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4 Wildcats named to Track and Field All-American team

Finishing up the season at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, the K-State track team saw one of its best years yet this spring. The men’s team placed 13th with its best showing since 1998, when it finished tenth. Four K-State athletes were named this year to the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-America team: sophomore Moritz Cleve and seniors Jason Collett, Loren Groves and Scott Sellers. Full story

Switzer camp promotes football, ‘rural life values’

The young men of the Veryl Switzer Back to History Camp experienced firsthand an inspirational speech from K-State football coach Bill Snyder and toured the Vanier Sports Complex Monday. Snyder encouraged the boys to surround themselves with people who want to make their lives better and to be wary of those who look cool and care only for themselves. Full story

South Florida QB joins football team

Head football coach Bill Snyder has announced that former University of South Florida backup quarterback Grant Gregory has enrolled at K-State and will be eligible to play immediately this fall. Gregory is a recent graduate in communications from South Florida and is pursuing a graduate degree at K-State. Full story

K-State bids farewell to five stellar ballplayers

    K-State saw five starters taken in the 2009 Major League Baseball First Year Player Draft this past week in Secaucus, N.J. The first round began on Tuesday evening and the draft ran through 50 total rounds concluding Thursday with 1,521 players drafted from high schools and colleges. Full story

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Currie new sports director

New AD sits down for Q&A his first day on the job

    K-State began its new term under athletic director John Currie Monday. After a three-month national search, Currie was introduced as the 15th athletic director at a May 18 press conference.     Currie, who was most recently the executive associate athletic director for the University of Tennessee, graduated in 1993 from Wake Forest University.