consecutive Big 12 series on Sunday, catcher Ka’iana Eldredge shared the philosophy behind the Jayhawks’ recent run toward the postseason: “Just have fun and let the wins take care of themselves.”The wins came. And so did the ...
It happens so often with college athletes. They look at the prototypical professional athlete, then into the mirror. They focus on the area where they feel they don’t measure up. They sell themselves short by trying to change who they are and quickly become less than they are without ...
Dakota Smith tries to avoid putting extra pressure on himself when stepping to the plate in RBI situations with two outs.“I think I’ve learned to make it become just another at-bat and not try to over-stress myself out,” Smith, Kansas University’s junior right fielder from Leavenworth, ...