The baseball game between Kansas State and Wichita State at Tointon Family Stadium that was scheduled Wednesday evening has been cancelled due to the threat of severe thunderstorms and hazardous weather conditions. K-State Athletic officials made the announcement. No makeup date has been scheduled.

The Wildcats and Shockers are scheduled to play on May 15th at Eck Stadium in Wichita on Tuesday, May 15th.

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State celebrated another outstanding athletics year on Tuesday night as student-athletes from each of the school’s 16 varsity sports converged for the ninth annual Mark A. Chapman Powercat Choice Awards.

The ceremony resembles the ESPY Awards and includes all team and individual highlights from the past year both on the field and in the classroom.  All the performance-related awards were voted on by members of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).

Top team honors on the night went to the men’s basketball and women’s track and field squads. The men’s basketball team reached the NCAA Elite Eight for the 12^th time in program history and the first time since 2010. Overall, the team secured a record of 25-12 during the 2017-18 season.

The women’s track and field squad won its first Big 12 Championship since 2002 by capturing the 2017 Big 12 Outdoor Championships. The program continued to excel through the end of the 2017 season, climbing to a ninth-place finish at the 2017 NCAA Outdoor Championships which marked the third straight top-10 finish for the program.

Barry Brown’s layup against Kentucky in the Sweet 16 captured the Showstopping Moment of the Year honor, while men’s basketball head coach Bruce Weber was named the Coach of the Year from the student-athletes.

Rowing garnered the Wildcat Cup on the night for its excellence in the five core areas of student-athlete well-being: academics, athletics, career, personal and service.

Dean Wade (men’s basketball) took Male Athlete of the Year honors after having a highly decorated junior season which included All-Big 12 First Team honors from the league’s coaches and United States Basketball Writer’s Association (USBWA) All-District VI team.

Nina Schultz of track and field won Female Athlete of the Year after her runner-up finish in the heptathlon at the 2017 NCAA Outdoor Championships. She was also named the 2017 Midwest Region Women’s Field Athlete of the Year by the USTFCCCA.

Trent Tanking, a three-time Academic All-Big 12 First Team recipient and 2017 Campbell Trophy Semifinalist was crowned Male Scholar Athlete of the Year, while Shaelyn Martin of women’s basketball, who is a three-time Academic All-Big 12 selection and a 2018 CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team honoree, took home top female scholar honors. Karyla Middlebrook (women’s basketball) was named Best Female Athlete in a Supporting Role, while Barry Brown (men’s basketball) took honors as the Top Male Athlete in a Supporting Role.

In addition, Cartier Diarra (men’s basketball) and Peyton Williams (volleyball/women’s basketball) were named the male and female Newcomers of the Year.

The recipient of the Most Inspirational Award was Bryna Vogel of the volleyball team, while Mason Schoen of the men’s basketball team and Rhizlane Siba earned the Purple Pride Award, which is given to the student-athlete who demonstrates the most school spirit.

Brogan Heinen (baseball) and A’Keyla Mitchell (track and field) were this year’s recipients of the Bob and Lila Snell Award of Excellence and Effort, recognizing the outstanding male and female student-athletes who improved their academic standing through sustained effort and commitment to learning.

Siba (track and field) was honored with the Gina Sylvester Memorial Award.  The award recognizes an arts and sciences student who has progressed toward graduation and used the advising system to overcome challenges.

Jade Anderson (soccer) was the recipient of the Veryl and Fern Switzer Campus Leadership Award.  The award recognizes a student-athlete who is involved in student organizations and multicultural affairs, demonstrates leadership on a team and on campus, and is active in community service. Dalton Risner (football) and Martin (women’s basketball) were also honored with the Outstanding Service to the Community awards.

Three student-athletes were awarded the Scholastic Achievement Award, which recognizes a senior letterwinner with the highest cumulative grade-point average in undergraduate work, as Kelcy Fiser (soccer), Jaclyn Means (soccer) and Martin (women’s basketball) were honored.

K-State has had an outstanding start to the 2017-18 academic year. The Wildcats saw 31 student-athletes graduate in December of 2017. The fall and winter sports were recognized with the following honors: 56 Academic All-Big 12 recipients, football’s Adam Holtorf was named a Second Team Academic All-American by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), while women’s basketball student-athletes Shaelyn Martin (first team), Kayla Goth and Peyton Williams (second team) were named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District VII teams. Martin would also take home 2018 CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team honors and earn the 2017-18 Big 12 Women’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year award.

Kansas State also had a total of 243 K-State student-athletes named to the Fall 2017 Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll. The 243 student-athletes to earn the honor marked the 18th straight semester K-State has placed 200 or more student-athletes on the honor roll.

Of the 243 K-State student-athletes earning the citation for their academic excellence, 50 registered a GPA of 4.0 in the fall semester. K-State ranks among the league’s best in terms of academic success as it continues to set a national standard in terms of APR, as all programs are currently well above the required NCAA standard.

2017-18 Mark A. Chapman Powercat Choice Awards

 

Athletic Award Winners

Male Newcomer of the Year – Cartier Diarra, men’s basketball

Female Newcomer of the Year – Peyton Williams, women’s basketball/volleyball

Best Supporting Male Athlete of the Year – Barry Brown, men’s basketball

Best Supporting Female Athlete of the Year – Karyla Middlebrook, women’s basketball

Purple Pride Award – Mason Schoen, men’s basketball

Purple Pride Award – Rhizlane Siba, women’s track & field

Most Inspirational Award – Bryna Vogel, volleyball

Outstanding Service to the Community – Dalton Risner, football

Outstanding Service to the Community – Shaelyn Martin, women’s basketball

Men’s Team of the Year – Men’s Basketball

Women’s Team of the Year – Track and Field

Coach of the Year – Bruce Weber, men’s basketball

Showstopping Moment of the Year – Barry Brown’s go-ahead layup against Kentucky

Female Athlete of the Year – Nina Schultz, track and field

Male Athlete of the Year – Dean Wade, men’s basketball

Academic Award Winners

Scholastic Achievement Award – Kelcy Fiser, soccer

Scholastic Achievement Award – Jaclyn Means, soccer

Scholastic Achievement Award – Shaelyn Martin, women’s basketball

Bob & Lila Snell Academic Award for Excellence & Effort – Brogan Heinen, baseball

Bob & Lila Snell Academic Award for Excellence & Effort – A’Keyla Mitchell, track and field

Gina Sylvester Memorial Award – Rhizlane Siba, women’s track & field

Veryl & Fern Switzer Campus Leadership Award – Jade Anderson, soccer

Male Scholar Athlete of the Year – Trent Tanking, football

Female Scholar Athlete of the Year – Shaelyn Martin, women’s basketball

Wildcat Cup Trophy Winner

Rowing

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Jorge Soler (HOHR’-hay soh-LEHR’) unloaded a three-run homer off Brian Johnson in the 13th inning before the Royals hung on for a 7-6 win at Boston.

The Red Sox were two outs away from improving to 22-7 until Alex Gordon went deep off Craig Kimbrel in the ninth.

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Former Kansas State place kicker Matthew McCrane will have a chance to prove himself in the NFL as he has agreed to contract terms as an undrafted free agent with the Arizona Cardinals, the organization has announced.

McCrane joins cornerback D.J. Reed, who extended K-State’s Big 12-leading NFL Draft streak to 25 years after being selected in the fifth round by the San Francisco 49ers. Other Wildcats could sign undrafted free agent contracts with NFL teams, and those will be announced when they become official.

McCrane is the first Wildcat to join the Cardinals since running back/kick returner William Powell was with the organization in 2012 and 2013, while he is the first Wildcat place kicker to enter the NFL since Joe Rheem went to training camp with the Buffalo Bills in 2005.

A product of Brownwood, Texas, McCrane was the first three-time All-Big 12 place kicker in school history in addition to being a Lou Groza Award semifinalist as a senior in 2017 and a Freshman All-American in 2014. McCrane left as the school’s all-time leader in career field goals made (57), passing Martin Gramatica, while he also set the school record for career field goal percentage (86.4), a mark that was second in school history and sixth in NCAA history at the time of his departure.

McCrane also showed a propensity for connecting from deep as he tied the school record with five 50-yard field goals made during his career, including a record-tying three during his senior season. His 21 field goals made in 2017 ranked third in school history – one shy of the school record – while his 111 points scored ranked eighth in school history and third among kickers.

 

Xander Bogaerts (ZAN’-dur BOH’-gahrtz) belted a grand slam and Mitch Moreland went 3-for-4 with a homer and three runs scored as Boston knocked off the Royals, 10-6.

The Red Sox fell behind 3-0 before picking up their team-record 19th win of April.

EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have re-signed cornerback Terence Newman, bringing the NFL’s oldest active defensive player back for a 16th season that will begin five days after he turns 40.

Newman, who has played the last three years with the Vikings, has 42 career interceptions to lead all active players in the league. With Xavier Rhodes and Trae Waynes the starters on the outside, Newman and Mackensie Alexander remain the primary options to play the slot in the nickel defense. The Vikings also drafted Mike Hughes out of Central Florida in the first round Thursday.

The Vikings exercised the fifth-year contract option on Waynes , too, on a busy Monday.

The NFL announced that practice squad wide receiver Cayleb Jones has been suspended for the first four games of the regular season for violating the performance-enhancing substances policy, the second Vikings player to do so this month. Backup linebacker Kentrell Brothers also got a four-game ban.

Finally, the Vikings signed 17 college free agents, including South Dakota State wide receiver Jake Wieneke, a Minnesota native.

Wieneke, who played at Maple Grove High School, is the sixth Minnesotan on the roster, joining wide receivers Adam Thielen and Brandon Zylstra, guard Tom Compton, punt returner Marcus Sherels and fullback C.J. Ham.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Cheslor Cuthbert homered twice and drove in four runs as the Kansas City Royals won consecutive games for the first time this season, defeating the Chicago White Sox 5-4 on Sunday.

Whit Merrifield singled home Alcides Escobar, who was hit by a pitch to leadoff the eighth inning, with the go-ahead run off Bruce Rondon (1-1). Escobar left in the ninth with a left hand contusion.

Cuthbert, who had not homered since August 20 — a span on 109 at-bats — drove a Hector Santiago pitch into the White Sox bullpen in the fourth.

He homered in the fifth with Salvador Perez and Jorge Soler aboard off Chris Volstad. It was Cuthbert’s second career multi-homer game. The other was June 11, 2016.

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State junior defensive back D.J. Reed heard his name called on the final day of the 2018 NFL Draft on Saturday as he was selected in the fifth round by the San Francisco 49ers, extending K-State’s Big 12-leading draft streak to 25 years.

The Wildcats’ 25-year draft streak is two better than Oklahoma and 14 better than the next best Big 12 team (West Virginia), while the streak is tied for 12^th in the nation.

Reed, a native of Bakersfield, California, was selected with the fifth pick of the fifth round – No. 142 overall – and will play just four hours north of his hometown. He joins another former Wildcat in linebacker Elijah Lee, who just completed his rookie season in San Francisco.

A former community-college prospect from Cerritos College, Reed is the first Wildcat cornerback taken in the draft since Joshua Moore by the Chicago Bears in 2010. He is the sixth Wildcat ever taken by the 49ers and the first since running back Thomas Clayton was selected in the sixth round in 2007.

Reed completed his two-year K-State career with 122 career tackles, seven interceptions and 32 passes defended. A 23-game starter at cornerback, he also picked up return duties as his career progressed, finishing with a 32.2-yard career average on kickoff returns to rank second in school history.

A two-time First Team All-Big 12 pick as a defensive back, Reed was a 2017 Second Team All-American as both a kick returner (Walter Camp Foundation and Football Writers Association of America) and a defensive back (Pro Football Focus).

Reed will be joined in the NFL by other Wildcats who will sign free agent contacts. Those announcements will be made over the next week.

 

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RYAN LACKEY
Asst. Director/Athletics Communications | K-State Athletics