Category: Shocker Athletics

Shocker men’s tennis’ Zaid Al Mashni was named an All-Conference Honors selection April 28. Al Mashni is the first men’s tennis Shocker to earn all-conference honors since Murkel Dellien and Marius Frosa in 2021 and the first in the Darragh Glavin era.

The sophomore from Jordan posted records of 14-8 in singles and 14-5 in doubles. He recorded 11 singles wins and 13 doubles wins in dual matches this season. He was ranked throughout the spring and climbed as high as No. 66 during the fall season.

Shocker women’s tennis’ Xin Tong Wang was named the American Conference Women’s Tennis Player of the Year, while Giorgia Roselli and Theodora Chantava earned All-Conference Honors April 28.

Wang, a junior from Hangzhou, China, is the first player in program history to earn American Conference Player of the Year honors. She is the first Shocker to be named player of the year since Giulia Guidetti won the Missouri Valley Conference award in 2017. Wang has been named all-conference in each of her three seasons at Wichita State.

Roselli, a junior from Pescara, Italy, earned her second all-conference honor. She is just the third Shocker to earn multiple all-conference honors in the American Conference, joining Wang and Fatima Bizhukova.

Chantava, a senior from Grevena, Greece, closes her Shocker career with her first all-conference honor. She becomes the fifth Shocker to earn all-conference recognition since Wichita State joined the American Conference.

After spending each of the last 10 weeks ranked in the ITA top 40, Shocker women’s tennis received an at-large bid to the 2026 NCAA Tournament.

The Shockers are the No. 3 seed in the Norman Regional, hosted by Oklahoma. Wichita State is set to face No. 2-seeded and No. 25 SMU in the first round Saturday, May 2.

For Wichita State, it marks its first appearance in the NCAA Tournament since 2018, when it also received an at-large bid and was placed in the Oxford, Mississippi regional, where it advanced to the round of 32. The appearance is the program’s 13th in the NCAA Tournament.

This season, the Shockers are 21-4 and set a program record with a 19-match winning streak from Jan. 31 to April 18. Wichita State climbed as high as No. 24 in the ITA rankings and finished as runner-up in the American Conference.

The Student Activities Council, Student Engagement and Belonging, and Student Government Association are hosting a student tailgate at 5 p.m. Thursday, April 30 at Wilkins Stadium before Shocker softball’s game against Memphis at 6 p.m.

The event will include free food, prize giveaways and more. Come out and support Shocker softball as it pushes for first place. Students can claim one ticket at no additional charge with their Shocker IDs at goshockers.com/studenttickets.

The Shocker dance team earned a runner-up finish in the Spirit Rally Division 1 category at the National Dance Alliance National Championships April 11 in Daytona Beach, Florida.

The performance marks the team’s first appearance in the Spirit Rally Division, and was the first season under the head coach Amy Pollard-Yarberry

Mackenzie Wilson broke the program record for career stroke average as Shocker women’s golf finished eighth at the American Championship April 22 at Southern Hills Plantation Club.
 
Wilson’s career stroke average of 75.22 broke the previous record of 75.55 set by Taryn Torgerson, who played at Wichita State from 2014 to 2018. Kate Tilma also surpassed Torgerson’s mark with a career average of 75.35, ranking second all-time behind Wilson.

Join Shocker baseball at 6 p.m. Friday, April 24, during the NFL Draft, for a special football jersey giveaway to the first 700 fans through the gates. It’s the perfect crossover event for fans of both the diamond and the gridiron with a nod to WSU’s football history.

Shocker women’s tennis broke the program record win streak following a win against UAB in the quarterfinals of the American Conference Championship and increased its streak to a total of 19 wins in a row after defeating Tulsa in the semifinals.

The team finished the regular season with a 17-match win streak, tying the program record set in 2016, and was ranked No. 28 in the ITA rankings, which earned the team a No. 1 seed for the American Conference Championship and a first-round bye. The team also recorded a perfect 9-0 at home this season.

The Shockers’ run ended in the finals against Rice and the team now awaits a bid for the NCAA Tennis Tournament May 1.

Wichita State’s remarkable run through the NCAA tournament came to an end in the National Championship April 11, as the Shockers fell to #1-seed Jacksonville State 4-1 in the best-of-seven Baker match at Yorktown Lanes.

The team finished its second NCAA campaign with a 79-36 record as NCAA runner-up. Jacksonville State won their second NCAA championship in the last three seasons, finishing 103-10.

Shocker women’s bowling completed an incredible run through the elimination bracket to win the Arlington Regional and advance to the program’s second consecutive Final Four.

The Shockers (77-34) will take on #1 Jacksonville State on Friday, April 10 at Yorktown Lanes in Parma Heights, Ohio.