2019 – Page 183 – Hays Post Archive

Tigers rally past Washburn to end Yager Stadium losing streak

Posted on September 21, 2019

Courtesy FHSU Athletics / Ryan Prickett photo

TOPEKA, Kan. – Dante Brown booted a 24-yard field goal at the end of regulation to force overtime then kicked a 30-yarder in overtime to lift Fort Hays State to a 41-38 win over Washburn Saturday afternoon to snap their 9-game Yager Stadium losing streak. It’s the Tigers (1-2, 1-2 MIAA) first win in Topeka since 1987 when they won by forfeit and their first win on the field there since 1985.

The game-winner from Brown came after Isaiah Creal-Musgray intercepted a Mitch Schurig pass in the endzone on the Ichabods (1-2, 1-2 MIAA) overtime possession.

The Tigers led by two touchdowns entering the fourth quarter after quarterback Chance Fuller hit Harley Hazlett on a 33-yard scoring strike then Hunter Budke from 18 yards out to put FHSU up 35-21. Fuller finished 23 of 31 for 271 yards with four touchdowns and no interceptions before leaving in the fourth quarter after being slammed to the turf on a hard tackle on the Tigers first possession of the fourth quarter.

Washburn took advantage by scoring 17 unanswered points to go up 38-35 following a 2-yard touchdown run from Mitchell Percy with 3:33 to play.

Junior college transfer Vashon Waiters engineered a gutsy 15-play, 68-yard drive to set up Brown’s game tying field goal at the end of regulation. Waiters, playing for the first time this season, hit Harley Hazlett on a 7-yard pass on 3rd and seven then converted with an 8-yard pass to running back Charles Tigner on 4th and five from their own 42 to keep the drive alive.

Charles Tigner scored on a 14-yard touchdown run to cap a 10-play, 75-yard drive on the Tigers first possession to give them the early 7-0 lead. Fuller hit Jacoby Williams on a 3-yard touchdown pass to give FHSU a 14-7 lead early in the fourth.

James Letcher, Jr. returned the ensuing kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown to tie the game 14-14. The Tigers then muffed the kickoff giving the Ichabods the ball back at the FHSU 37 which led to another score and put the Ichabods up 21-14.

Fuller would engineer a 6-play, 52-yard drive which ended with a 7-yard TD pass to Harley Hazlett with 3:25 in the second quarter to tie the game 21-21.

The Tigers finished with 494 total yards of offense which included a season-high 161 on the ground. Charles Tigner led the ground attack with 125 yards. Harley Hazlett had a team-best 105 receiving yards on nine catches and two touchdowns. Layne Bieberle hauled in six passes for 77 yards to move past Xavier Brown and Eric Busenbark into fourth on the all-time receiving yards list with 2,087.

Big ninth inning lifts Royals past Minnesota

Posted on September 21, 2019September 21, 2019

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Twins closer Taylor Rogers got tagged during a seven-run ninth inning and Minnesota missed a chance to add to its AL Central lead, falling the Kansas City Royals 12-5 on Saturday night.

The Twins remained four games ahead of Cleveland, which lost at home to Philadelphia.

Pinch-hitter Cheslor Cuthbert lined a tiebreaking, two-run homer off Rogers (2-4) to begin the Royals’ big burst. Rogers gave up three runs on three hits while getting just one out.

Rogers has been a big reason the Twins are in first place. He had only allowed one run in his previous 12 outings, and his ERA rose from 2.30 to 2.69 after his appearance.

Randy Rosario (2-0) retired the only batter he faced out of the Kansas City bullpen as the Royals ended a four-game losing streak. They avoided becoming the fourth team in the majors with 100 losses this season.

Ryan O’Hearn, who homered off Minnesota starter José Berríos earlier, started the ninth with a single. After a sacrifice, Cuthbert connected.

Jorge Soler and O’Hearn each finished with three hits.

LaMonte Wade Jr. homered and tripled for the Twins, who had won six of eight.

Berríos was handed a 5-2 lead after Minnesota scored four runs in the fifth off Royals starter Glenn Sparkman. Berríos couldn’t hold the lead as Ryan McBroom had an RBI single and O’Hearn followed with a two-run homer in the sixth.

Berríos allowed five runs in six innings after he had surrendered just two runs over his previous two starts, spanning 14 1/3 innings.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Twins: OF Max Kepler (shoulder) pinch-ran in the eighth inning after missing the previous six games. Kepler has been running the bases and shagging flyballs during batting practice. The shoulder injury bothers Kepler when hitting. … 1B C.J. Cron (bruised thumb) had no issues after starting Friday’s game. It was his first start in five games. He was out of the lineup on Saturday. . Ehire Adrianza (oblique) took groundballs prior to Saturday’s game and is planning to hit off a tee on Sunday.

UP NEXT

Royals: RHP Jorge López (4-8, 5.93 ERA) will start the final road game of the season for Kansas City. He’s allowed four earned runs in 17 1/3 innings over his past three starts, all coming on the road.

Twins: LHP Martín Pérez (10-7, 4.92) will try to improve against the Royals in Minnesota’s regular season home finale. Perez is 0-1 with a 7.02 ERA in three starts against Kansas City this season.

FHSU volleyball rallies to top Hornets in five

Posted on September 21, 2019September 21, 2019

HAYS, Kan. – After facing a two-sets-to-one deficit, the Fort Hays State volleyball team captured the fourth and fifth sets in convincing fashion to knock off Emporia State Saturday (Sept. 21) inside Gross Memorial Coliseum (22-25, 25-20, 22-25, 25-13, 15-6). The Tigers are now 4-6 overall and 1-1 in MIAA play, while the Hornets move to 4-6 on the year and 0-2 in league action.

The teams were evenly matched through the first three sets, with Emporia State holding a slim 70-69 advantage in points scored. However, the momentum started to shift towards the Tigers in the final two frames.

The Tigers swung at an astounding .422 clip (21-2-45) over the final two sets to help put the hammer down. The defense was just as impressive, holding ESU to a .066 attack percentage (17-13-61).

Neither side could gain much of an edge in the opening set, with the score staying within three points the entire way. A three-point run put ESU in front 21-18, but the Tigers clawed back to take four of the next five points and tie things up at 22. The Hornets rallied to take the final three points, winning the opening set 25-22.

Delaney Humm was big in the second set win for FHSU, dropping in six of her team-high 17 kills. The Tigers led by as many as seven late in the set before ESU closed within three, 23-20. Kills from Humm and Morgan Christiansen ended the Hornet rally and tied the match at one set each.

Christiansen and Isabelle Reynolds anchored the Tiger offense in the third set, dropping in five kills each. Emporia State built a five-point lead through the early portions of the set, but a big rally put the Tigers right back in it. Trailing 16-11, Reynolds opened the run with a kill before teaming up with Tatum Bartels for a block. Reynolds and Bartels each added kills a few rallies later before Madison Miller dropped in a service ace, putting the Tigers in front 20-18. Emporia State battled back to take the next five rallies and went on to take the third set, 25-22.

The fourth set opened as an even affair, but the Tigers quickly turned a 9-9 tie into a set victory after winning 16 of the last 20 rallies. The Black and Gold posted a .312 attack percentage in the frame, totaling 12 kills to just two attack errors. The Tigers scored nine-straight points during the heart of the rally thanks to five attack errors, three setting miscues and one blocking mistake. FHSU made the most of the Hornet mistakes, dropping in four kills down the stretch to secure the 25-13 win.

It was more of the same for the Tigers in the fifth set, who hit an incredibly efficient .692 in the final set. FHSU attempted 13 swings in the final frame, totaling nine kills and zero attack errors. The Tigers never trailed in the set, scoring four of the first five points. Bartels led the team with three kills in the final set before capturing the final point when she combined with Humm for a block.

Five Tigers reached double figures in kills, with Reynolds (13), Christiansen (12), Bartels (11) and West (10) joining Humm. Humm posted her fourth double-double of the year, totaling a season-high 14 digs to go along with her 17 kills. Katie Darnell tossed up 49 assists while matching Taylor White with a team-high 15 digs. Abbie Hayes chipped in 14 digs while Madison Miller added 13.

Christiansen recorded six blocks in the victory, including one solo and five block assists. Bartels added five block assists while Reynolds added four blocks (one solo).

The Tigers posted a .258 attack percentage overall compared to a .129 swing rate for ESU. Both teams were active at the net, with FHSU holding a slim 12-10 advantage in blocks. The back row stayed busy for the home team all evening, with Tigers combining for 77 digs.

The home stand continues for Fort Hays State next weekend when the Tigers host two more conference rivals. First up is a Friday evening contest against Central Oklahoma, with the first serve set for 6 p.m.

Kansas comes up short against West Virginia

Posted on September 21, 2019September 21, 2019

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Martell Pettaway couldn’t remember the last time he spent an entire game watching from the sideline, never once getting onto the field after warmups — much less getting a carry.

That was the case for West Virginia’s senior running back a week ago.

But after the game-plan precluded him from seeing any action in a win over North Carolina State, Pettaway made up for it on his very first carry Saturday. He shook a couple Kansas defenders at the line of scrimmage, broke into the open and ran 23 yards for a third-quarter touchdown.

Pettaway added another score in the fourth quarter, helping the Mountaineers squeak out a 29-24 victory over the Jayhawks in the Big 12 opener for both teams.

“The two touchdown runs he had were big-time plays,” said West Virginia coach Neal Brown, who leaned on running backs Kennedy McCoy and Leddie Brown against the Wolfpack. “Martell had a good week of practice and that’s the kind of guy he can be.”

McCoy added 73 yards rushing and a touchdown for the Mountaineers (3-1). Kendall Austin threw for 202 yards, and Evan Staley bounced back from an early miss to hit three field goals.

Meanwhile, their defense held Kansas (2-2) to 377 yards total offense, one week after new coach Les Miles’ bunch had 567 yards and five TDs in a road rout of Boston College. And much of the yardage Saturday came as the Jayhawks drove frantically for a touchdown with 2:10 left in the game.

They tried an onside kick but it went out of bounds, and by the time West Virginia gave the ball back, the Jayhawks only had time for a hook-and-ladder from midfield that came up short.

“Including the last play I felt like we were going to win,” Miles said. “If we could’ve made a cut in the back end of that play we may have.”

Carter Stanley led the Jayhawks with 235 yards passing and three touchdowns, but he also threw a costly interception when they were trailing 23-17 midway through the fourth quarter.

Pettaway finished the ensuing drive with his second TD run to make it a two-possession game.

“Coach Brown just told me I could play better. I took that to do better in practice,” said Pettaway, who ran for more than 600 yards last season. “It was a good week of practice for me and the offensive line did a hell of a job.”

West Virginia and Kansas had played to a first-half draw, though the real winner was the wind. It was whipping out of the south at 25 mph, making it tough for both offenses to move the ball.

The Mountaineers scored first — with the wind — on McCoy’s short plunge, then Kansas answered — also with the wind — when Stanley hit Kwamie Lassiter with a 28-yard TD strike.

The momentum shifted late in the first half, though. The Jayhawks had the ball, the wind and three timeouts in the closing minutes but went three-and-out and punted. West Virginia then raced 51 yards in just 49 seconds to set up Staley’s go-ahead field goal.

The Mountaineers kept the momentum to start the second half.

Pettway, getting his first carry of the game, picked through a couple tackles at the line of scrimmage and cruised 23 yards for the score. And when Kansas got a chip-shot field goal and appeared to recover the onside kick, Jamahl Horne was flagged for kick-catch interference.

West Virginia was given the ball back and drove for another field goal for a 20-10 lead.

Stanley gave the Jayhawks a chance when he hit Andrew Parchment on a 75-yard catch-and-run. But after West Virginia got another field goal, the Jayhawks’ quarterback ruined any chance of a comeback when his throw to the sideline was picked off by the Mountaineers’ Keith Washington II.

Pettaway’s second touchdown run made it a two-score game for West Virginia.

“They weren’t really doing anything we hadn’t seen, hadn’t prepared for all week,” said the Jayhawks’ Bryce Torneden. “It really just came down to little things we were doing to ourselves. Kind of self-inflicted wounds.”

THE TAKEAWAY

West Virginia was abysmal on its last road trip, losing 38-7 to Missouri. But the Mountaineers bounced back to spank North Carolina State last weekend and are flying high entering a week off.

Kansas was trying to build on its win in Chestnut Hill, but two turnovers and the penalty on the onside kick cost valuable possessions. Might have cost its best chance to win a Big 12 game, too.

UP NEXT

West Virginia has a week off before Texas visits Morgantown.

Kansas has a morning kickoff against TCU next Saturday.

Court upholds conviction in murder of Salina teen

Posted on September 21, 2019September 21, 2019

TOPEKA, Kan. — The Kansas Supreme Court Friday affirmed Stephen Gentry’s convictions in Saline County District Court first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, criminal discharge of a firearm at an occupied vehicle, and conspiracy to commit aggravated battery in the May 2015 death of 17-year-old Allie Saum in Salina.

The court held a statutory error in failing to offer lesser included offense instructions on the two forms of reckless homicide was harmless. It also held there was no statutory error in failing to instruct the jury on lesser included offenses of voluntary manslaughter, attempted unintentional but reckless second-degree murder, attempted reckless involuntary manslaughter, and attempted voluntary manslaughter.

Additionally, the court affirmed the district court’s denial of Gentry’s motion for a continuance.

The Kansas Supreme Court, however, held the district court erred when it ordered Gentry to pay restitution to the Saline County Attorney’s Office for expenses related to witnesses and trial exhibits. The Kansas Supreme Court vacated that portion of the order, a news release from the state court noted.

Life sentence for Kansas City man who murdered daughter

Posted on September 21, 2019September 21, 2019

KANSAS CITY (AP) — A 43-year-old Kansas City man has been sentenced to two life sentences after being convicted of murdering his teenage daughter.

Jerry Bausby was sentenced Friday for the March 21 2016 death of 18-year-old Daizsa Laye Bausby. Prosecutors say Bausby sexually assaulted his daughter before suffocating her. She was found dead in a Kansas City motel room.

The life sentences will run consecutively.

Bausby was found guilty in July of second-degree murder, sodomy, incest and sexual abuse of his daughter, who was a Southwest High School honors student.

Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker asked the court to set maximum sentences for Bausby, in order to “demonstrate that evil will be matched by justice.”

Tiger men’s soccer defeats No. 15 Rogers State; home win streak to 19 games

Posted on September 21, 2019September 21, 2019

HAYS, Kan. – On a sunny Saturday afternoon, Fort Hays State faced off against No. 15 Rogers State University — a match that resulted in a 2-0 victory. For the Tigers, this marks their 19th consecutive victory at home.

Senior forward Santiago Agudelo opened up the scoring in the 32nd minute for his third of the season after scoring two goals on Thursday night against Northeastern State University.

Defender Joey McCain intercepted a pass from the Hillcats and found Agudelo at the edge of the 18-yard box. With a one-touch turn, the forward struck ball into the lower left-hand corner of the net.

In the 46th minute, the Tigers found their back against the wall. With only a one goal lead, the referee awarded a penalty kick to the Hillcats. No. 10 Jordan Watson stepped up to the spot and began his run-up.

On the strike, Watson aimed for the bottom left corner of the goal but was denied by senior Cullen Fisch to keep Fort Hays State’s momentum intact.

30 minutes later, Agudelo had part in another Tigers goal, but this time he was not on the receiving end.

Agudelo, with the ball at his feet and three men to beat, saw a sprinting Rogelio Lopez making a run to the far post. With the outside of his right boot, he flicked the ball in on a grounded cross. Lopez ended the play with a sliding finish back across the goal for his first of the 2019 campaign.

The Tigers ended the day attempting four more shots than Rogers State. Fisch’s poise in net lead to his four crucial saves for Fort Hays.

Agudelo, finding the goal early in the contest, tallied his third goal of the season and the assist was his first of 2019.

The Tigers will hit the road to Arkansas for their next match against Ouachita Baptist, who are 1-4-1 on the season. The two teams have yet to meet in program history.

KDWPT: Kansas hunters, anglers spend $629M in 2018 supporting state’s economy

Posted on September 21, 2019September 21, 2019

KDWPT

TOPEKA – For many outdoor enthusiasts, any day they can spend hunting or fishing is a day to celebrate. Now there is one more reason to observe our hunting and fishing opportunities. Governor Laura Kelly has proclaimed Saturday, September 28 as National Hunting and Fishing Day in Kansas to celebrate Kansas’ sportsmen and women and to recognize the many and varied social, cultural, economic, and ecological benefits of our time-honored traditions of hunting and angling.

Kansans have enjoyed a rich and storied tradition of hunting and angling since before Kansas became the 34th state in January 1861. The state’s sportswomen and men were among the first conservationists to support establishing the predecessors of the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) to conserve fish, wildlife and their habitat. Through their license fees, outdoor enthusiasts have funded state efforts to provide for healthy and sustainable natural resources.

Upon realizing that license fees alone were insufficient to restore and sustain healthy fish and wildlife populations, sportsmen and women supported self-imposed federal excise taxes on firearms, ammunition, fishing equipment and motorboat fuel to raise additional conservation funds. To this day, wildlife conservation in Kansas and other states is funded primarily by sportswomen and men, through this American System of Conservation Funding – a “user pays – public benefits” approach that is widely recognized as the most successful model of funding fish and wildlife management in the world.

In fiscal year 2018 alone, Kansas’ sportswomen and men generated more than $32 million in license and permit fees through this system to support the conservation efforts of the KDWPT. What’s more, Kansas’ 527,000 hunters and anglers support the state’s economy through spending more than $629 million while engaged in their pursuits which supports more than 9,331 jobs and generates $69 million in state and local taxes.

National Hunting and Fishing Day was established in 1972 to celebrate and recognize hunters and anglers for their immense contributions to fish and wildlife conservation, and to our society. The KDWPT is grateful for the passion of hunters and anglers in supporting the state’s conservation programs that provide sustainable habitats benefitting all the species of wildlife and fish that Kansans enjoy.

Jobless rate in Kansas lowest in 20-plus years

Posted on September 21, 2019September 21, 2019

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas is reporting that unemployment in the state dropped to 3.2% in August and was at its lowest rate in more than 20 years.

The state Department of Labor said Friday that the state gained private-sector jobs during the month and over the past year. Labor economist Emilie Doerksen said the state has seen broad economic growth, and Gov. Laura Kelly hailed the report as good news for Kansas.

The department said the unemployment rate declined from 3.3% in July. It was also 3.3% in August 2018.

It was the lowest unemployment rate since May 1999. The rate has been below 4% since January 2017.

Kansas had nearly 1.18 million private, nonfarm jobs in August, up about 4,200 since July and 17,800 from August 2018. The over-the-year growth was 1.5%.

Husband, wife sentenced for illegally selling fish caught in Kansas

Posted on September 21, 2019September 21, 2019

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska man and wife who sold fish they had illegally caught in public waters in Kansas and other reservoirs have been sentenced to probation.

Federal prosecutors for Nebraska say 49-year-old Phong Duong and 46-year-old Oanh Pham were each sentenced Friday to two years’ probation for illegally taking, transporting and selling fish. They were also ordered to pay $16,000 in restitution.

Prosecutors say that between May 2013 and July 2016, Duong and Pham exceeded the limits on catching fish from the Kirwin National Wildlife Refuge in northern Kansas and other reservoirs. To avoid detection, the couple would routinely change fishing spots, stash fish at off-site locations, and use “straw fishermen” — including children — to conceal fish taken in excess of limits. They’d then take the fish back home to Nebraska and clean and bag them at their Lincoln home before selling the fish.

Woman charged in deadly Kansas trailer park shooting

Posted on September 21, 2019September 21, 2019

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A 19-year-old woman has been charged in the deadly shooting of a man at a Kansas City Kansas, trailer park over Labor Day weekend.

Alexia Lasha Hendricks is jailed on $150,000 bond on charges of second-degree murder and aggravated robbery in the death of 30-year-old Maurice Hunter Jr. No attorney is listed for her in online court records.

The district attorney’s office alleges in charging documents that Hendricks took a Chevrolet Trailblazer from Hunter “by force or by threat of bodily harm” and killed him. He was pronounced dead at the scene on Sept. 1.

Groups needed for Trick or Treat So Others Can Eat

Posted on September 21, 2019September 16, 2019

Trick or Treat So Others Can Eat is Oct. 8.

The annual Trick or Treat So Others Can Eat canned food drive is set for Tuesday, October 8, 2019 in Hays.

Volunteers will be going door to door collecting non-perishable food items from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Food items such as canned meats, canned vegetables, canned fruit, and boxed meals are much needed at this time.

To assure residents that the items collected are for the Community Assistance Center, all volunteers will be wearing an identification badge with “Trick or Treat So Others Can Eat” clearly printed. Please leave items on the porch if you will not be home or do not want someone ringing the doorbell. Youth and adult volunteers from Hays give of their time to make this food drive a success.

Any house missed or those living in a rural area may take food items to the Community Assistance Center in Hays located at 12th and Oak until noon October 31, 2019.

Hays High DECA still needs groups and organizations to assist with this year’s collection. Please contact Shaina Prough at Hays High School, 623-2600, if you are interested in helping or need further information.

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KSU study confirms possible danger of imported feed contamination

Posted on September 21, 2019September 18, 2019

K-STATE NEWS

MANHATTAN — A new study conducted by veterinary researchers at Kansas State University sheds new light on a threatening swine disease: African swine fever.

The research team, headed by Megan Niederwerder, assistant professor of diagnostic medicine and pathobiology in the College of Veterinary Medicine, looks at the degradation of African swine fever virus in animal feed ingredients to understand the potential for disease spread through contaminated feed.

Up to now, data has been limited. Niederwerder’s latest study, “Half-Life of African Swine Fever Virus in Shipped Feed,” is now available online in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases. It examines the possible risk of African swine fever virus spreading to the United States through imported feed. The study provides more accurate half-life measurements that confirm the virus can survive a simulated 30-day transoceanic voyage in contaminated plant-based feed and ingredients.

“This study provides additional evidence supporting the potential risk that feed may play in the transboundary movement of African swine fever,” Niederwerder said. “Our latest work provides robust half-life estimates, which include standard errors and confidence intervals, and characterizes the stages of viral decay over time for African swine fever virus in animal feed ingredients.”

Detailed analysis shows that the half-life of African swine fever virus in feed ranges from 9.6 to 14.2 days after exposure to varying temperature and humidity conditions simulating transoceanic shipment. This means it would take approximately two weeks for the total viable virus concentration to decay by half its original count under the conditions of a transatlantic voyage. Niederwerder said that all feed matrices provided a more supportive environment for viral stability when compared to media, where the shortest half-life was calculated.

The new study expands on Niederwerder’s previous work confirming the likelihood of African swine fever transmission through feed and can be used to implement science-based management practices such as storage time to reduce this risk.

“Transmission of swine viruses through feed has been recognized as a risk since around 2013, but the probability of African swine fever virus infection through plant-based feed was unknown until our publication earlier this year,” Niederwerder said. “Our research reports novel data and important quantitative information that can be incorporated into risk models for introduction and mitigation of African swine fever virus through imported feed ingredients.”

Over the last year, African swine fever virus has emerged on new continents and spread to historically negative countries. If the virus can survive shipments overseas, this provides an opportunity to infect swine in the United States and other countries through imported feed, which would be devastating to U.S. pork production.

“African swine fever virus is a rapidly spreading and emerging transboundary animal disease that threatens pork production and human food security worldwide,” Niederwerder said. “The emerging threat of African swine fever virus being introduced into the United States is staggering and significant efforts are focused on preventing entry.”

African swine fever is now considered endemic in China, where the world’s largest population of pigs live. Chinese production of pork is estimated to be cut by 25% by the end of the year. The disease has also spread to several other Asian countries and recently to Western Europe.

Funding for the study was provided by the Swine Health Information Center and the State of Kansas National Bio and Agro-defense Facility Fund. Co-authors on the publication include Ana Stoian, doctoral student in pathobiology at Kansas State University; Jeff Zimmerman, professor at the Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine; Ju Ji, doctoral student in statistics at Iowa State University; Trevor Hefley, assistant professor of statistics at Kansas State University; Scott Dee, veterinarian with Pipestone Veterinary Services; Diego Diel, associate professor at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine; and Bob Rowland, professor of diagnostic medicine and pathobiology at Kansas State University.