Kansas Jayhawks

The University of Kansas announced Thursday it has embarked on a groundbreaking partnership with Oak View Group (OVG), a leader in global sports and entertainment, as the stadium operator for the Gateway District and reimagined David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium.

The No. 7-seeded Kansas women’s golf team wrapped up day one of the Big 12 Championship Thursday afternoon at Houston Oaks Country Club in eighth place, shooting +13 as a team with two rounds left to play.

Standout transfer guards Zeke Mayo and AJ Storr have signed financial aid agreements to play basketball at Kansas, KU head coach Bill Self announced today. Entering the 2024-25 season, Mayo will be a senior, while Storr will be a junior at KU.

The Kansas Jayhawks (27-14-1, 11-7 Big 12) are back at home and play host to No. 1 Texas (35-6, 14-4 Big 12) in a three-game series from April 19-21 at Arrocha Ballpark. This is the second time this season Kansas has hosted the No. 1 team in the country and KU’s seventh conference series of the season.

Kansas Baseball will head south this weekend as the Jayhawks will take on the Baylor Bears in a three-game weekend series that starts on Friday at 6:30 p.m. CT. KU is riding a four-game winning streak heading into the weekend.

The Kansas Track and Field team will be hosting the 101st annual Kansas Relays from April 18-20 on their home track at Rock Chalk Park.

Kansas women’s tennis fell to No. 8 seed UCF, 4-2, in the first round of the Big 12 Tennis Championship at the Greenwood Tennis Center in Stillwater, Oklahoma on Wednesday night.

Kansas Athletics has announced the dates and times for ‘Hawk Talk’ with Head Baseball Coach Dan Fitzgerald, which begins on Monday, April 29, at 23rd Street Brewery in Lawrence.

Former Kansas men’s basketball standout Joel Embiid has been named to the 2024 USA Basketball Men’s National Team, USA Basketball announced April 17. The team will compete at the Olympic Games in Paris, July 26-Aug. 11, 2024.

The Kansas women’s golf team enters the Big 12 Women’s Championship as the seventh-seed at Houston Oaks Country Club, April 18–20 to open postseason play. 

Kansas freshman guard Johnny Furphy has announced that he has declared for the 2024 NBA Draft. Furphy will retain NCAA eligibility while testing the draft process. Per NCAA rules, student-athletes can participate in the NBA Draft process if withdrawn by May 29.