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Senior Rodney McGruder earned his second career Big 12 weekly honor on Monday when he was named the Phillips 66 Big 12 Player of the Week after his double-double performance at George Washington during the weekend.

It's pretty much the same thing as last year. I'm sure TB will supply one of our fancy new logo T-shirts to the winner. Group ID: 19325

Kansas State senior quarterback Collin Klein has been named a finalist for both the Maxwell Award as the college football player of the year and the Davey O’Brien Award as nation’s best quarterback in a joint announcement by ESPN and the awards’ committees Monday afternoon.

Kansas State head coach Bill Snyder is one of 16 coaches to be named a semifinalist for the Maxwell Football Club Collegiate Coach of the Year Award, the organization announced Monday.

Senior Rodney McGruder was named a preseason Top 50 candidate for the John R. Wooden Award by the Los Angeles Athletic Club on Thursday. The Wooden list, which reflects the early front-runners for one of college basketball's Premier Player of the Year awards, is based on last year's individual performance and team records.

Following his three-interception game against No. 24 Oklahoma State, Kansas State senior defensive back Allen Chapman was named the Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week, the Walter Camp Foundation announced Sunday. It is the Wildcats’ second honor of the year from the foundation — quarterback Collin Klein earned the offensive nod following the West Virginia contest.

FOX Sports will broadcast seven Kansas State men's basketball games during the 2012-13 season, the school and network announced today.

Kansas State’s Collin Klein was awarded for his work off the field for a third time this season when he was named a finalist for the ARA Sportsmanship Award, the organization has announced.

Kansas State earned its highest-ever BCS ranking Sunday night when the Wildcats checked in at No. 2 in the latest standings announced on ESPN. K-State, which was fourth in the initial poll this season, tied its previous best ranking last week by checking in at No. 3 before moving up one spot on Sunday.

Undefeated Kansas State will be featured in prime time Saturday against Oklahoma State in a 7 p.m. kickoff on ABC, the Big 12 Conference has announced. The contest against the Cowboys, which will be shown to a national audience, marks the Wildcats’ first appearance on ABC this season and the first since a 53-50 victory in four overtimes last year against Texas A&M.

FOX Sports will broadcast the men’s basketball exhibition game between Kansas State and Washburn at 7 p.m. Tuesday. This will be the first of eight games on the network for the 2012-13 season, with a full schedule to be announced in the coming days.

Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein picked up his fourth honor in the past three days when he was selected as the Maxwell Award Player of the Week for his performance at No. 13 West Virginia, the Maxwell Football Club announced Tuesday. Klein earned Walter Camp National Player of the Week honors on Sunday, while he was named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week and was one of 16 quarterbacks named a semifinalist for the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award on Monday.

Kansas State senior linebacker Arthur Brown has been named one of 12 semifinalists nationally for the 28th annual Butkus Award, honoring the nation’s top linebacker, the Butkus Foundation announced Monday.

Following an impressive 55-14 victory at No. 13 West Virginia on Saturday, Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein and linebacker Arthur Brown were named the Big 12 Offensive and Defensive players of the week, the conference office announced Monday.

Kansas State senior quarterback Collin Klein has been named the Walter Camp National Offensive Player of the Week following his performance in the Wildcats’ 55-14 win at West Virginia.

Kansas State senior quarterback Collin Klein has been named one of 10 finalists among FBS programs for the 2012 Senior CLASS Award, the organization announced Thursday.

K-State's Big 12 Conference match-up with Texas Tech has been chosen as the FOX College Football Game of the Week and will air to a full national audience after the network and the league office announced today television selections for Oct. 27. Kickoff from Bill Snyder Family Stadium is set for 2:30 p.m.

Following its hard-fought 27-21 victory Saturday at No. 25 Iowa State to move to 6-0, Kansas State was ranked fourth in the initial BCS standings released Sunday night on ESPN. The No. 4 ranking was tied for the highest for the Wildcats (6-0, 3-0 Big 12) in an opening BCS poll with the 1998 team, while it was the highest overall since sitting in third place for five straight weeks to end the 1998 season.

Kansas State was selected to finish fifth in the preseason 2012-13 Big 12 Conference coaches poll released by the league office on Thursday morning. The Wildcats received 54 points to earn fifth place in the second-year of the 10-team conference configuration, just four points behind fourth-place Texas (58) and six behind third-place Oklahoma State (60). Kansas was the overwhelming pick to win the league, earning 81 points and nine of the 10 first-place votes.

Kansas State senior quarterback Collin Klein has been named one of 15 finalists for the 2012 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, which is given annually to college football's best senior quarterback.

With another capacity crowd guaranteed for the Oct. 27 homecoming match-up with Texas Tech, K-State Athletics has announced that a limited number of general admission tickets to the game with the Red Raiders have been made available for purchase. Those tickets, priced at $55, will be located on the grassy hill in the northeast corner of the stadium and may be purchased online at k-statesports.com or via phone at 1-800-221-CATS while quantities last.

K-State placed three players on Phil Steele’s Midseason All-American Team as linebacker Arthur Brown, kick returner Tyler Lockett and quarterback Collin Klein were recognized Wednesday by the publication. Brown was named to the All-America first team, Lockett was a second-team pick, while Klein earned third-team honors at the halfway mark of the 2012 season.

K-State’s Big 12 Conference match-up at West Virginia has been chosen as the FOX College Football Game of the Week and will air to a full national audience after the network and the league office announced today television selections for Oct. 20.

Senior Rodney McGruder was a unanimous selection to the Preseason All-Big 12 team released by the conference office on Thursday morning.