Wichita State Shockers
Intercollegiate sports teams of Wichita State University / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Wichita State Shockers are the athletic teams that represent Wichita State University, located in Wichita, Kansas, in intercollegiate sports as a member of the NCAA Division I ranks, primarily competing in the American Athletic Conference (The American) since the 2017–18 academic year. The Shockers previously competed in the D-I Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) from 1945–46 to 2016–17; as an Independent from 1940–41 to 1944–45; in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (CIC) from 1923–24 to 1939–40; and in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KIAC) of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) from 1902–03 to 1922–23. As of the 2023 conference realignment, it is one of two schools in The American (along with Temple) to have never been a member of Conference USA, although it will become a single-sport member of that conference for bowling in 2024. They are also currently the only non-football-sponsoring institution that is a member of an FBS conference.
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Wichita State Shockers | |
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University | Wichita State University |
Conference | The American (primary) |
NCAA | Division I |
Athletic director | Kevin Saal |
Location | Wichita, Kansas |
Varsity teams | 15 (16 in 2024–25) |
Football stadium | Cessna Stadium |
Basketball arena | Charles Koch Arena |
Baseball stadium | Eck Stadium |
Softball stadium | Wilkins Stadium |
Mascot | WuShock |
Nickname | Shockers |
Colors | Black and yellow[1] |
Website | goshockers |