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Wichita State’s volleyball team released its schedule for the 2026 season Monday morning. The Shockers will begin their ...
06/01/2026

Wichita State’s volleyball team released its schedule for the 2026 season Monday morning. The Shockers will begin their season with an exhibition game at Omaha on Aug. 15.

Wichita State’s volleyball team released its schedule for the 2026 season Monday morning. The Shockers will begin their season with an exhibition game at Omaha on Aug. 15, followed by another exhibition a week later at Charles Koch Arena against Kansas City. Wichita State’s Shocker Volleyball Cl...

Cleo Littleton, the career leading scorer for Wichita State’s basketball team, has died at 93, according to his family.
06/01/2026

Cleo Littleton, the career leading scorer for Wichita State’s basketball team, has died at 93, according to his family.

Cleo Littleton, the career leading scorer for Wichita State’s basketball team, has died at 93, according to his family. The news was shared via Cleo’s son, Barry Littleson, on Facebook on June 1, saying, “My father, the legendary Shocker Cleo Littleton, joined my beloved mother last night.” ...

After taking down UAB, Wichita State baseball fell short of the American Championship in season-ending loss against ECU.
05/24/2026

After taking down UAB, Wichita State baseball fell short of the American Championship in season-ending loss against ECU.

“Survive and advance.” Those are the three words that coach Brian Green has been repeating to his team since Wichita State’s must-win regular-season finale against South Florida on May 16. The No. 7 Shockers followed this mantra throughout the American Conference postseason tournament, using g...

Wichita State baseball continues to the American Baseball Championship semifinals after maintaining offensive pressure a...
05/23/2026

Wichita State baseball continues to the American Baseball Championship semifinals after maintaining offensive pressure against the Memphis Tigers on Friday evening.

In just his third start of the season, Caleb Reed threw 6 2/3 masterful innings against No. 5 Memphis to will the No. 7 Shockers to an upset victory, and give them a spot in the American Baseball Championship semifinals. Wichita State (30-28) bested the Tigers (24-34) by a score of 6-4 in its third....

Wichita State’s men’s basketball roster is finally complete with the commitment of transfer Desmeon “NuNu” Jones, announ...
05/22/2026

Wichita State’s men’s basketball roster is finally complete with the commitment of transfer Desmeon “NuNu” Jones, announced via his personal X account on Thursday evening.

Wichita State’s men’s basketball roster is finally complete with the commitment of transfer Desmeon “NuNu” Jones, announced via his personal X account on Thursday evening. He is now the fifth and final commitment from the transfer portal and will be joining fellow guards Jordan Frison and Ja...

Wichita State's baseball team fell to Rice in the American Baseball Championship on Thursday evening after a ninth-innin...
05/22/2026

Wichita State's baseball team fell to Rice in the American Baseball Championship on Thursday evening after a ninth-inning upset.

This time, Wichita State’s opponent enjoyed the ninth-inning magic. Just three outs away from an upset victory in the American Baseball Championship, No.7 Shockers gave up two ninth-inning runs and lost 5-4 to No. 3 Rice on Thursday afternoon in BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater, Fla. After the winni...

Changes for programs and University Stadium were approved during the Kansas Board of Regents meeting on May 20.
05/21/2026

Changes for programs and University Stadium were approved during the Kansas Board of Regents meeting on May 20.

Changes for programs and University Stadium were approved during the Kansas Board of Regents meeting on May 20. KBOR governs the Kansas higher education institutions as well as acts as a liaison between them and the state legislature when necessary. Moving programs The human performance studies depa...

At the May Kansas Board of Regents meeting, university administrators and regents gave feedback on the language regardin...
05/21/2026

At the May Kansas Board of Regents meeting, university administrators and regents gave feedback on the language regarding the definition of DEI-CRT related content in cooperation with the proviso banning it from being required in most degree programs.

A proviso was passed in the Kansas Legislature’s budget for fiscal year 2027 banning all diversity, equity, inclusion and critical race theory related content from being required in most degree programs, but there is not yet a clear definition for what that content is. During the May Kansas Board ...

After being down for most of the game, the Shocker baseball team snuck past FAU to advance to round two of the American ...
05/21/2026

After being down for most of the game, the Shocker baseball team snuck past FAU to advance to round two of the American Baseball Championship after ninth a inning miracle.

One of Jaden Gustafson’s goals for his last month in a Shocker uniform was to perform well at the plate in the conference tournament. “Just to compete and have fun,” Gustafson said recently in a interview of his mindset. “To try to go out with a bang with no regrets and get to the tournament...

After winning six-straight games and $1 million last year, the AfterShocks, Wichita State's alumni team, are back and re...
05/20/2026

After winning six-straight games and $1 million last year, the AfterShocks, Wichita State's alumni team, are back and ready to defend their crown later this summer in The Basketball Tournament.

The AfterShocks, Wichita State’s alumni basketball team and reigning champions of The Basketball Tournament is returning to defend its crown and to add $2 million to the team’s previous $1 million dollar win this summer. TBT will feature 16 teams with eight alumni teams and eight non-alumni team...

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