The announcement came shortly after 9:00 a.m. on October 4, 2021. That's when crafty guard Mikayla Parks, prior to the start of her junior season at Norman High School, announced on social media her verbal pledge to the Kansas State women's basketball team. "MY ONE AND ONLY OFFICIAL #COMMITTED," her Twitter post read. It ended a recruiting process that began in the midst of a sophomore season in which Parks led her team to a 24-1 record and a No. 1 ranking in Class 6A with a state-tournament berth after winning a state championship.
Marching through a season that features four different starting quarterbacks for the first time in Kansas State history and an ever-growing injury list as the Wildcats seek consistency across the board, first-year K-State head coach Collin Klein pulled an audible at Monday's team meeting.
It's hard to mention one without the other. Virtually inseparable, Wyatt Thompson and Stan Weber have been together on the airwaves broadcasting Kansas State football and men's basketball games for so long — 25 years, in fact — making them perhaps the longest-tenured radio broadcasting duo in college athletics today. Since Thompson, now a seven-time Kansas Sportscaster of the Year, arrived as Voice of The Wildcats in 2002, and joined forces with longtime color analyst Stan Weber, the two have welcomed listeners into their purple world hundreds of times during their time together.
While purple fills Bill Snyder Family Stadium, the goal is to keep Oklahoma State, one of the nation's top offensive attacks, at bay in a Big 12 Conference clash at noon on Saturday.
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