Defensive end Chris Martin was released from the team this afternoon, according to a University press release. Martin, who has a criminal record from previous arrests, was recently arrested on suspicion of aggravated robbery. In 2011, Martin was cited for drug possession while playing at Florida. Martin, who was projected to start for the Jayhawks [...]
As he sat at the front of a room of reporters, assistant track coach Wayne Pate grasped for the words to explain the national title winning performance of sophomore Lindsay Vollmer in the heptathlon. “It’s just a blessing really,” Pate said. “She may never have those two days back to back again.” After four decades [...]
The University of Kansas athletic department released its most recent Academic Progress Rate, for the 2011-2012 school year, to reporters on Monday morning showing that the academic standings for each of the 16 sports are up to the standards of the NCAA. The men’s basketball team displayed a perfect APR score of 1,000 once again. [...]
Kansas coach Bill Self added a familiar face to his coaching staff as he announced the hiring of new assistant coach Jerrance Howard. Howard, a former player under Self while he was at Illinois from 2001 to 2004, will replace long-time Kansas assistant coach Joe Dooley. “It’s almost surreal,” Howard said. “It’s a dream. I’m [...]
The thirteen members of the Kansas women’s track and field team who made the journey to Eugene, Ore. sang “Crimson and the Blue” as they lifted the first national championship trophy for a women’s team in the University’s history. On Friday, sophomore Lindsay Vollmer accomplished what no other female track and field athlete at Kansas [...]
Though the Jayhawks’ softball season ended without a postseason bid, the honors kept ringing in for senior outfielder Maggie Hull. Already a decorated player, Hull earned her most prominent achievement yet as she was named to the Capital One Academic All-America First Team by the College Sports Information Directors of America, the third Jayhawk ever [...]
The Kansas baseball team’s 2013 season had its ups and downs. The Jayhawks finished the regular season 31-24. The team had a five-game winning streak and a six-game winning streak but also had stretches where the losses and wins alternated, feeding its inconsistency. Pair those two things with a tough six-game losing streak to end [...]
Angel Goodrich ended her career at Kansas by leading the program to its second consecutive Sweet 16 appearance this past season. Now, Goodrich has fulfilled a lifelong dream of officially making the roster of a WNBA team, as the Tulsa Shock announced May 23 that Goodrich had been selected for the team after competing against [...]
The Kansas women’s track and field team will compete at the NCAA track and field national championships as the top-ranked team in the nation by the Coaches Association. It is the eighth time this season that the Jayhawks have held the top spot in the USTFCCCA rankings. The national championship events are June 5 – [...]
Christopher Martin, a junior defensive lineman from Denver, Colo., was arrested Wednesday in connection with a May 13 robbery. According to the Lawrence Journal-World, Martin and two other men, Jeremiah Letrell Edwards and Joshua Edwards, were arrested on suspicion of robbing cash and marijuana from victims at gunpoint. Martin, Letrell Edwards and Edwards were booked [...]
Before the weekend started, the Jayhawks knew they had to make a splash at the Big 12 tournament in order to try to sway the committee to allow them to make the trip to Omaha, Neb. for the College World Series. But despite going 3-0 in the round-robin grouping and earning a spot in the [...]
Tarik Black, a six-foot nine-inch forward for the Memphis Tigers, will transfer to the University of Kansas. Before accepting an offer from the Jayhawks the junior took visits to Georgetown, Oregon and Duke while also speaking with coaches from Ohio State and San Diego State according to zagsblog.com. Black averaged 8.1 points and 4.8 rebounds [...]
Early Tuesday morning, before the hoopla and hysteria took over Finals Week in Lawrence, Kansas coach Bill Self sent a text to number one high school prospect Andrew Wiggins who was set to sign his letter of intent at 11:15 a.m. “Have a great day,” Self said. Wiggins shot back a simple “thank you,” with [...]
Kansas Baseball hasn’t landed on the wrong side of a one run game since a 3-2 loss to the West Virginia Mountaineers on April 27. The Jayhawks have won four one-run games since, but couldn’t put together a late rally to ward off a 4-3 defeat at the hands of the Kansas State Wildcats. The [...]
Riding the momentum of the upset of No. 1 Oklahoma, the Jayhawk softball team will finish the regular season at Iowa State with a chance at its best Big 12 finish since 2001. Last weekend, the Jayhawks hosted the Sooners in what turned out to be just a two-game series due to weather conditions. The [...]
The Jayhawks are within striking distance heading into the final weekend of Big 12 conference play. Kansas State is the final Big 12 opponent on the Jayhawks’ radar. The Wildcats, part of the three way tie for first in the conference, are currently second in the nation in batting average. The Jayhawks are riding new [...]
