Becoming the president of the Omaha Supernovas in 2023, ahead of the professional volleyball team’s debut, required Diane Mendenhall to draw on the sum total of her experiences from more than four decades in and around the sports world. From playing volleyball at Kansas in the late 1970s to ...
Updated 10:24 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026: Scott “Scooter” Ward, an esteemed longtime academic adviser who most recently served as KU Athletics’ director of peak performance and leadership, died on Saturday, his wife Robin wrote in a post on Facebook. He was 59. “This man — Scott ...
A new year and the start of the spring semester bring a variety of fresh opportunities for athletes across Kansas’ 16 varsity sports teams. Below are some of the athletes who will have chances to seize the spotlight over the course of 2026. As usual, the only criteria for these selections ...