• Third player ever to be named a three-time BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year (2022, 2023, 2024), joining Patrick Ewing (4x) and Alonzo Mourning (3x). • A two-time finalist for Naismith Defensive Player of the Year in 2023 and 2024. • Second Team All-BIG EAST selection.

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Ryan Thomas Kalkbrenner (born January 17, 2002) is an American college basketball player for the Creighton Bluejays of the Big East Conference. He is from Florissant, Missouri.

12 hours ago · Creighton plays the Xavier Musketeers after Ryan Kalkbrenner scored 23 points in Creighton's 79-54 win over the Seton Hall Pirates.

Jan 21, 2025 · Creighton center Ryan Kalkbrenner is The Associated Press men's college basketball player of the week.

Nov 7, 2024 · Ryan Kalkbrenner turned in the performance of the young college basketball season with 49 points in No. 15 Creighton’s 99-86 victory over UT-Rio Grande Valley.

May 8, 2024 · OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Ryan Kalkbrenner’s decision to return to Creighton came down to a simple calculation from his agent and his circle. “Unless we were 100 percent sure we could get a perfect...

Nov 7, 2024 · Creighton's Ryan Kalkbrenner did just that, putting up 49 points over 34 minutes in the No. 15 Bluejays' Wednesday night win over UT Rio Grande Valley. Oh, and he made it a double-double with 11...

2023-24: Senior at Creighton • Three-time BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year (2022, 2023, 2024) and named Field of 68’s National Defensive Player of the Year in 2023. Also one of four finalists for Naismith Defensive Player of the Year in 2023 and 2024. • Second Team All-BIG EAST selection.

Mar 11, 2024 · Named a Second Team All-BIG EAST choice on Sunday, Kalkbrenner averages 17.1 points and 7.3 rebounds per game and tops the BIG EAST with 65.0 percent shooting from the field. Last Friday he was named one of five finalists for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award given to the nation's best center.