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| | | | | Facility Improvements Roll On | | Kansas State's steady stream of facility improvements continue to roll on as crews finished installing a new FieldTurf playing surface in K-State's 92,000 square-foot indoor football practice facility.
The latest generation of FieldTurf replaced a 14-year-old synthetic turf surface that had been in place since the building's construction.
In addition to the indoor football facility, plans are in place to install FieldTurf in the Bradenberry Indoor Complex and on the infield and warning track areas of Tointon Family Stadium later in the spring at the conclusion of the baseball season.
Meanwhile, installation of Kansas State's new 23-foot high by 61-foot wide fully integrated ProStar VideoPlus display at the south end of Bill Snyder Family Stadium is also underway as construction crews finished foundation work on the massive footings and supports that will carry the state-of-the art structure.
Across the field at the north end of Snyder Family Stadium, construction crews continued to make progress on the renovations to the Vanier Complex.
With the extensive foundation work required to support the new structure now completed, crews have recently begun adding vertical elements to the project, including the installation of much of steel framework that will provide nearly 10,000 square feet of new space on two levels to the existing building. | |
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| | | | | Men’s Hoops Season Tickets On Sale | | Kansas State is accepting new orders for men's season basketball tickets for the 2006-07 debut of Coach Bob Huggins' first Wildcat team.
A non-refundable deposit of $100 is required for each new ticket ordered. The deposit will be credited toward the price of the season ticket. Ticket prices for the 2006-07 season will be announced at a later date.
No seating will be allocated until after the renewal process for current season ticket-holders is concluded in late spring.
Allocation of seating will be based on the K-State Priority Points system for donors to the Ahearn Scholarship Fund. For non-donors, seating priority will be based on date the ticket order was placed.
New orders for chairback seating will be limited to availability and based on the K-State Priority Points System. Bench and Cat Cushion seating categories are available.
For more information about purchasing tickets, contact the K-State Athletics Ticket Office at 1-800-221-CATS. Fans interested in contributing to the Ahearn Scholarship Fund may call 888-232-9074. | |
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| | | | | Clary Taken in NFL Draft | | Jeromey Clary, one of the most durable offensive lineman during the Bill Snyder era at Kansas State, was selected in the sixth round of the 2006 NFL Draft by the San Diego Chargers.
The two-time second team All-Big 12 performer and three-time Academic All-Big 12 honoree was the 18th player taken in the sixth round and the 187th player selected overall in the draft.
Clary is the third K-Stater to be picked by the Chargers in the last five drafts and will join record-setting Wildcat running back Darren Sproles with in San Diego. Sproles was a fourth-round selection of the Chargers in the 2005 NFL Draft. | |
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| | | | | Roundy Named to Howser Trophy Watch List | | Kansas State senior outfielder Joe Roundy is one of 64 players named to the 2006 Dick Howser Trophy Watch List, the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association announced Monday.
Roundy has been among the Big 12’s offensive leaders this season and has hit safely in 34 of the Wildcats’ 41 games this season, which included a career-best and then-Big 12 season-long 16-game hitting streak. Roundy is currently among the Big 12’s leaders in eight offensive categories and heads into the week as the league’s No. 5 hitter with his .391 average. Roundy leads all Wildcats with 21 multi-hit games this season and also 14 multi-RBI games. The senior is ranked in the Top 10 in nine different offensive categories in the Big 12 Conference.
The membership of the NCBWA will choose the Dick Howser Trophy based on three rounds of voting. The 2006 winner will be announced at the College World Series in Omaha on Friday, June 16, at 10 a.m. (CDT).
Past winners of the award include Nebraska’s Alex Gordon, Baylor’s Jason Jennings, Mark Prior, Mark Teixeira, Khalil Greene, J.D. Drew, Jason Varitek and Todd Helton. | |
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| | | | | K-State Student-Athletes Honored | | Outstanding Kansas State University student-athletes representing each of the institution’s 16 varsity sports who balanced athletics and academics during the 2005-06 academic school year were honored at the 10th annual Mark A. Chapman Recognition Ceremony For Student-Athletes held Monday night at the K-State Alumni Center.
Student-athletes who achieved at least a 3.0 grade-point average and those with a fall semester or cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above were recognized along with those who were named first or second team Academic All-Big 12 Conference or CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America or All-District selections.
More than 230 K-State student-athletes were eligible to attend the ceremony based on their academic merit or academic progress.
For a complete report on the banquet, visit k-statesports.com. | |
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| | | | | K-State Fans Rock Spring Game | | When head football coach Ron Prince announced during his mid-December barnstorming tour of the state of Kansas that his goal was to have at least 20,000 fans in the stands for the Wildcats' 2006 Purple and White spring game, few would have predicted that Kansas State could reach that target.
After all, the previous known record for attendance at a K-State spring game was 18,421 - and that came in 2001 on the heels of the Wildcats' thrilling Cotton Bowl win over Tennessee.
But Kansas State fans - regarded as some of the most passionate and loyal in the country - responded in droves as 31,875 gathered in Bill Snyder Family Stadium Saturday night to celebrate Wildcat football and put an exclamation point on K-State's Spring Game and Fan Fest weekend.
In addition to smashing the school spring game attendance record, K-State's crowd of 31,875 currently ranks seventh in the nation among Bowl Championship Series schools for spring game attendance.
For more on the success of the Spring Fan Fest and to view a personal “Thank You” from head coach Ron Prince, visit both k-statesports.com. and inside.k-statesports.com. | |
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| | | | | Three National Titles Headline IHSA Equestrian Nationals | | In the final competition of the 2005-2006 season, the Kansas State women’s equestrian team wrapped up competition of the IHSA National Championship and took second as a team in western and garnered three individual national titles.
Three Wildcats earned national championships in their classes. Junior Heather Culwell was the Reserve National Champion and finished in second place in the Beginner Western Horsemanship Team event. Sophomore Sarah Coomes finished in first place and is the National Champion in Intermediate Western Horsemanship Team event. Junior Sara Weller takes home the National Championship in the Open Reining Horsemanship Team category.
As a team on the English side K-State finished the weekend as the 10th place team in the nation. In Western, Kansas State finished in second place just behind champion Ohio State. | |
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