“There are literally thousands of students, staff, directors and administrators who share in this honor,” said Frank Tracz, director of bands at K-State, in a university release. “This is simply recognition and validation for the ‘K-State Way,’ and I could not be any more proud of these kids and what they stand for.”
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The award, which was announced in December of 2014, comes before the “Pride of Wildcat Land” made headlines in Week 1 of the college football season for joining in a formation depicting the Starship Enterprise from “Star Trek” attacking a giant Kansas Jayhawk, which many fans thought looked like something else.
