Updated 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 3: Pro Volleyball Federation teams announced the signings of three former Kansas players on Sunday, expanding the presence of past Jayhawks in the growing league as it approaches its second season. Ainise Havili and Kelsie Payne, two members of the 2015 KU ...
The Kansas volleyball team fell behind two sets to none on an unfamiliar continent, playing its fifth of six matches in just over a week, and while fielding several players who had just joined the team days or weeks earlier. It was still able to rally. “It felt like everyone was just calm, ...
A former Kansas volleyball standout has established herself as a breakout player in a brand-new professional league. Reagan Cooper, who was picked by the Columbus Fury in the second round of the Pro Volleyball Federation’s inaugural draft last December, concluded her debut season by ...
The Kansas volleyball team announced its 2024 conference schedule, and it looks quite a bit different from the 2023 edition. For one, 2023 league winner and national champion Texas is gone, as is Oklahoma, as both will depart the Big 12 Conference prior to next season. Instead, the league now ...
It’s time to close the book on a wide-ranging year of University of Kansas sports, one that saw some programs continue their upward trajectories and others begin the process of reinventing themselves completely. Here are a few of the most significant storylines that defined 2023 for KU, plus ...
After a heartbreaking second-round NCAA Tournament home loss to Penn State on Dec. 1, emotions ran high for the Kansas volleyball team. “There was hugging and there was crying,” said Reagan Cooper, a graduate transfer playing in her final game. “It doesn’t matter that I’ve been here ...
Reagan Cooper, the standout outside hitter who shone throughout her final season of collegiate volleyball at Kansas, was selected in the Pro Volleyball Federation's inaugural draft on Monday. She was picked No. 14 overall, with the final pick of the second round, by the Columbus Fury. The ...
Kansas volleyball fell short of advancing past the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday in a down-to-the-wire, five-set match against No. 7 Penn State (20-25, 25-22, 21-25, 25-13, 13-15). “It was two hours and forty minutes of really good volleyball, and it was really an honor to be ...
