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 |