By Tim Everson

When it comes to NCAA Tournament expansion, Kansas State women’s basketball head coach Jeff Mittie believes you can’t have too much of a good thing.

Beginning with the 2026-27 season, the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments will expand from 68 teams to 76 teams, adding eight at-large berths to the field.

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By Toby Hammes

Since arriving in Manhattan, Kansas State men’s basketball coach Casey Alexander has spoken often about the advantages of moving from the mid-major ranks into the Big 12.

The NCAA’s latest change may be another one.

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Former Kansas State guard Nate Johnson quickly found an NBA opportunity after going undrafted Wednesday night, agreeing to an Exhibit 10 contract with the Oklahoma City Thunder.

An Exhibit 10 contract is a one-year, non-guaranteed NBA deal that includes a training camp invitation while allowing a team to retain a player’s G League rights if he is waived.

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By Ned Seaton

Four months have come and gone since K-State fired basketball coach Jerome Tang. Still hanging fire is a dispute over a buyout clause in his contract that appeared to mean the Athletics Department would have to pay him $18.7 million.

Since then? Still no filing. Any lawsuit has to be filed in district court in Riley County, according to the contract.

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By Tim Everson

Kansas State women’s basketball head coach Jeff Mittie expects to finalize next season’s roster soon, but it might look a little different from what fans are used to.

Currently, the Wildcats have 10 players on their roster, seven returners from last season, one transfer (guard Tèa Clèante from Penn State), one international transfer (Spanish forward Shaila Nde) and one incoming freshman (Arizona guard Sage Henry).

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By Tim Everson

Following an appeal to the conference, Kansas State will only have to pay half of a $500,000 fine for opting out of a bowl game at the end of last season, the athletics department confirmed to The Mercury Wednesday morning.

Brett McMurphy of On3 reported the news first.

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Kansas State baseball’s list of returners for the 2027 season has reportedly taken a large hit.

Sophomore infielder AJ Evasco has committed to Arkansas out of the transfer portal, according to On3’s Pete Nakos.

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Kansas State shortstop Dee Kennedy earned First Team All-Central Region honors from the ABCA/Rawlings on Tuesday, as the organization announced its annual regional teams.

First Team All-Region selections across all eight regions are eligible for ABCA/Rawlings All-America honors. The 2026 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division I All-America teams will be announced Friday, June 12, prior to the start of the NCAA Division I College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.

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By Tim Everson

The Kansas State women’s basketball coaching staff will have a different look heading into the 2026-27 season.

Chief of staff Mike Nicholson, who has been with the team over the last five seasons, is leaving Manhattan for a similar role at Missouri.

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Kansas State shortstop Dee Kennedy continues to add to his extensive 2026 resume, as he earned National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Co-District 6 Player of the Year honors, following the organization’s 28th annual announcement of the district selections.

Kennedy was one of 15 student-athletes recognized across the NCBWA’s nine districts and one of six selections from the Big 12 Conference. He shared the District 6 honor with Kansas’ Tyson LeBlanc, while the Big 12 led all conferences with six District Player of the Year selections.

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Kansas State junior Tah Chikomba was added to The Bowerman watchlist on June 4, the final watchlist of 10 men in Division I prior to the NCAA Championship on June 10-13 in Eugene, Oregon. The semifinalist list will be announced by the USTFCCCA on June 25.

The Bowerman — collegiate track & field’s highest honor — is awarded each year to the top male and female collegiate athletes in the sport of NCAA track & field.

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Kansas State head volleyball coach Jason Mansfield announced the addition of Sydney Maue, a sophomore transfer from Arkansas, for the upcoming season.

In addition to four incoming freshmen, Maue joins transfers Fuka Sekita from UTEP and Camdyn Stucky from Tennessee for the 2026 campaign.

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K-State Athletics and the Ahearn Fund have announced the creation of the 1896 Lifetime Giving Society to celebrate and recognize the most dedicated supporters of K-State Athletics whose cumulative philanthropic support have reached $1.896 million or more.

Established to honor those who have made a transformational impact, the society celebrates a legacy of generosity that has helped build and sustain championship-caliber programs, as well as providing opportunities for student-athletes to succeed on and off the field.

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K-State Athletics and the Ahearn Fund have announced the creation of the 1896 Lifetime Giving Society to celebrate and recognize the most dedicated supporters of K-State Athletics whose cumulative philanthropic support have reached $1.896 million or more.

Established to honor those who have made a transformational impact, the society celebrates a legacy of generosity that has helped build and sustain championship-caliber programs, as well as providing opportunities for student-athletes to succeed on and off the field.

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K-State Athletics and the Ahearn Fund have announced the creation of the 1896 Lifetime Giving Society to celebrate and recognize the most dedicated supporters of K-State Athletics whose cumulative philanthropic support have reached $1.896 million or more.

Established to honor those who have made a transformational impact, the society celebrates a legacy of generosity that has helped build and sustain championship-caliber programs, as well as providing opportunities for student-athletes to succeed on and off the field.

To view the full article visit theMercury.com.

Click here for more K-State sports.

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K-State Athletics and the Ahearn Fund have announced the creation of the 1896 Lifetime Giving Society to celebrate and recognize the most dedicated supporters of K-State Athletics whose cumulative philanthropic support have reached $1.896 million or more.

Established to honor those who have made a transformational impact, the society celebrates a legacy of generosity that has helped build and sustain championship-caliber programs, as well as providing opportunities for student-athletes to succeed on and off the field.

To view the full article visit theMercury.com.

Click here for more K-State sports.

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K-State Athletics and the Ahearn Fund have announced the creation of the 1896 Lifetime Giving Society to celebrate and recognize the most dedicated supporters of K-State Athletics whose cumulative philanthropic support have reached $1.896 million or more.

Established to honor those who have made a transformational impact, the society celebrates a legacy of generosity that has helped build and sustain championship-caliber programs, as well as providing opportunities for student-athletes to succeed on and off the field.

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The women’s 4×400 relay team broke the school record as the last K-State qualifiers during the NCAA West Preliminary on Saturday as three more women punched their individual tickets at John McDonnell Field in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Seven women had qualifying marks while the men’s team had a program-high 14 qualifiers for a total of 21 Wildcats set to compete at the NCAA Championship on June 10-13 at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. Two alternate sprinters in both the men’s and women’s relays account for a grand total of 25 Wildcats heading to the national stage.

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By Toby Hammes

WICHITA — Less than 24 hours after moving into Manhattan to begin his Kansas State football career, Pratt senior Arley Morrell found himself back on the track for one final high school competition.

Morrell, a Kansas State football tight end signee and one of the first commitments secured by new Wildcats head coach Collin Klein, competed Friday at the KSHSAA State Track and Field Championships at Wichita State’s University Stadium, closing out a decorated prep career before returning to Manhattan for summer football workouts.

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By Tim Everson

Kansas State women’s basketball will reunite with an old conference foe as part of the second 28.5 Hoops Women’s Invitational held at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City on Nov. 22.

K-State confirmed to the Mercury on Thursday that the Wildcats will face former Big 12 school Missouri in the four-game event.

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Kansas State will renew its in-state rivalry with Wichita State in the Wildcat Classic on Dec. 11 at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City.

This will mark the second time that the schools have met in the Wildcat Classic with K-State earning a 69-60 win over WSU in front of a sold-out crowd of 18,660 at T-Mobile Center in 2023. Overall, this will be the 14th Wildcat Classic game since 2007 with K-State winning 10 of the last 13 previous Classics. The Wildcats lost to Drake in overtime in the last matchup in 2024.

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An evening season opener and a pair of morning kickoffs begin the Collin Klein era of Kansas State football, as the Big 12 Conference and its television partners have made selections for the first three weeks of the 2026 season.

The first game of the 2026 campaign against Nicholls on Sept. 5 will kick at 6 p.m. and be shown on ESPN+, followed by a pair of 11 a.m., contests against Washington State (Sept. 12) and Tulane (Sept. 19). The game against the Cougars will air on TNT/HBO Max, while the contest against the Green Wave will be shown on ESPN2.

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Kansas State baseball jumped out to a 7-0 lead through four innings and got a stellar start on the mound from Tazwell Butler as the 11th-seeded Wildcats beat seventh-seeded TCU, 9-4, Wednesday night to move on to the quarterfinals of the 2026 Big 12 Baseball Championship at Surprise Stadium.

The Wildcats (30-26) will now face second-seeded West Virginia at 6:30 p.m. CT, Thursday night, in the quarterfinals. The game will be televised live on ESPNU.

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Kansas State baseball’s Dee Kennedy was voted to the 2026 All-Big 12 first team, while Bear Madliak received honorable mention recognition as the Big 12 Conference revealed its postseason awards Tuesday.

A native of Fort Worth, Texas, Kennedy has put together one of the best offensive seasons in K-State history, slashing .359/.463/.742 with 16 doubles, two triples, a school-record 20 home runs and 20 stolen bases.

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K-State Football fans will be greeted with a new LED lighting system in Bill Snyder Family Stadium this fall, thanks to a leadership gift from the Koster Family of Garden City, Kansas. This gift will also aid in the daily operation of the athletics department.

“We are excited to welcome Coach Klein back to K-State and for him to lead our football program,” Kathy Koster said in a statement. “Our grandchildren have seen other football stadiums with lighting systems that change color and add to the gameday excitement. We visited as a family; we wanted the football team and Wildcat fans to have the same experience and are proud to make this gift to support this project.”

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Four Wildcats produced multi-hit performances Tuesday night as 11th-seeded Kansas State baseball rallied past 10th-seeded Utah, 9-5, to open the 2026 Big 12 Baseball Championship at Surprise Stadium.

Trailing 3-0, AJ Evasco delivered a two-run blast to trim the deficit in the sixth, before K-State (29-26) took the lead in the next inning. Utah (26-25) answered and tied the game at 5-5, but the Wildcats scored four unanswered runs in the eighth to pull away with the win.

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After the final day of the Big 12 Championship on Saturday at Drachman Stadium, the Kansas State men’s track and field team finished in 4th place with 83.33 points, the women placed 9th with 43.5 points.

Senior Vanessa Mercera secured the women’s 400-meter hurdles with a new school record time while Sophomore Selva Prabhu won the men’s triple jump title, bringing the total number of K-State champions to three for a consecutive season.

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By Toby Hammes

After years of Kansas State fans hoping to see Michael Beasley suit up for Purple Reign, it’s finally happening — and it will come against Kansas.

The former Wildcat All-American is expected to join K-State’s alumni team for this summer’s edition of The Basketball Tournament, which will feature a first-round best-of-three Sunflower Showdown against KU alumni squad JHX Hoops.

Game 1 of the series is slated to be played inside Bramlage Coliseum from July 21-24, with Game 2 taking place at Washburn’s Lee Arena in Topeka. A deciding Game 3, if necessary, will also return to Manhattan.

For Purple Reign general manager Jordan Henriquez-Roberts, the Wildcats’ all-time leader in blocked shots, the addition of Beasley marks years of work finally paying off.

“I’m very excited,” Henriquez-Roberts said. “I’ve been working my tail off for the last five or six years trying to get Beas on board. To finally get him committed and wanting to come back to Bramlage, put some form of purple on and play in front of the fans again — that excites me the most.

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By Tim Everson

A Kansas State Athletics Hall of Famer and a pillar of the Manhattan community — golfer Jim Colbert died Sunday at 85.

Known for his iconic bucket hat and eight tournament titles during his 14-year stint on the PGA Tour, Colbert made himself synonymous with golf in the community after helping design Colbert Hills, which opened in 2000.

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By Toby Hammes

Casey Alexander brought in another piece to Kansas State men’s basketball’s roster on Monday, adding depth with Class of 2026 recruit Nash Stark.

Stark, a 6-foot-7 wing out of Lipscomb Academy from the Nashville area, was offered a preferred walk-on spot by the new staff at Belmont in April.

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By Toby Hammes

Casey Alexander brought in another piece to Kansas State men’s basketball’s roster on Monday, adding depth with Class of 2026 recruit Nash Stark.

Stark, a 6-foot-7 wing out of Lipscomb Academy from the Nashville area, was offered a preferred walk-on spot by the new staff at Belmont in April.

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By Toby Hammes

Casey Alexander brought in another piece to Kansas State men’s basketball’s roster on Monday, adding depth with Class of 2026 recruit Nash Stark.

Stark, a 6-foot-7 wing out of Lipscomb Academy from the Nashville area, was offered a preferred walk-on spot by the new staff at Belmont in April.

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Because of forecasted inclement weather, Kansas State and Missouri State officials have canceled Tuesday’s contest between the Wildcats and Bears at Hammons Field. Additionally, Wednesday’s game at Tointon Family Stadium with Omaha has also been canceled.

Tuesday’s non-conference game originally was scheduled for 11 a.m. CT, while Wednesday was slated for a 6 p.m. first pitch.

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By Toby Hammes

Kansas State’s basketball will enter the upcoming season with just one returning player, as rising sophomore Andrej Kostic opted to stay in Manhattan through a coaching change and full roster overhaul.

Kostic is the lone holdover on a roster that features 12 newcomers in Casey Alexander’s first season, making his decision one of the few pieces of continuity as the Wildcats reset under a new staff.

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Kansas State men’s basketball head coach Casey Alexander said his roster for the 2026-27 season is essentially set, with 13 scholarship players already in place and no expectation of adding more.

“We wanted the right people — the right kind of guys,” Alexander said. “We had to do that on a budget, and we’re really pleased with how things turned out.”

With the transfer portal window for entries now closed, K-State has shifted from building its roster to developing it, leaving only a pair of open spots that are unlikely to impact the Wildcats’ rotation.

“If we add, it would be more of a walk-on situation — somebody who brings practice value and can help with depth,” Alexander said. “I don’t anticipate adding anyone that I’d view as a rotational player. I’d never say never, but we’re not beating the bushes right now to try to find the next player.”

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By Tim Everson

The Kansas State women’s golf team is headed to its second-straight regional for the first time in over 20 years.

The Wildcats were picked among the 72-team field on Wednesday, earning the seventh seed in the Louisville (Ky.) regional held at the University of Louisville Golf Club.

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The K-State track and field teams wrapped up three days of the Drake Relays on Saturday at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, finishing with team scores after competing in five relay races.

After the five races, the 4×100, 4×400, 4×800, sprint medley relay and distance medley relay, both K-State teams finished top-5 in the university divisions. The 15th-ranked men’s team were named runners-up with 30 points, the women’s team in 5th place with 15 points. The University of Iowa won both team events with 40 and 37 points, respectively.

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Kansas State held a 6-4 lead after six innings, only to see No. 16 Nebraska score three runs over the final three frames to secure a 7-6 walk-off victory over the Wildcats Tuesday night at Hawks Field at Haymarket Park.

K-State (26-19) crawled out of an early 3-0 hole and battled to take a 6-4 lead until Nebraska (32-11) erased the deficit, highlighted with a game-tying RBI triple from Jeter Worthley. Knotted at 6-6, Rhett Stokes delivered the decisive hit, lining a 1-0 pitch down the left field line to score the winning run from second.

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By Tim Everson

Former Kansas State head coach Jerome Tang will be back on the sideline next season after a midseason firing for cause in February.

According to a report from ESPN Tuesday afternoon, Tang is finalizing a multi-year deal to return to Baylor to serve as an assistant coach under long-time head coach Scott Drew.

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On today’s episode of Wildcat Insider, what were the best and worst K-State sports moments of 25-26, “Voice of the Wildcats” Wyatt Thompson joins the show, who was the MVP of Spring football, and more!

Hour 1

Segment 1 – Did Tim complete the 9-9-9 challenge

Segment 2 – Who was the MVP of Spring football?

Segment 3 – Bat Cats swept by KU

Hour 2

Segment 1 – “Voice of the Cats” Wyatt Thompson

Segment 2 – Best and worst of K-State Sports 2025-26

Segment 3 – This week in the Big 12

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In a game that was delayed more than five hours by weather, No. 16 Kansas defeated Kansas State baseball, 9-7, to complete a Dillons Sunflower Showdown sweep at Tointon Family Stadium Sunday.

With the victory, KU improved to 33-11 and 17-4 in Big 12 play, continuing its best conference start in school history. K-State fell to 26-18 and 9-12 in league games.

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By Toby Hammes

Kansas State men’s basketball added one final name to its list of transfer portal departures just before the deadline.

Forward Elias Rapieque entered the portal on Monday, marking the ninth and final Wildcat to do so this offseason. His entry was confirmed by his agent to DraftExpress.

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On today’s edition of Wildcat Insider, Alexander doesn’t land any of his Belmont players to KSU, spring ball winds down later this week, and “Voice of the Wildcats” Wyatt Thompson joins the show!

Hour 1

Segment 1 – Alexander doesn’t lands any of his Belmont players for KSU

Segment 2 – Mittie adds French player, in the hunt for a top rebounder

Segment 3 – Bat Cats win series in Arizona

Hour 2

Segment 1 – “Voice of the Cats” Wyatt Thompson

Segment 2 – Spring football wraps up this week

Segment 3 – This week in the Big 12

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By Toby Hammes

Kansas State men’s basketball’s expected Belmont pipeline never materialized.

Despite multiple Bruins entering the transfer portal following head coach Casey Alexander’s departure, no Belmont player with collegiate experience ultimately followed him to Manhattan.

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Arizona baseball took advantage of three errors to claim an 11-7 victory over Kansas State Sunday afternoon at Hi Corbett Field, preventing the Wildcats from securing the series sweep.

“We had our opportunities to win that game,” eighth-year head coach Pete Hughes said in a statement. “I thought we did enough offensively, and we came on strong late, but wasn’t enough. We had enough defensive miscues to create some opportunities for Arizona, and that turned out to be the difference of the game.”

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By Tim Everson

Kansas State women’s basketball head coach Jeff Mittie has added another international talent to the 2026-27 roster, as Penn State guard Tèa Clèante — a native of France — signed with the Wildcats, the school announced on Sunday.

“We are excited to add Tèa as she is a dynamic and versatile guard,” said Mittie in a statement. “She can score, distribute and impact the game defensively with her speed and aggressiveness.

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Former Kansas State two-sport standout Peyton Williams has signed a free agent contract with WNBA expansion franchise Portland Fire for the 2026 season.

Since graduating from K-State in 2020, Williams has played professionally in Russia, France, Hungary and China. In the 2025-26 season, Williams played her second season with Wuhan Shengfan in the Chinese WCBA. During this season, Williams averaged 12.0 points on a .584 field goal percentage, 7.1 rebounds, 1.6 steals and 1.5 assists in 29.9 minutes per game.

In the 2024-25 season, native of Topeka, Kansas, averaged 15.0 points on a .611 field goal percentage, 9.0 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 2.1 steals.

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By Tim Everson

Kansas State women’s basketball head coach Jeff Mittie has added an international talent to the 2026-27 roster, as Shaila Nde from Spain has signed with the Wildcats, the school announced Wednesday morning.

“We are excited to add Shaila to our family,” said Mittie in a statement. “She will bring athleticism and an emerging offensive game at the forward spot with a good ability off the bounce and an improving three-point attack. She has great experience playing with the Spanish national teams and winning goal last summer.”

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Casey Alexander’s sixth portal addition may not have any on-court experience at the college level, but he does have a lot of upside.

Redshirt freshman forward Matt Gilhool was a four-star prospect out of high school in Pennsylvania, and chose LSU over offers from Iowa, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Penn State, Washington and Miami among many others.

Gilhool announced his transfer to Kansas State on Tuesday in a social media post.

The 6-foot-11, 213-pound Elizabethtown, Penn., native averaged 16 points per game as a senior along with nine rebounds and 1.5 blocks.

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Kansas State men’s basketball and head coach Casey Alexander have earned a commitment from a 7-footer out of the transfer portal.

New Mexico center JT Rock has committed to the Wildcats, the sophomore announced on his social media late Monday afternoon. Rock is the second addition of the day after Virginia Tech guard Jaden Schutt.

A 7-foot-1 center, Rock averaged 6.2 points and 3.5 rebounds per game while shooting 54.5% from the field during the 2025-26 season. He appeared in all 37 games for the Lobos, making one start, and led the team with 34 blocks.

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