KANSAS DIVISION I Basketball Players                                                    HOME                                 Update: September 23, 2008 

  The list below documents Kansas high school graduates who had significant playing time at a NCAA Division I program. I have limited the list to those players that played D-1 after WW II. Some WW II graduates played some D-1 during the war and then later after their military service was complete (Ray Evans, Otto Schnellbacher, et al). Significant playing time is counted as 40 or more game appearances and/or 100 or more career points. May find some one season wonders who just did not score many points - but I have not found one yet. ** UPDATE - I am going to list a few select players from the era prior to and including WW II. These players made significant contributions - but may not have played 40 games or scored 100 points in their college career. In some cases, I had to guess at the year of high school graduation.  

  This list is not complete by any means - please contact me via e-mail (see home page) if you have any other candidates and I will check it out.

NCAA Division I Coach

AC** - After College Level        

F4* = Final Four as a player  

 AAU = Old AAU Industrial Major Leagues. Players with this designation could easily have played in the NBA

NBA = National Basketball Association

ABA = American Basketball Association

KHOF =  Kansas Sports Hall of Fame

NHOF = Naismith Hall of Fame

HS CLASS Player High School D-1 School F4* AC** NHOF KHOF AA
2004 Stephen DuCharme ANDOVER CENTRAL UTAH STATE
1945 Bill Sapp AUGUSTA KANSAS
1960 Joe Gottfrid ASSARIA KANSAS STATE F4
1968 Steve Shogren ASSARIA-SE of SALINE WICHITA STATE
2000 Marke Huppe AQUINAS-OVERLAND PARK UMKC
2004 Nathan Mann AQUINAS-OVERLAND PARK WILLIAM & MARY
1958 Lee Flachsbarth ATCHISON KANSAS
1988 Matt Downing ATCHISON MARYLAND
1989 Par Downing ATCHISON COLUMBIA
1933 Ray Noble ARKANSAS CITY KANSAS
1933 Paul Rogers ARKANSAS CITY KANSAS
1936 Howard Englemen ARKANSAS CITY KANSAS F4 AAU KHOF AA
1959 Loye Sparks ARKANSAS CITY KANSAS
1938 George Hamburg BELOIT COLORADO F4 AAU
1948 Bill Houghland BELOIT KANSAS F4 AAU KHOF
1985 Jay Boster BENNINGTON UMKC
1987 Dirk Katstra BLUE VALLEY VIRGINIA
2000 Dajaun Clayton BLUE VALLEY  BETHUNE-COOKMAN
1991 Adam Peakes BLUE VALLEY NORTH RICE
2003 Blake Crawford BLUE VALLEY NORTH UMKC
1997 Michael Jackson BLUE VALLEY NW UMKC
1998 Tom Strohbehn BLUE VALLEY NW WILLIAM & MARY
2000 Reggie Golson BLUE VALLEY NW SE MISSOURI ST
1978 Ed Nealy BONNER SPRINGS KANSAS STATE NBA
1996 Josh Reid BREWSTER KANSAS STATE
1954 Eddie Sutton BUCKLIN OKLAHOMA STATE
2006 Geoff Reeves BURLINGTON CORNELL          
1956 Mickie Heinz CLAFLIN KANSAS STATE
1916 Howard Miller CHANUTE KANSAS
1937 Ralph Miller CHANUTE KANSAS F4 NHOF KHOF
1946 Lloyd Krone CHANUTE KANSAS STATE F4
1982 Jeff Guiot CHANUTE KANSAS
1987 John Rettiger CHASE COUNTY KANSAS STATE
1980 Mark Bohm CHENEY KANSAS STATE
1935 Jim Willcoxon COFFEYVILLE COLORADO AA
1961 Dave Schichtle COFFEYVILLE KANSAS
1963 Bob George COLBY KANSAS STATE
1947 Buddy Bull COLUMBUS KANSAS
1995 L Dee Murdock COLUMBUS MO/SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
2002 Garrett Farha CONCORDIA ST FRANCIS-PA
2004 Egan Grafel DECATUR COUNTY-OBERLIN NORTHERN ILLINOIS
1962 Jim Hoffman DERBY KANSAS STATE
1986 Reggie Morton DERBY COLORADO
1994 Terry Hankton DERBY WICHITA STATE
1998 Terrell Benton DERBY WICHITA STATE
2005 Danny Brown DE SOTO SAN DIEGO    
1956 Glen Piper DODGE CITY COLORADO
1980 Steve Reid DODGE CITY PURDUE
1939 Vance Hall DOWNS KANSAS
1963 Galen Frick DURHAM KANSAS STATE
1930 Ralph Graham EL DORADO KANSAS STATE KHOF
1941 Harold McSpadden EL DORADO KANSAS
1950 Jessie Prisock EMPORIA KANSAS STATE
1952 Joe Powell EMPORIA KANSAS STATE
1955 Lynn Kindred EMPORIA KANSAS
2000 Brett Wise EMPORIA WICHITA STATE
1961 Jeff Simons EUDORA KANSAS STATE F4
1946 Allan Langton EUREKA KANSAS STATE
1932 Lee Railsback FAIRFIELD (LANGDON) KANSAS STATE
1936 Jack Harvey FRANKFORT COLORADO AAU AA
1973 Dan Droge FRANKFORT KANSAS STATE
1998 Matt Suther FRANKFORT UMKC
1951 Roger Craft GARDEN CITY KANSAS STATE
1994 Brandy Perryman GARDEN CITY TEXAS
1974 Ken Koenigs GODDARD KANSAS
1997 Treg Duerksen GOESSEL COLUMBIA
1919 Adolph Rupp HALSTEAD KANSAS NHOF KHOF
1945 Harold Englund HALSTEAD KANSAS
2001 Dennis Latimore HALSTEAD AZ/NOTRE DAME
1923 Albert Peterson HARMON (ARGENTINE)-KC KANSAS AA
1991 Andre Burnside HARMON-K.C. MISSISSIPPI
1920 Gene Johnson HARTFORD KANSAS KHOF
1941 Jack Dean HARVEYVILLE KANSAS STATE F4
1978 Tod Bernard HAVEN FRESNO ST
1983 Mark Turgeon HAYDEN-TOPEKA KANSAS F4
1963 Ed Tucker HAYDEN-TOPEKA LONG BEACH ST-CA
1944 Gilbert Stramel HAYS KANSAS
1999 Sean Finn HAYS DAYTON
1988 Chauncey McBride HIGHLAND PARK-TOPEKA IDAHO
1996 Tony Barksdale HIGHLAND PARK-TOPEKA WESTERN MICHIGAN
2001 Raphael Posey HIGHLAND PARK-TOPEKA TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO
2005 Theron Wilson HIGHLAND PARK-TOPEKA BRADLEY
1992 Craig Duerksen HILLSBORO NORTHWESTERN
1946 Rick Harman HOISINGTON KANSAS STATE F4 AA
1916 Arthur Lonborg HORTON KANSAS NHOF KHOF AA
1960 Max Moss HOXIE KANSAS STATE F4
1916 John Bunn HUMBOLDT KANSAS NHOF
1964 Earl Seyfert HUMBOLDT KANSAS STATE
1965 Steve Honeycutt HUMBOLDT KANSAS STATE
1969 Lynn Seyfert HUMBOLDT VALPARAISO
1984 Mark Dobbins HUMBOLDT KANSAS STATE
1931 Dick Wells HUTCHINSON KANSAS
1938 Marvin Sollenberger HUTCHINSON KANSAS
1938 Charles Walker HUTCHINSON KANSAS
1948 Don Upson  HUTCHINSON KANSAS STATE F4
1951 Jerry Jung HUTCHINSON KANSAS STATE
1971 Danny Knight HUTCHINSON KANSAS F4
1987 Cody Walters HUTCHINSON COLORADO
1998 Brett Ballard HUTCHINSON KANSAS
1958 Tom Russell INDEPENDENCE NEBRASKA
1978 Scott Hastings INDEPENDENCE ARKANSAS NBA
1980 Anthony Boggs INDEPENDENCE MISSOURI STATE
1956 Del Heidebrecht INMAN OKLAHOMA
1917 Roy Bennett IOLA KANSAS
1976 Toby McCammon IOLA ARKANSAS STATE
1983 Brian Williamson IOLA INDIANA STATE
1996 Paul Shirley  JEFFERSON WEST-MERIDEN IOWA STATE NBA
1998 Travis Reynolds JUNCTION CITY KANSAS STATE
1999 Quentin Buchanan JUNCTION CITY KANSAS STATE
2002 Justin Rose JUNCTION CITY CENTRAL FLORIDA
1954 Don Lock KINGMAN WICHITA STATE
1911 Ralph Sproull LAWRENCE KANSAS AA
1911 R.A. Dunmire LAWRENCE KANSAS
1911 Bill Weaver LAWRENCE KANSAS
1919 Paul Endacott LAWRENCE KANSAS AAU NHOF AA
1919 Armin Woestemeyer LAWRENCE KANSAS
1921 Tus Ackerman LAWRENCE KANSAS AA
1929 Elmer Schaake LAWRENCE KANSAS KHOF
1937 Bob Allen LAWRENCE KANSAS F4
WW II Gene Peterson LAWRENCE KANSAS
1945 Charles Penny LAWRENCE KANSAS
1983 Chris Piper LAWRENCE KANSAS F4
1984 Danny Manning LAWRENCE KANSAS F4 NBA KHOF AA
1992 Maurice Trotter LAWRENCE ILLINOIS STATE
2003 Keith Wooden LAWRENCE-FREE STATE AZ ST/NORTH TEXAS STATE
1974 Clint Johnson LEAVENWORTH KANSAS
1975 Brad Sanders  LEAVENWORTH KANSAS
1984 Larry Daugherty LEAVENWORTH VALPARAISO
1990 Patrick Baldwin LEAVENWORTH NORTHWESTERN
1999 Raymond Briggs LEAVENWORTH TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO
2000 Wayne Simien LEAVENWORTH KANSAS F4 NBA AA
2001 Lucious Wagner LEAVENWORTH EVANSVILLE
1999 Melvin Sanders LIBERAL OKLAHOMA STATE NBA
1932 Ray Ebling LINDSBORG KANSAS AAU AA
1936 Don Ebling LINDSBORG KANSAS AAU
1955 Jim Holwerda LINDSBORG KANSAS STATE F4
1962 Dick Barnard MAISON KANSAS STATE F4
1956 Sonny Ballard MANHATTAN KANSAS STATE F4
1956 Steve Douglas MANHATTAN KANSAS STATE F4
1959 Dave Nelson MANHATTAN KANSAS STATE F4
1974 Scott Langton MANHATTAN KANSAS STATE
1976 Dean Danner MANHATTAN KANSAS STATE
1978 Tim Jankovich MANHATTAN KANSAS STATE
1987 J.T. Marshall MANHATTAN TEXAS STATE
2003 Adam Vogelsberg MARYSVILLE MIDDLE TENNESSEE
1949 Allan Kelley MC CUNE KANSAS F4 AAU
1949 Dean Kelley MC CUNE KANSAS F4 AAU
1961 Dave Leach MC PHERSON WICHITA STATE F4
1965 Tom Pyle MC PHERSON IOWA STATE
1982 Brad Underwood MC PHERSON KANSAS STATE
1986 Steve Henson MC PHERSON KANSAS STATE NBA
1991 Brian Henson MC PHERSON KANSAS STATE
1992 Ryan Herrs MC PHERSON WICHITA STATE
1993 Chad Alexander MC PHERSON OKLAHOMA STATE F4
1999 Matt Robins MC PHERSON WESTERN ILLINOIS
2004 Jordan Fithian MC PHERSON BINGHAMTON
1949 B.H. Born   MEDICINE LODGE KANSAS F4 AAU KHOF AA
1979 Jeff Dishman MEDICINE LODGE KANSAS
2001 Jamar Howard MIEGE-K.C. WICHITA STATE
2004 Jarrad Henry MIEGE-K.C. FLORIDA ATLANTIC  
2006 Isaac Miles MIEGE-K.C. CREIGHTON  
1953 Eddie Wallace MINNEAPOLIS KANSAS STATE
1959 John Matt MINNEAPOLIS KANSAS
2006 Ryan Wedel MINNEAPOLIS ARKANSAS STATE
1993 Jacy Holloway MOUNDRIDGE IOWA STATE
1921 Wilfred Belgarde NEWTON KANSAS
1927 Forrest Cox NEWTON KANSAS
1934 John Ravenscroft NEWTON COLORADO KHOF
1936 Gene Grove NEWTON COLORADO
1938 Leason McLoud NEWTON COLORADO AA
1938 Paul Schmidt NEWTON COLORADO
1946 Sonny Enns NEWTON KANSAS
1948 Bill Lienhard NEWTON KANSAS F4
1950 Larry Davenport NEWTON KANSAS F4
1952 Bill Brainerd NEWTON KANSAS
1953 Jim Cadle NEWTON COLORADO
1979 David Piehler NEWTON SOUTHERN METHODIST
1995 Kab Kazadi NEWTON WASHINGTON STATE
1944 David Weatherby NEODESHA KANSAS STATE F4
1966 Kent Litton NICKERSON KANSAS STATE
1991 John Ontjes NICKERSON OKLAHOMA
1928 Eldon Auker NORCATUR KANSAS STATE KHOF
1956 Wally Frank NORTON KANSAS STATE F4
1997 Jessie Deister OLATHE CHRISTIAN WRIGHT STATE
2002 Kyle Spears OLATHE EAST UMKC
2005 Joey Mundweiler OLATHE EAST WAGNER
1954 Hayden Abbott OLATHE NORTH KANSAS STATE F4
2003 Tyler Hughes OLATHE NORTH KANSAS STATE
1997 Brett McFall OLATHE SOUTH WYOMING
2004 Caleb Holmes OLATHE SOUTH YALE
2004 Nick Holmes OLATHE SOUTH YALE
1959 Gary Marriot