2023-24: Senior at Creighton • 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.

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.

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3 days ago · Story Links SPRINGFIELD, MASS. — The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced that Creighton's Ryan Kalkbrenner is one of 10 candidates on the Midseason Watch List for the 2025 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award. Named after Class of 1995 Hall of Famer and three-time NCAA Champion Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the annual honor, in its 11th year, recognizes the top center in Division I men's college ...

3 days ago · BOTTOM LINE: Creighton plays No. 11 Marquette after Ryan Kalkbrenner scored 35 points in Creighton’s 80-69 victory against the Providence Friars. The Bluejays have gone 11-1 in home games. Creighton has a 2-0 record in games decided by 3 points or fewer. The Golden Eagles are 9-3 against conference opponents.

4 days ago · Ryan Kalkbrenner recorded his seventh double-double of the season with 35 points and 12 rebounds to lead visiting Creighton to an 80-69 win and a season series sweep over Providence on Wednesday ...

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...

Jan 21, 2025 · Kalkbrenner backed that up with 16 points, 10 rebounds, three assists and two blocked shots in a 68-63 win over UConn that ended the two-time reigning national champions’ 28-game home winning streak.

Apr 17, 2024 · Creighton's Ryan Kalkbrenner (11) slams into Marquette's David Joplin (23) in the Marquette vs. Creighton men's basketball game at the CHI Health Center in Omaha on Saturday, March 2,...

• His 75 dunks in 2023-24 were the most by any Creighton player in one season under Greg McDermott. • Preseason All-BIG EAST First Team, the only Creighton player to ever earn that honor twice. • Ranks fifth in NCAA history in career field goal percentage (min. 500 FG).