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K-State infielder Kaelen Culpepper became the program’s first positional player taken in the first round Sunday night, as he was taken 21st overall by the Minnesota Twins in the 2024 Major League Baseball Draft.“When you look back at the journey that I’ve been through, all those hard times and all the adversity, I’ve been through it.

The Kansas City Royals selected eight players on the second day of the 2024 First-Year Player Draft on July 15.With the 76th overall pick in the 3rd round, the Royals selected right-handed pitcher Drew Beam out of the University of Tennessee.

Four former Kansas State men’s basketball – Keyontae Johnson, Markquis Nowell, Tylor Perry and Xavier Sneed – will participate in the NBA 2K25 Summer League that starts Friday (July 12) and runs until Monday, July 22 at the Thomas & Mack Center and Pavilion in Las Vegas.NBA teams will play round-robin games for a week starting Friday (July 12) until Friday, July 19 before the playoffs run from Saturday-Sunday, July 20-21 capped by the championship game on Monday, July 22.Johnson, who will begin his second professional season in 2024-25, will play for the Oklahoma City Thunder, which drafted him in the second round of the 2023 NBA Draft.

A pair of Wildcats – Ques Glover and David N’Guessan – were selected to the 2023-24 National Association of Basketball Coaches Association (NABC) Honors Court in announcement by the organization on Monday (July 15).The NABC Honors Court is bestowed upon juniors, seniors and/or graduate students who post a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher in a given academic year.It marks the second consecutive year that N’Guessan has earned the honor.

With the start of fall camp right around the corner, K-State Athletics officials announced Tuesday tickets for the Dillons Sunflower Showdown against Kansas on October 26 are down to scattered singles and standing-room only.Tickets to the other five remaining home games are also selling quickly, highlighted by the season-opener on August 31 against UT Martin (fewer than 850 tickets remain), the Friday night non-conference matchup against new Big 12 foe Arizona on September 13 (fewer than 950), and the September 28 contest against Oklahoma State (only 125 tickets remain).Finalize your fall plans now, as K-State Athletics utilizes dynamic pricing, and single-game prices may change based on demand.

Right-handed pitcher Hunter Cranton and infielder/catcher Kodey Shojinaga were each selected on the second day of the 2024 MLB Draft.

Shohei Ohtani remained the top-selling jersey during the first half of the season, followed by Bryce Harper and Aaron Judge.Ohtani became the first Japanese player to top sales last year when he was with the Los Angeles Angels, then signed a record $700 million, 10-year contract with the Dodgers.The two-way star, limited to designated hitter duty this year following elbow surgery, was joined on the list by Dodgers teammates Mookie Betts in fourth and Freddie Freeman in 20th, Major League Baseball and the players’ association said Friday.