Four Former K-State Student-Athletes to be Inducted into KSHOF

MANHATTAN, Kan. – In an announcement by the State of Kansas Sports Hall of Fame, former K-State standouts Larry Brown (football), Tim Jankovich (men's basketball), Bobby Randall (baseball) and Deb (Pihl) Torneden (women's track and field) will be inducted and recognized as members of the 61st Anniversary Class of 2025.

In addition, former K-State football assistant coach Mark Mangino will also be recognized as he was unable to attend the 2024 ceremony for his induction class.

The Kansas Sports Hall of Fame now includes 64 representatives with ties to K-State.

The Induction Ceremony will take place on Saturday, August 2, at 10 a.m., in Topeka at the Washburn University Ballroom (1700 SW College Ave.) with a reception and lunch to follow. Tickets for the event are $50 and may be purchased online at kshof.org.

LARRY BROWN – Pittsburgh (Pa.) Schenley H.S., 1965 / Dodge City Community College 1967 / Kansas State University, 1969
• Starred in the NFL for eight years as a player with Washington…Was named NFL MVP in 1972 and selected a four-time Pro Bowler (1969-1972).
• Played in 102 games, starting 84 and had career rushing totals of 5,875 yards and career receiving yardage of 2,485.
• Was the NFL rushing leader in 1970 with 1,125 yards and again in 1972 with 1,216 yards despite missing two games…Played in the 1973 Super Bowl.
• Selected to Washington Ring of Fame and Washington DC HOF.
• Selected as Dodge City Community College's Distinguished Alumnus in 1972 and was a part of the inaugural 2021 NJCAA Foundation Hall of Fame class.
• At Kansas State was a blocking back as a junior, but in 1968, he became the team's running back and led Kansas State with 402 rushing yards on 111 attempts, to go along with 13 receptions.

TIM JANKOVICH - Manhattan H.S., 1977 / Kansas State University, 1982
• Two-time all-state selection at Manhattan HS…Began his collegiate career at Washington State where he started as a freshman for coach George Raveling.
• Returned home to Kansas State under KSHOF inductee Jack Hartman and led the Wildcats to the NCAA tournament all three seasons including the 1981 Elite Eight and 1982 Sweet Sixteen.
• Three-time academic All-American and honorable mention All-Big Eight player, and finished his career at Kansas State in the school's top-10 in nine categories, including first in season free-throw percentage (.917) and eighth in career field-goal percentage (.510). In addition, he holds the Big Eight tournament record for single-game assists (14).
• Began his coaching career in 1983 and served as an assistant at Texas-Pan American, Kansas State, Texas, Colorado State, Baylor, Oklahoma State, Vanderbilt, Illinois, Kansas, and Southern Methodist.
• Served as head coach at North Texas, Hutchinson Community College, Illinois State, and Southern Methodist. Named the American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in 2017 in leading SMU to American Conference regular season and tournament titles in 2017.
• Career head coaching record: 332-199.

BOBBY RANDALL – Gove H.S. 1965 / Kansas State University, 1969
• Played baseball professionally 1969-1980, including five years in the majors with the Twins and seven years in the minors with the Dodgers organization.
• Drafted in the second round of the 1969 draft by Los Angeles, but was drafted two previous times by the Dodgers.
• Played in 744 games for the Dodgers minor league system, hitting over .300 in four seasons.
• Fourth highest number of sacrifice hits in 1976
• Named to the All-Big Eight First Team (1969) with a .394 batting average and set a Kansas State career batting average record (.371) – currently second all-time…In 53 games, recorded 56 hits over his career, and 43 in 32 games in 1969.
• Head Coach Iowa State 1985-1995 (309-311-1); Kansas 1996-2002 (166-213) and later Manhattan Christian College.
• Selected to Kansas State All-Century Baseball Team in 2000 and state of Kansas Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998.

DEB (PIHL) TORNEDEN – Lindsborg H.S., 1979 / Kansas State University, 1984
• Four-time All American and Eight-time Big Eight champion.
• Named the Outstanding Performer at 1984 Big Eight Indoor meet.
• Qualified for Olympic Trials four times…National Masters 15K champion…Two-time national champion in her 60-64 age group in 2023.
• Anchored world record 4x800 relay for women over 60. Seven-time Kansas Runner-of-the-Year. Holds 23 Kansas road race age group records from mile to half-marathon.
• Selected to three U.S. national teams to South Korea, China and Greece.

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