The expectations for the Kansas soccer program have shifted dramatically in just two years since Nate Lie took over as head coach. “We came in and our goals and dreams were to make the NCAA Tournament,” junior midfielder Jillian Gregorski said. “I think our standard now is the tournament and winning first round.” Gregorski and her fellow captains Caroline Castans, a senior wing back, and Sophie Dawe, a ...
Kansas linebacker Bam Crouch, as a fifth-year senior, has been around the block. Crouch played 40 games at Boston College, including as a full-time starter in 13 in 2024, and was a team captain entering the 2025 campaign before an injury limited him to four appearances and an unexpected late-career redshirt. He may have seen a lot in the ACC — “That’s going to be able to help me as far as the knowledge ...
Right-side hitter Taylor Stanley was named the Big 12’s freshman of the year, and a pair of Jayhawks received all-league selections as part of the conference’s preseason honors that were announced on Tuesday morning. Stanley, a 6-foot-3 Overland Park native who attended Blue Valley Southwest High School, was one of the top players in the 2026 recruiting class. She has represented the United States at the ...
Kansas redshirt junior quarterback Cole Ballard doesn’t spend a lot of time on social media: “Nothing good can come from it,” he said. “I learned that a long time ago with my dad.” That is, of course, a reference to Indianapolis Colts general manager Chris Ballard, who like anyone else in any prominent (or even relatively insignificant) position for a sports team undoubtedly finds himself the target ...
Malachi Curvey found himself in a bit of an unusual position entering his second year at Kansas. On the one hand he was one of precious few returning players in the linebacker room, along with starting middle linebacker Trey Lathan; on the other, he was coming off a redshirt year. “Malachi was here before me, so he got a little bit more experience,” said Bam Crouch, a transfer linebacker from Boston ...
In the wake of his five-year contract extension — a reward for a Big 12 tournament title and Sweet 16 berth in his first two seasons at the helm — Kansas coach Nate Lie met with the media back in April and expressed confidence about a number of facets of his team: its fitness, its maturity, its leadership and so on. But he also presented a couple of key questions. Can KU continue to play like an underdog, ...