Starting the season with six straight wins, the
Jayhawks currently sit with an 8-2 record as of Dec.
8. They won the border showdown against Mizzou,
the first time since the teams played each other in 2023.
At the core of KU’s team is junior S’mya

Nichols, averaging 19.1 points per game. Being a three-
year starter for the Jayhawks, head coach Brandon

Schneider has leaned on her for their offense. Recently,
Nicholes was at a career high, scoring 40 points during
their game against the Georgia Bulldogs.
In addition to Nicholes, some of the other
leading faces from the Jayhawks are senior Elle Evans,
sophomore Regan Williams and the five-star freshmen
recruit from the Class of 2025, Jaliya Davis. They have
set the tone with their scoring, combining for over half of
the team’s points this season. With strong contributions
across the roster, Kansas looks poised to make a deep run
into the Big 12 tournament when conference play begins.

Coming off a successful year in 2024 that ended in a Big 12 title, the women’s soccer team kept the momentum rolling into the 2025 season, ending with a regular-season record of 14-5-3. Similar to last year, the Jayhawks reached the Big 12 final; however, they fell to BYU 0-1.

Unlike last year when they lost to Saint Louis University in the first round, the team defeated California Baptist in the first round of the NCAA tournament by a score of 3-1. Sadly, the Jayhawks fell to Duke University in the Sweet Sixteen.
On a more positive note, KU’s leading goal-scorer, senior Lexi Watts, was named second-team All-Midwest and first team Big 12, capping off a tremendous career with the Jayhawks. Watts ended the season with an outstanding 11 goals.

Although Watts is graduating, many of the team’s top goal scorers are returning for the 2026 season and will carry the past two years’ momentum with them.

Heading into the 2025 season, the University of Kansas Men’s Basketball team was ranked No. 19 by ESPN. Their rank was boosted by the arrival of the No. 2-ranked recruit of the Class of 2025, Darryn Peterson. Peterson made an immediate splash on the court, scoring 21 points in his debut and 22 in his second game.

Unfortunately, this level of play by Peterson was put on hold by a hamstring injury after KU’s first loss of the season against the University of North Carolina. However, the Jayhawks were able to rebound after this loss, as they went on to defeat Princeton thanks to sophomore forward Flory Bidunga. The Jayhawks then battled it out with Duke, but due to foul trouble, the Blue Devils went on a run and won the game. The Jayhawks now sit at 6-3.

Regardless of what happens later this season, the team has a stacked recruiting class for ‘26, currently ranked No. 1 in the country ahead of the 2013 Kansas recruiting class that included NBA stars: Joel Embiid and Andrew Wiggins. The class is headlined by five-star point guard Taylen Kinney as well as three other four-star recruits.