Good morning, Shocker Nation! Kansas City Royals Hall of Famer and 2025 First Pitch Banquet speaker Mike Sweeney joined Shane Dennis on ESPN Wichita this week to talk about his son MJ Sweeney's commitment to Wichita State and his impressions of Shocker Baseball.

👂🏼 Listen here.

What else are we mixing into today’s edition of the Shocker Brew?

👟 Shockers have huge results in two different Track & Field events
🎾 Men's Tennis dominated in home opener with a 6-1 win over Omaha Mavericks
🌾 ​ And much, much more!

🌾 ONE BIG THING

Bigger Than Basketball. As head WBB coach Terry Nooner said of the Shockers WBB team’s loss in the annual Play4Kay game, “It’s tough for us because we felt like we could have won it, but at the end of the day, I'm happy to see that we showed some fight and resilience, especially for the great cause we played for today, and for that, I'm proud.”

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Kid(ane) Rocks. Wichita State's Yared Kidane broke his second school record in as many meets, clocking a 1:18.06 in the 600 meters to win the race and set a new meet record Friday afternoon at the Prairie Wolf Invitational. The redshirt-junior from Sweden won his second-straight race in his first track and field season with the Shockers and now holds both the 600 yards and 600 meters school records.
 
Two other Shockers—Audrey Parson and Faith Ekart—ran Wichita State all-time top-10 times.

👟 Full RUNdown

🔼 Advantage, Shockers. The Wichita State men's tennis team dominated across the board in their home opener on their way to a 6-1 win over the Omaha Mavericks on Saturday afternoon. The win for the Shockers is their first of the year, improving to 1-2 on the year.
 
On Sunday, the domination continued, as the Wichita State men's tennis team swept their way to a 7-0 win over the Drake Bulldogs at Genesis Rock Road.

🔼 (Respectfully) Eat Our Dust. Four Wichita State men won individual event titles Saturday at the Mark Colligan Memorial. Competing against Nebraska, South Dakota and Kennesaw State, the Shockers recorded 10 top-three finishes and seven Wichita State all-time top-10 marks.
 
Ian Schram claimed the first win of the day, running the 10^th-fastest mile time in Shocker history, 4:06.20, to pick up his second individual win of the season. Two races later, Josh Parrish claimed his first win of the season, running a season-best 7.96 to win the men's 60-meter hurdles final.

👟 : Full RUNdown

🔼 On the Road Again. The Wichita State women's tennis team was narrowly defeated by the Washington State Cougars on Saturday afternoon at Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center, 5-2.
 
Another challenging road match awaits the Shockers as they next travel to play the Kansas Jayhawks on Friday, January 31 at 11 a.m. CT at Jayhawk Tennis Center.

🔼 Hardwood Heartache. For the second-straight season, Wichita State dropped an overtime heartbreaker on its home court to the Blazers, coming up just short as UAB came away with a 76-73 victory Saturday afternoon in Charles Koch Arena.
 
Redshirt-junior Jayla Murray recorded her second career double-double and second career 20-point performance. Junior Princess Anderson poured in a Division I career-high 19 points.

🔼 Sunday Skid. Tulsa shot nearly 60 percent from the field and knocked down 13 three-pointers in an 84-77 win over Wichita State Sunday afternoon at the Donald W. Reynolds Center.

Wichita State closes out the month of January with a home date vs. North Texas this Wednesday, Jan. 29, at 6:30 p.m. on ESPN+.

🤔 SHOCKER TRIVIA

A Mean Streak? With the Wichita State MBB team taking on North Texas this Wednesday, today’s trivia asks—what is the Shockers record vs. the Mean Green after their 39 matchups?

Think you got it? Scroll down to see if you know your stuff!

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📆 LOOKING AHEAD

*All times CST

Monday, Jan. 27
No Events Scheduled

Tuesday, Jan. 28
No Events Scheduled

Wednesday, Jan. 29
🏀 Women’s Basketball @ East Carolina @ 5 p.m. | Live Audio | Live Stats 
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. North Texas @ 6:30 p.m. KEYN 103.7 FM | Live Audio | Live Stats | Tickets

Thursday, Jan. 30
👟 Track & Field @ Coach Wilson Invitational | Meet Info | Schedule

Friday, Jan. 31
👟 Track & Field @ Coach Wilson Invitational | Meet Info | Schedule
👟 Track & Field @ DeLoss Dodds Invitational
🎳 Women’s Bowling @ Columbia 300 Saints Classic
👟 Track & Field @ Coach Washburn Open
🎾 Women’s Tennis @ Kansas @ 11 a.m.

Saturday, Feb. 1
👟 Track & Field @ Coach Wilson Invitational | Meet Info | Schedule
👟 Track & Field @ DeLoss Dodds Invitational
🎳 Women’s Bowling @ Columbia 300 Saints Classic
👟 Track & Field @ Coach Washburn Open
🎾 Women’s Tennis @ Kansas State @ 12 p.m.
🏀 Women’s Basketball @ Tulsa @ 2 p.m. | Live Audio | Live Stats

Sunday, Feb. 2
🎳 Women’s Bowling @ Columbia 300 Saints Classic
⛳️ Men’s Golf @ Los Vaqueros Intercollegiate in Cancun, Mexico

🌾 Click here to see the full Wichita State Athletics Calendar

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 26 wins, 13 losses

🌾 Let’s start this week off right, Shocker Nation!