UNL And Kansas State To Honor Greg Sharpe At Scholarship Game
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) and Kansas State University (KSU) are jointly honoring the late sportscaster Greg Sharpe during the Husker men's basketball exhibition game on October 26th. The game, held at the Big Iron Events Center in Grand Island,…
Lincoln & Hastings Kearney, NE, October 23, 2026 —
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Kansas State University will jointly honor late sportscaster Greg Sharpe during a Husker men’s basketball exhibition game on October 26. The game is scheduled to take place at the Big Iron Events Center in Grand Island.
Organizers have named the event “The Greg Sharpe Scholarship Game”, highlighting and supporting the Greg Sharpe Sports Broadcasting Scholarship Fund. The announcement identifies the fund as the beneficiary focus of the game, but does not provide details about how the event will support it or the scholarship’s eligibility requirements.
The event will also feature a special radio broadcast by KRNU, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s campus radio station. The summary does not provide broadcast time or information about the broadcast’s format.
Sharpe is described as a late sportscaster. No further biographical details, including his career history or connection to either university, were provided. The year of the October 26 game was also not specified.
The announcement describes the event as a Husker men’s basketball exhibition game and says UNL and KSU are jointly honoring Sharpe. It does not identify an opponent or explain the universities’ respective roles in the game. Further event details, including ticket information and the amount expected to go to the scholarship fund, were not provided.
Story summarized from the original created by Noelle Adams on www.klkntv.com, see more information here.
