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  • State: Kansas
  • Capital: Topeka
  • Admission to Union: January 29, 1861
  • Nickname: The Sunflower State
State Background:
        Kansas is a Midwestern state in the Central United States. The state is named after the Kansas River that flows through it, which in turn derived its name from the Siouan word Kansa meaning "People of the south wind."


Located in the heartland of the country, Kansas is home to the geographical center of the contiguous United States. Historically home to large numbers of Native Americans who hunted buffalo there, the state was first settled by white Americans in the 1850s. Beginning in 1854, abolitionists from New England and pro-slavery settlers from neighboring Missouri rushed to the territory to determine if Kansas would become a free state. Known as Bleeding Kansas, the state was a hotbed of violence and chaos in its early days as these forces collided. In 1861 Kansas entered the Union as a free state. After the Civil War, the population of Kansas exploded as wave after wave of immigrants turned the desolate prairie into productive farmland. Today Kansas is one of the most productive agricultural states, leading the nation in wheat production.



Sources: Wikipedia.com, May 2006








  
 
     

        
          
 
             
               
(20) Draft Picks

              

                
 
                  Round
                  Pick
                  Overall
                  Year
                  Name
                  Pos.
                  Drafted By
                  Birth City
         
 

 
                  1
                  6
                  6
                 1975  
                  Lionel Hollins
                  SG
                  Portland
Arkansas City 
         


 
                  2
                  17
                  44
                  1990
                  Steve Henson
                  PG
                  Milwaukee
                Junction City 
         



                  1
                  3
                  3
                  1969  
Lucius Allen
                  G
                  Seattle
Kansas City 
         


 
                  1
                  17
                  17
                 1980  
                  Larry Drew
                  PG
                  Detroit
Kansas City 
         


 
                  2
                  8
                  26
                 1974  
                  Leonard Gray
                  PF
                  Seattle
Kansas City 
         


 
                  2
                  11
                  40
                  2001
                  Earl Watson
                  PG
                  Seattle
               Kansas City 
         


 
                  1
                  4
                  4
                 1975  
                  Alvan Adams
                  C/PF
                  Phoenix
Lawrence 
         

 
 
                  1
                  29
                  29
                  2005
                  Wayne Simien
                  PF
                  Miami
                Leavenworth 
         


 
                  2
                  21
                  50
                  1995
                  Martin Lewis
                  SG
                  Golden State
                Liberal 
         


 
                  2
                  6
                  29
                 1982  
                  Scott Hastings
                  PF/C
                  New York
Independence 
         


 
                  2
                  24
                  54
                  2004
                  Matt Freije
                  SF
                  Miami
                Overland 
         


 
                  1
                  7
                  7
                  1951
                  Ernie Barrett
                  G
                  Boston
                  Pratt 



 
                  2
                  7
                  16
                  1953
                  Dick Knostman
                  F
                  Syracuse
                  Wamego 



 
                  1
                  27
                  27
                  1992
                  Byron Houston
                  PF
                  Chicago
                Watonga 



 
                  2
                  24
                  53
                  1997
C.J. Bruton
                  PG
                  Vancouver
                Wichita 




 
                  2
                  2
                  26
                 1986  
                  Greg Dreiling
                  C
                  Indiana
Wichita 



 
                  2
                  10
                  34
                 1985  
                  Aubrey Sherrod
                  SG
                  Chicago
Wichita 




 
                  2
                  9
                  22
                  1972
Paul Stovall
                  F
                  LA Lakers
Wichita 




 
                  2
                  8
                  17
                  1962
Gene Wiley
                  F/C
                  LA Lakers
Wichita 



 
                  2
                  11
                  40
                  1998
Korleone Young
                  SF/PF
                  Detroit
               Wichita 


                











				

     			
				
				        			
				
				

					
						
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