Kansas Athletics is excited to announce the 3rd Annual Rock Chalk Block Party Presented by Central Bank and supported by adidas. The event will take place on Friday, September 27th, the night before the Jayhawks take on TCU, on Mass St. between 10th and 11th street.
Kansas Athletics launched a new digital experience on the Kansas Jayhawks Mobile App presented by Meritrust Credit Union on Monday, serving as the mobile home for all things Kansas Jayhawks.
The Big 12 Conference announced the Winter Academic All-Big 12 Teams on Tuesday. Kansas placed 36 total student-athletes on the squads, with 32 on the first team and four on the second team. The winter teams consist of student-athletes from men’s and women’s basketball and women's swim and dive.
The 16th Annual Rock Chalk Roundball Classic, held on June 13-15, was, once again, a huge success in raising money for families fighting cancer. This year’s event is projected to raise more than $400,000 for seven families, tagged as the Magnificent Seven, fighting pediatric cancer with more than 30 Kansas luminaries participating in the festivities.
Fourteen Jayhawk student-athletes and four staff members participated in an immersive international service trip to the Dominican Republic from May 21-29, working alongside local communities to build a multi-purpose court at a local school.
Kansas Athletics and KU Leads was represented by 10 Kansas Jayhawk student-athletes and six staff members at the 2024 Black Student-Athlete Summit, hosted by the University of Southern California in Los Angeles from May 22-26.
For the third-consecutive semester, Kansas student-athletes achieved a successful semester in the classroom as this past spring they combined for a department grade point average of 3.40.
Kansas Athletics presented the student-athletes of the 2024 senior class with their K Rings in a ceremony held at the Kansas Union on Sunday evening. The program featured several awards presentations as well as appearances by a host of former Jayhawk greats to help congratulate the graduating seniors on their outstanding Kansas careers.
