Kansas Stats & Info

KU Baseball: Dan Fitzgerald earned the 2026 Baseball America College Coach of the Year award on Wednesday. Fitzgerald is the first National Coach of the Year in @KUBaseball history, having now received the honor from both Baseball America and Perfect Game.

Darryn Peterson becomes the fifth @KUHoops player drafted by the Utah Jazz and the first since center Udoka Azubuike was taken No. 27 overall in 2020 Other Jayhawks selected by the Jazz include current KU assistant coach Jacque Vaughn (1997), Greg Ostertag (1995) & Kelly Knight (1984)

Darryn Peterson is the 20th lottery selection in @KUHoops history and the 14th in the Bill Self era, which dates back to 2003-04 KU now has 90 all-time NBA Draft selections. Since the NBA adopted a two-round draft in 1989, Kansas has had 29 first-round selections and 47 total draft picks

KU MBB: Freshman guard Darryn Peterson was the No. 2 overall pick in the 2026 NBA Draft by the Utah Jazz Peterson becomes the first KU player drafted No. 2 overall in the modern draft era, and he’s the highest selected Jayhawk since Andrew Wiggins went No. 1 overall in 2014

Kevin McCullar Jr. became the 17th Jayhawk to win an NBA title for @KUHoops and the fourth in the last five years. McCullar played at KU for two seasons in 2023 and 2024. bit.ly/4xuCnDC

KU Baseball: LeBlanc is the sixth First Team All-American in program history and the first in 20 years since Don Czyz in 2006. LeBlanc is the 17th @KUBaseball All-American in school history.

@KUBaseball Dan Fitzgerald was named the Big 12 Coach of the Year for the second consecutive season and 7 Jayhawks earned All-Big 12 honors: First Team: Tyson LeBlanc, Boede Rahe Second Team: Cade Baldridge, Josh Dykhoff, Dominic Voegele Honorable Mention: Brady Ballinger, Mason Cook

@KUBaseball Entering the NCAA Tournament, Kansas is the ONLY Power Four team in the country with at least 42 overall wins, 20 conference wins and 20 road wins. Kansas is also the ONLY Power Four team with at least 20 road wins, and one of seven Division I teams overall

KU Baseball: A few pregame notes ahead of the Lawrence Regional, which begins tomorrow at 12 p.m. CT when @KUBaseball hosts Northeastern at Hoglund Ballpark.. 🧵

KU T&F: @kansastfxc’s Emmah Jemutai becomes Kansas’ first Women’s Outdoor Big 12 Performer of the Year since Sharon Lokedi won the award in 2017. Jemutai recently won the 800 and 1,500 meter titles at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships, marking the first time since 2001 that an individual won both events in the same year. She also becomes the first back-to-back Big 12 1,500 meter champion since 2007-08 and Kansas’ first women’s outdoor 800 meter champion in Big 12 history.

KU Baseball: Fitzgerald is the first back-to-back Big 12 Coach of the Year since Augie Garrido did so at Texas in 2010 and 2011. Fitzgerald is also the first @KUBaseball coach in program history to be named a coach of the year in two separate seasons.

KU SB: The Jayhawks win their first game in the Norman Regional, marking @KUSoftball's first win in the NCAA Tournament since defeating Indiana State, 2-0, in 2015.

KU Baseball: Kansas broke two school records in Thursday's 9-6 victory at BYU. The Jayhawks now have 21 conference wins and 512 strikeouts as a pitching staff. The previous records were 20 conference wins in 2025 and 510 strikeouts in 2018.

It's the first inside-the-park HR by a Jayhawk since Chase Jans at Belmont on March 5, 2023 and the first at Hoglund Ballpark since KU’s Devin Foyle on March 16, 2016 vs. Murray State. It was the first in conference play for Kansas since Gus Milner on April 9, 2005 at Oklahoma.

KU T&F: @kansastfxc senior Anthony Meacham wins his third @Big12Conference Outdoor Athlete of the Week award, becoming the first Big 12 men’s outdoor track and field athlete to earn three weekly awards in a season. Most Selections – Single-Season 3 Anthony Meacham, Kansas, 2026 2 Terrence Jones, Texas Tech, 2023 2 Zach Bradford, Kansas, 2021 2 Charles Brown, Texas Tech, 2017 2 Ronnie Baker, TCU, 2016 2 Michael Stigler, Kansas, 2015 2 Trayvon Bromwell, Baylor, 2014 2 Mason Finley, Kansas, 2010 2 Sam Humphreys, Texas A&M, 2010 2 Eric Esbach, Nebraska, 2004 2 DaBryan Blanton, Oklahoma, 2003 2 Kyle Bookout, Oklahoma, 2003 2 Christian Cantwell, Missouri, 2002