Women's Basketball

Mayberry enjoys time playing off ball, alongside Nichols

Kansas City, Mo. — The choice to install then-freshman S’Mya Nichols as Kansas’ primary offensive decision-maker — one that in many ways revitalized KU’s 2023-24 season and helped get the Jayhawks to the NCAA Tournament — did not occur in a vacuum. Moving Nichols into that role ...

Roster turnover brings a new style of play for Kansas women’s basketball

Kansas City, Mo. — Having graduated three of its starters following last year’s NCAA Tournament run, Kansas’ roster saw a lot of turnover during the offseason as head coach Brandon Schneider brought in three freshmen and five players from the transfer portal. “We’ll play four guards, ...

4 more observations from Late Night in the Phog

Amid all the entertainment, pageantry and general silliness of Friday's Late Night in the Phog, Kansas basketball coaches Bill Self and Brandon Schneider provided some serious, relevant insights about their teams for the upcoming season. Between their broadcast appearances during their teams' ...

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Baseball

KU baseball developing new-look roster after busy offseason

Kansas baseball head coach Dan Fitzgerald is no stranger to roster turnover. Most notably, he dealt with a brand-new roster when he arrived in Lawrence two years ago, ahead of his debut with the Jayhawks. But Fitzgerald’s history working with large groups of new players stretches much ...

KU’s MLB draftees sign; how might the Jayhawks replace their production?

All six Kansas players selected in the MLB Draft have signed professional contracts, bringing the total number of former Jayhawks entering the pros this year to eight. That group includes pitchers Hunter Cranton (third round, Seattle Mariners) and Reese Dutton (undrafted, Philadelphia ...

Dutton signs with Phillies

Reese Dutton, who transferred to Kansas and served as the Jayhawks’ Friday night starter during the 2024 season, has signed a professional contract with the Philadelphia Phillies, KU announced on Friday. The Phillies, who are managed by former KU baseball Rob Thomson, have now added a third ...

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Professional

Payne to debut in Athletes Unlimited

Former Kansas standout Kelsie Payne will make her debut on Thursday in Athletes Unlimited Pro Volleyball. Athletes Unlimited, which also operates leagues for basketball, lacrosse and softball, stages a five-week competition in Mesa, Arizona. Teams change on a weekly basis and players get ...

Jayhawks on the move: Several former KU players find new NBA teams

The NBA season is only a month away, but recent weeks have featured some significant transactions for onetime Kansas players at the top level of professional basketball. Many of the former Jayhawks are firmly entrenched on their current NBA teams. Joel Embiid recently signed a multi-year ...

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Track And Field

Kristen Hixson returns to Lawrence, defends Street Pole Vault crown

After competing in the various rounds of the third annual Kansas Relays Street Pole Vault, the seven athletes were called back to the stage. This time, the voice doing so was not one from a Kansas Relays official, nor that of PA announcer Cal Butcher, whose voiced boomed over the speakers in ...

Sharon Lokedi breaks records at KU Relays

Kansas junior standout runner Sharon Lokedi continued her record-setting season Thursday, shattering a few records in the 5,000-meter run at the Kansas Relays at Rock Chalk Park. Lokedi, from Eldoret, Kenya, broke her own school record in 15:42.76, smashing a facility record set in 2016 by ...

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