Paul Suellentrop
Noah Fernandes Taking Advantage of Opportunity in Starting Role
Profile of Wichita State freshman guard Noah Fernandes. The Shockers have won their past two games with Fernandes in the starting lineup.
Wedge Puts Team Focus on Pitching, Defense and Daily Improvement
Wichita State baseball coach Eric Wedge looking for a season of improvement and playing winning baseball in 2020 and beyond.
Return of Bailey Lange Gives Wichita State Softball Deep Pitching Depth
One of Wichita State's softball practice routines is a pitching circuit. It simulates throwing a seven-inning game, except that throwing a seven-inning game is easier in some ways. “In the first inning, you throw as many pitches as you can in 90 seconds," senior pitcher Bailey Lange said. “In the last part of the first...
Shockers Gear up for Crucial Conference Game at Tulsa
Wichita State knows that good passing often means good shooting. It knows that to stay in the American Athletic Conference race, it needs to combine those two factors often in the season's final month. The 23rd ranked Shockers (17-3, 5-2 American) play at Tulsa (14-6, 6-1) on Saturday. Wichita State is in fourth place, a...
Eck Stadium Upgrades Keep Pace During College Baseball Building Boom
By capacity and appearance, Eck Stadium remained one of college baseball's most impressive homes. By amenity, however, its status and functionality needed an update after a building boom in the 2000s consumed the sport. This spring, Eck Stadium feels more complete and more at home among college baseball's top facilities. The changes updated the places where...
Morris Udeze’s Offensive Improvement Gives Wichita State Depth at Center
Morris Udeze scored on a spin move in a December game, the kind of basket cheered and then forgotten by most. Mention that moment to Udeze and his coaches and they smile and nod. “That's stuff you work on during the summer, instead of taking two dribbles, take four dribbles and beat my man," Udeze said....
Membership in AAC Helps Shockers Grab Time on Basketball’s Big Stage
Wichita State waited 34 years in between ranked vs. ranked home games as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference. Those marquee games, games that lift the Shockers into the national spotlight and help NCAA Tournament resumes, are coming with more frequency these days. On Thursday, the Shockers enjoy that scenario for the second time in...
Shockers Start AAC Play with Confidence Set on High
Wichita State changed conferences in 2017 and things seems to keep changing every season since. In 2017-18, the Shockers joined the American Athletic Conference with an experienced team that navigated the new cities and new rivals to go 14-4 and finish second. In 2018-19, a team with 10 newcomers struggled to a 1-6 start in...
Wichita State’s Defense & Depth Flashes Back to Past Shocker Successes
Wichita State basketball coach Gregg Marshall loves talking about the future of this team, one that seems capable of adding to its brilliant past. That past seems a little more like the present with each win that builds on the Marshall hallmarks of defense and depth. On Saturday, he rolled out the “Play Angry” phrase, largely...
WSU Freshman Tyson Etienne Prepares for Long Career in Basketball
Wichita State's Tyson Etienne is serious about his routines, which he sees as the path to basketball success, now and in the future. From diet to basketball workouts to recovery, Etienne is invested in the details and the time it takes. He arrives on court before a game with a black water bottle, black foam...