WU senior Andrew Orr & teammates celebrate their NCAA D-II Central Region championship.

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Seaman coach Matt Tinsley name UKC girls' basketball Coach of the Year.

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Washburn Rural senior Amare Jones named Centennial League Boys' Player of the Year.

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Rossville junior Rylee Dick named to All-Big East First Team.

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WU Coach Brett Ballard’s jubilation as the Ichabod’s won the NCAA D-II Central Regional championship.

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Junior Kailyn Hanni, Silver Lake, named to All-Big East First Team.

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 EASTON BRADSTREET, Washburn Rural

The Washburn Rural senior forward received Class 6A All-State first-team honors from the Kansas High School Soccer Coaches Association after scoring 29 goals and leading the Junior Blues to a 16-5 record and a fourth-place finish in the 6A state tournament. Bradstreet finished his senior year with a share of Rural's career scoring record with 57 goals.

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BRADY CHRISTIANSEN, Washburn University

A 6-foot-7 forward out of Lincoln, Neb., Christiansen scored 9 points and grabbed 19 rebounds, including 11 offensive boards, in Washburn's 70-63 men's basketball win over William Jewell last Wednesday. Christiansen's 19 boards were the most by an Ichabod since former WU star Brady Skeens had a pair of 22-rebound games in 2017.

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AUBREE DEWEY, Washburn University

A 5-7 junior guard out of Plainville, Dewey scored a game and career-high 20 points in Washburn's 65-63 women's basketball win over Southern Nazarene last Friday in the Washburn Classic. Dewey hit a pair of 3-pointers and also dished out three assists for the Ichabods.

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FINN DUNSHEE, Hayden

A 5-8, 160-pound junior running back/linebacker, Dunshee carried the ball 19 times for 123 rushing yards and also scored a touchdown on a 70-yard pass from Jett Wahlmeier in Hayden's 48-17 loss to Holton in a Class 3A sub-state contest last Friday night. Dunshee finished Hayden's 10-2 season with 1,150 rushing yards on 96 carries and 17 total touchdowns.

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JORDAN GARVIN, Shawnee Heights

A senior forward, Garvin received Class 5A All-State first-team honors from the Kansas High School Soccer Coaches Association after leading the T-Birds to an 11-6-1 record and the United Kansas Conference championship. Garvin was named the UKC player of the year as a senior.

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JALYN STEVENSON, Washburn University

Stevenson, a 5-10 sophomore out of Spring Hill, recorded a team-high 15 kills and had nine digs in No. 6 seeded Washburn's 25-21, 21-25, 19-25, 19-25 loss to No. 3 seed Minnesota Duluth last Friday in the NCAA Central Region quarterfinals at Wayne, Neb. last Friday. Stevenson was a first-team All-MIAA honoree for the 24-8 Ichabods.

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