Bring On The Cats, a Kansas State Wildcats community

Jordy Nelson, former Kansas State football All-American and a member of the Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers, will throw out the ceremonial first pitch prior to the Wildcats’ baseball game against No. 7 Oklahoma on Friday. Coming off a win Sunday over No. 5 Texas A&M, K-State’s baseball team will host the seventh-ranked Sooners at 6:30 p.m. Friday. The series continues Saturday with a 2 p.m. first pitch before Sunday’s series finale at 1 p.m.

The delirious crowd inside Beasley Coliseum went from derisive chants about Saturday's Apple Cup football game against Washington to an ear-piercing din as Washington State took the lead in the closing minutes. Exactly the kind of situation Kansas State coach Frank Martin wanted his No. 5 Wildcats to face, especially with preseason All-American Jacob Pullen a non-factor offensively.

Coming off one of the worst shooting performances in his Kansas State career, preseason All-American Jacob Pullen bounced back to lead the Wildcats to a decisive 84-60 victory over Texas Southern on Tuesday night at Bramlage Coliseum. Pullen dropped 16 points on the Tigers to lead the Wildcats in scoring.

With the start of Kansas State men's basketball practice just weeks away, expectations for the upcoming season are at an all-time high with the release of several preseason top 25 and All-American teams. K-State has been listed in the top 10 in several preseason polls, including No. 4 by Lindy's Sports, No. 5 by Athlon Sports, No. 6 by The Sporting News and No. 10 by Blue Ribbon Yearbook. Each of the publications has the Wildcats predicted to finish in the top two of the Big 12, including Lindy's, which predicted the team to win the Big 12 crown in 2010-11.

Former Kansas State All-Americans Shalee Lehning and Nicole Ohlde concluded action in the 2010 WNBA regular season during the weekend. Lehning helped the Atlanta Dream to their second straight WNBA playoff appearance, while Ohlde endured a mid-season trade to the Tulsa Shock.

Two-time All-American Bob Boozer and the rest of the gold-medal winning 1960 U.S. Olympic team was enshrined into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame today in Springfield, Mass. The ceremony was held at 6 p.m. in the Springfield Symphony Hall and was televised on NBA TV.

Kansas State outfielder Nick Martini picked up his second All-America award Thursday, when he was named a second-team All-American by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA). Martini, who also earned Louisville Slugger third-team All-American accolades from Collegiate Baseball, became the second-straight Wildcat to be honored by the ABCA, after A.J. Morris was named an All-American and the Midwest Region Player of the Year in 2009.