K-State fans making the trip to Tointon Family Stadium next spring might want to bring a roster because a lot of new faces will be hitting the diamond in 2017.
K-State graduated eight seniors from the 2016 roster, leaving fairly large holes to fill for head coach Brad Hill in his 13th season at K-State.
Those seniors included two of the top three hitters in batting average and total hits (outfielder Clayton Dalrymple and catcher Tyler Moore) and two starting pitchers (Levi MaVorhis and Corey Fischer).
It’s not all bad news Batcats, though, as the Wildcats’ top hitter, senior first baseman Jake Scudder, returns looking to build on an extremely productive junior year hitting .